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8 university students create virtual campus in Taiwan
A group of Taiwan National University of Science and Technology (NTUST) students have built their school’s campus on a Minecraft server, allowing fellow students to gather and socialize in the virtual space.
NTUST Department of Computer…
Minor quake felt in Kanchanaburi
An earthquake of magnitude 3.2, centred in Sri Sawat district, was recorded by seismologists early on Tuesday morning.
The Meteorological Department reported the quake occured at 4.39am and was centred six kilometres underground, below…
Thailand: tropical storm causes flooding in 30 provinces, leaves 6 dead
Storm Dianmu left six people dead in its wake, with two others missing, and caused flooding in 30 provinces since Sept 23.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued its summary on Tuesday.
The report said the storm…
China lets US siblings return home after 3 years
Two American siblings banned from leaving China for the last three years have been allowed to go home.
Cynthia and Victor Liu, along with their mother, were accused of "economic crimes" while on a visit to China.
They said Chinese…
North Korea tests missile into east coast
Nuclear-armed North Korea fired what appeared to be a short-range missile into the sea on Tuesday (Sep 28), the South's military said, as Pyongyang's United Nations ambassador insisted it had an undeniable right to test its weapons.
The…
Gang rented cars and sold them off: Phuket Car rental business
The owners of a car rental business in Phuket are out 10 cars and vans after a gang said they wanted to rent the vehicles for business, including work with a large cannabis operation, but failed to return the vehicles. The owners say they…
97 evacuated in Malaysian floods
Heavy rain on Sunday (Sept 26) night triggered floods in three villages in Sungai Siput, causing 97 villagers to be evacuated to relief centres.
The floodwaters rose to almost one metre in Kampung Chior and Kampung Tok Sirat in Lasah and…
Observers: Taliban Restricts Media and Press Hiding Who They Are
Observers on Afghan affairs said "Taliban's bad reputation is still hunting them in Afghanistan, for the fault actions they committed against civilians, particularly, when the movement’s members recently attacked women during a…
Chinese Projects Augment Poor Class Misery in Phnom Penh
Since China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Cambodia has been launched in 2013 up until 2017 Poor Class numbers in Phnom Penh have increased as a result of Chinese investments in the city, represented in buying plots of land from locals…
Three decades of mining destroy thousands of hectares of green land in Mongolia
In three decades, about 917 areas or about 141153.3 hectares of land in Mongolia have been affected by random mining projects. Over the past 30 years, mining activities in the country have increased at an all-time high, destroying thousands…