A special committee with the United Nations’s cultural agency says Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be placed on a list of World Heritage sites that should be designated as “in danger.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ…
Invasive disease and illness linked to consumption of raw freshwater fish in Southeast Asia
The consumption of raw freshwater fish, a staple diet for millions of people in many parts of Southeast Asia, is coming under closer scrutiny after the detection of a foodborne hazard in several countries of the region, prompting a warning by food saf…
U.S. Embassy congratulates Field Epidemiologist Training graduates in Vientiane
A ceremony was held on Jun 18 for eight graduates of the Field Epidemiology Training (FET) programme, a world-class training supported by the Ministry of Health, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the World Healt…
Japanese NGO tackling UXOs Donates COVID-19 Supplies to Lao People’s Army
Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS), a Japanese non-profit organization engaged in UXOs clearance donated COVID-19 cleaning and disinfecting supplies to the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) unit of the Lao People’s Army (LPA) in Vientia…
3rd Plenary Meeting of 8th Central Committee of WPK Closes
The 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) closed on Jun 18 after successfully wrapping up the discussion of the agendas as millions of Party members, boundlessly inspired by the leadership of the great Pa…
Japan Begins Workplace Vaccination Program
Thousands of Japanese companies began the rollout of their workplace vaccine programs Monday, inoculating company workers and their families. Some of the companies had been critical of what they said was the government’s slow pace of Japan’s COVID-19 i…