A selection of news stories that happened overnight, May 31, 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.
North Korea fired what it called a space satellite towards the south on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said.
“We inform you that the alert issued by the Seoul Metropolitan Government at 06:41 was issued incorrectly,” the South Korean interior ministry said, referring to an emergency alert that had blared from phones across Seoul after the launch.
“The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate - safely and responsibly - wherever international law allows,” the statement said.Disgraced biotech star Elizabeth Holmes began serving her 11-year sentence for defrauding investors in a Texas prison on Tuesday.
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Thai central bank to deliver final 25 bps interest rate hike on May 31 - Reuters pollBENGALURU : The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is expected to raise its key interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) on Wednesday and then hold it at that level for the rest of this year and the next, marking an end to a modest tightening cycle, a Reuters poll found.Unlike most economies in Southeast Asia, inflatio
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Thailand says 1m Chinese tourists visited from January to mid-MayBANGKOK - Thailand received one million Chinese tourists between January and May 18, a government official said on Sunday (May 28), after China's border reopening. The government expects the number of Chinese visitors to meet its target of five million this year, with spending of 446 billion baht (S$17.4 billion), government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said in a statement. Last year,...
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Russia launches 15th air raid on Kyiv in May, Ukraine destroys more than 40 dronesRussia used a combination of Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles, Kyiv officials said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Vietnam Jan-May exports and industrial output down amid weak demandHANOI : Vietnam's exports in the first five months of this year fell 11.6 per cent from a year earlier to $136.17 billion, government data showed on Monday, as weakened external demand weighs on its manufacturing-led economy. Its industrial output in the January-May period fell 2 per cent from a year earl
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Jacky Wu to host livestream with Wang Lei at Bedok on May 29Wang Lei will be hosting a livestream at Bedok tonight (May 29), and he has a special guest in tow. The local getai singer-actor shared in a Facebook post earlier today: 'Welcome king of variety shows Jacky Wu to Singapore!' The accompanying photo shows the 61-year-old 'fish-selling brother' with the veteran Taiwanese host-singer at a restaurant. Wang Lei continued: 'Tonight...
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