Asia

A relaxation of rules around private vehicle ownership and a growing class of relatively affluent consumers are driving a surge in the number of cars on the streets of Pyongyang, testing the city’s infrastructure

Practical aspects of the Uzbek-Turkmen border trade zone have been discussed; the parties agreed on the legal terms of the joint trade center, intended as a platform to expand mutual trade, promote national products, develop entrepreneurship on both sides

Commercial operations for fully driverless vehicles have been launched in the emirate, first in the MENA region; the announced was made by Integrated Transport Centre and Abu Dhabi Mobility

Electric car purchases surge as overall auto sales recover in Uzbekistan following a two-month decline, according to the Center for Economic Research and Reforms

Chef Mariya Un Noun of the Smiling Gecko Farmhouse in Phnom Penh has worked in top Michelin-star kitchens in Europe, placing Khmer dishes on international menus, training Cambodian talents, an ambassador of khmer culinary heritage on the global stage

64 years since first Kuwait television broadcast was recalled as a long media journey from a small black-and-white broadcaster in 1961 to a multi-channel digital network; tv began operating on 15 November 1961, from Sharq and aired only a few hours a day

Looting and vandalism has struck archaeological sites across Yemen’s central Dhamar Governorate, with outrage of communities and cultural heritage advocates; local sources report that organized gangs excavate artifacts damaging irreplaceable structures

Department of Passports is in final negotiations with French and German firms to secure a short-term supply of machine-readable passports: stock has fallen below 170.000 units and the new biometric passport contract doesn’t begin until mid-March 2026

Food waste trucks will be fitted with GPS starting on 7 December to prevent the spread of African swine fever: the outbreak of the virus in Taichung last month has suggested that the feeding of hogs with kitchen waste might have been a cause

First Gaza International Women’s Film Festival, founded by Palestinian filmmaker and researcher Ezzedine Shallah, brings together 79 films from 28 countries; it is organized in a displacement camp using a small home television and a generator for power