Asia South Korea To preserve Jejueo language, native of beloved Jeju Island, and promote learning among young generations, the Jeju Dialect Institute launched an online dictionary with over 20.000 definitions and a collection spanning from literature to songs and videos
Asia Japan Japan was unable to overcome defending champion France in the mixed team judo final at the Paris Olympics; Japan, silver when the event was held for the first time in Tokyo in 2021, fell 4-3 in a new come-from-behind win by host France
Asia Jordan “We will not be a battlefield for Iran or Israel. We informed the Iranians and the Israelis that we will not allow anyone to violate our airspace and risk the safety of our citizens,” the Jordanian foreign minister said in an interview with Al Arabiya
Asia Indonesia The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has made available 10 shares of scholarships for residents of Natuna, Riau Islands, to pursue higher studies at the country's Tourism Polytechnics
Asia Iraq In support of the national zero-grade flour production, the Iraqi government approved the local sale of wheat to licensed public and private mills at prices equivalent to the import price
Asia Cyprus In just one hour, 12 divers collected from the sea bed 1,2 tonnes of rubbish from the harbour in front of Paphos castle on Sunday including old tyres, iron and an armchair; the campaign was organized by research center Akti with other institutions
Asia Israel Israel coordinated with allies and braced for an expected Iran attack following the assassination of Hamas' Haniyeh, while denouncing that media biased reporting and anti-Israel agendas are prevalent and State of Israel is under relentless attack
Asia Armenia Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company, Rosatom, has started work on extending the life of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, 16 kilometres from Turkey, by starting operations on the unit 2 reactor, following an agreement with Armenia
Asia Bahrain Huawei BNET, Bahrain's national fibre-optic infrastructure provider, has signed a MoU with Huawei Bahrain to improve the broadband experience for users in the country
Asia Vietnam To achieve the economic growth target of 7,5-8%, HCM City departments are working to remove bottlenecks in the delivery of public investment
Asia Turkmenistan Six of the fourteen films by Turkmen authors made it into the final of the Central Asian 'Shoot in 48 Hours' competition; short film 'Owal Ram' (Addiction) won the 'Best Horror/Thriller' nomination
Asia Thailand A 10-year strategic plan to increase the number of health professionals will be presented to the cabinet, which in early July approved the Ministry of Public Health's proposal to address the shortage of these professionals in the public health sector
Asia Sri Lanka Passports will be issued with new features and three different colours for the identification of diplomatic, official and regular persons from October this year