Asia

At the biennial International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition held in Seoul last week, local defense companies have signed contracts worth US$128 million and the industry held consultations which could amount to US$22,5 billion if finalized

Vaccine aid and oil industry developments improve country's economic outlook, with GDP expected to grow 4,5% next year

The sixth STARMUS festival, to be held in the country next September, will bring together more than 60 scientists, engineers and artists from around the world; '50 years on Mars' is the festival's slogan, dedicated entirely to the red planet

More than 5.000 families in C'nawabganj are going to get electricity from from the national grid through submarine cables by next December, with the Rural Electrification Board implementing its project

Abu Dhabi Police's Happiness Patrol has launched an initiative to distribute Expo passports and gifts to motorists and other members of the community who have pledged to abide by traffic rules during Expo 2020 Dubai activities

Proposals will be accepted through today for the master plan for privatization and operation of the park at the Tashkent business district; among other requirements, management will keep all jobs, and leave all trees and bushes

To develop a digital topographic map of various parts of the country, the Government of Japan will provide a grant of 796 million yen

The country's culture minister has claimed that the Met Museum has dozens of its antiquities stolen from ancient sites in the country, citing new evidence, including the account of a repentant looter, to back it up

A 10-year ecotourism strategy to jointly create, diversify, improve and develop quality ecotourism services and products has been signed by the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture

After two years of work, Iranian researchers have produced a new breed of genetically modified goat that is bigger than a donkey and cannot be found anywhere else in the world

The ‘Book & Host Project for Migrants’ learning kit, a package of educational materials designed for the migrant community by NPO One-Forty, emerged as one of the 20 Gold Award winners at the Japanese Good Design Award 2021

The two audit authorities State Audit Organization and State Inspection Authority have discovered massive losses - millions of dollars are involved - due to corruption; in 2020, the country was the third most corrupt country in the ASEAN bloc