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AUGUST 20 (Reuters) –South Korea said it fired tens of artillery rounds toward North Korea on Thursday (August 20) after the North launched a shell toward a South Korean loudspeaker that had been blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts, as tension escalated on the peninsula. North Korea did not return fire but later warned Seoul in a letter that it would take military action if the South did not remove the loudspeakers within 48 hours, the South’s defence […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 20 (Eagle News) – With the help of CCTV cameras, the Thailand police was able to identify two new suspects in the explosion in a popular shrine in Bangkok. The authorities released cartographic sketches of the said suspects and promised a 1 million baht reward money for any information that may help the authorities in apprehending said suspects. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/vcQ9EtBaP9s
MANILA, Philippines, August 20 (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised crisis alert level 1 in Thailand to inform Filipinos there of the situation after the explosion occurred in Bangkok last Monday, which is said to be the worst of its kind that Thailand has faced. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Qdg-imKWF_c
(Reuters) — China said on Tuesday (August 19) it is investigating the head of its work safety regulator who for years allowed companies to operate without a license for dangerous chemicals, days after blasts in a port warehouse storing such material killed at least 114 people. Yang Dongliang, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, is “currently undergoing investigation” for suspected violations of party discipline and the law, China’s anti-graft watchdog said in a statement […]
AUGUST 19 (Reuters) — Thailand’s national police chief on Wednesday (August 19) said it is likely that there could be more than one suspect involved in the Bangkok shrine blast earlier this week. Thai authorities said on Wednesday they were looking for accomplices of the chief suspect for the Bangkok shrine bomb blast that killed 22 people, a man who was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) dumping a backpack and walking away. Thai investigators have […]
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand authorities said on Tuesday (August 18) that they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a popular shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, including nine foreigners from several Asian countries. National police Chief Somyot Pumpanmuang said the suspect, who was wearing a yellow shirt and was seen in a first CCTV image with a backpack and then in a later one without the bag, […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 19 (Eagle News) — A bridge in central Bangkok was rocked by another bomb blast when a man throws a small explosive on Tuesday evening. According to Colonel Natakit Siriwongtawan, deputy police chief of Klongsan district, the explosive thrown in the river caused no injuries and fatality. However, Siriwongtawan said that if it had not fallen into the water, it would have caused injuries. Thailand’s Bangkok was rattled by an explosion on […]
THE Thai government has said security has been restored near Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok after the deadly bombing Monday night. It is 24 hours since what the Thai Prime Minister described as the worst attack on Thai soil. Street cleaners have scrubbed to clean the blood-stained streets following the explosion that killed 20 people and left 125 seriously injured. Thai security services have released video footage of a suspect wanted in connection with […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 18 (Eagle News) — A pipe bomb explosion in a popular shrine in Bangkok, Thailand left 21 dead including a Fililipino. Most of the casualties are Chinese and Taiwanese tourists. The Philippine Embassy is coordinating with Thai authorities to confirm the alleged Filipino death. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/BewodxL1LgM
AUGUST 18 (Reuters) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday (August 18) that authorities were looking for a “suspect” seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near the site of a bomb blast that killed 22 people, including eight foreigners. “We have checked the closed circuit camera footage and there appears to be a suspect but it wasn’t clear. We have to investigate more,” Prayuth told reporters at Bangkok’s Government House. Officials have not […]
(Courtesy China Central Television news) — Thousands of officials, firefighters, policemen and locals mourned the victims of the massive Tianjin warehouse blasts at the accident site in north China’s port city of Tianjin on Tuesday. All the mourners held a moment of silence, and bowed to pay respect to their loved ones in a service ceremony. The death toll of the blasts has climbed to 114 including 39 firefighters, a municipal publicity official told a […]
AUGUST 18 (Eagle News) — Severe EL Niño is expected to hit Metro Manila and 29 provinces in the country starting next month. According to the country’s weather bureau, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the increasing temperature in the eastern Pacific Ocean could bring drought to the country. Because of this, dams in the country will be affected, including those in Mindanao where hydro power plants would also be severely hit. The […]
