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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (centre) inspects the Mount Kumgang resort on the east coast in this photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency on Oct.ober 23. Kim ordered the removal of all South Korea-built facilities at the once jointly run tourist spot, according to KCNA. — YONHAP/VNA Photo SEOUL — North Korea sent an ultimatum to South Korea earlier this week that it will unilaterally remove the South-built facilities from its Mount Kumgang resort unless Seoul tears them down on its own, Pyongyang's official news agency reported on Friday. The North's tough stance suggests little room for inter-Korean negotiations that South Korea has sought in an effort to keep the long-suspended tour project that was considered one of the most tangible symbols of inter-Korean reconciliation and co-operation. "On November 11, we sent an ultimatum, warning that if the South Korean authorities persist in their useless assertion, we will take it as an abandonment of the … [Read more...] about N. Korea says it sent ultimatum to S. Korea over Mount Kumgang project

Damage to the Lokanatha temple in Denpasar, Bali, after the quake (Photo courtesy of Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management) Jakarta (VNA) – An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck south of Indonesia’s Bali resort island on July 16, according to the European earthquake monitoring agency (EMSC). The epicentre was 102 kilometres southwest of the island’s capital, Denpasar, and was 100 kilometres deep. The quake caused some residents and visitors on the tourist island to briefly rush out of buildings. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, and there was no tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. This is the second quake in the country in the past three days. Earlier, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the eastern region of Indonesia on July 14. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, and was 168 kilometres south-southeast of Ternate in North Maluku province. Casualties were reported … [Read more...] about 6.1-magnitude quake hits Bali resort island

Major blackout affects Jakarta, Java (Source: en.tempo.co) Jakarta (VNA) – The power systems in Indonesia’s Jakarta capital and Java island have been recovered nearly completely on early August 5, 12 hours after a massive blackout occurred in the afternoon of the previous day. The country's state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said that the two systems, North and South, each have two circuits that provide the backbone for the 500 kilovolts that support Java and Bali. One of the north circuit points, Ungaran-Pemalang, Central Java, faced disruption followed by the second circuit, creating unstable voltage and frequency in transmission that then led to the major blackout in Greater Jakarta and several cities in Java. The incident made tens of millions of locals have no electricity for daily activities, and telecoms services and the traffic light system disrupted. Jakarta is the centre for government and business in Indonesia, and home to more … [Read more...] about Indonesia recovers power supply in Jakarta, Java after major blackout

SHENZHEN, CHINA - EQS Newswire - 15 November 2019 - In the first half of 2019, TCL Electronics' (01070.HK) market share of TV shipment reached 14.3%, up by 2.5 percentage points year-on-year in the global TV market. The company surpassed LG to become No. 2 from No.3 in terms of market share (Source: Sigmaintell). TCL Electronics is the only Chinese brand and the only company that has achieved an increase in market share of sales volume among the top three companies.The company has made such an achievement are mainly due to, on one hand, in the first half of the year, sales volume of TCL brand TVs in China increased by 6.9%, despite the retail sales volume of the overall PRC TV market fell by 4.3%. On the other hand, the company continued to penetrate the overseas markets. During the period, sales volume of TCL brand TVs in overseas markets significantly increased by 49.8% year-on-year to 7.07 million sets. Moreover, the sales volume in various overseas markets remained … [Read more...] about TCL Electronics’ Sales Volume Doubled in Indian and Indonesian Markets