Seoul shantytown fire leaves 500 evacuated and destroys 60 homes

Fire truck and firefighters at Yongsan Fire Department in South Korea.
Fire truck and firefighters at Yongsan Fire Department in South Korea. Photo:IMCOM-Korea Public Affairs Television Public Service.

About 500 people were evacuated Friday after a fire broke out in the slum of Guryong, the only one left in Seoul, which destroyed at [Read More…]

Thai embassy helping Thais, Filipinos leave Ukraine

Staff monitoring passengers' body temperature on board of the plane in Boryspil International Airport, Kiev, Ukraine, during 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
Staff monitoring passengers' body temperature on board of the plane in Boryspil International Airport, Kiev, Ukraine, during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Vasyatka. CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Thai embassy in Warsaw has evacuated both Thais and Filipinos from Ukraine, with more Thais due to arrive home on Saturday morning. Only one [Read More…]

Evacuation alert for people living downstream of swollen reservoir in Nakhon Ratchasima

Flood relief in Thailand
Flood relief operations in Thailand. Photo: Pxhere.

People living downstream of the Lam Chiang Krai reservoir, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, have been advised to move their valuables to higher [Read More…]