YANGON -- The 2023 Chinese Film Week in Myanmar kicked off on Thursday with screening of five Chinese movies at the China Cultural Center in Yangon.
The film week, which will run until Nov. 27, is jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, the China Media Group and the China Cultural Center in Yangon. (Myanmar-China-Film Week)
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SEOUL -- A South Korean appellate court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to the South Korean sex slavery victims during World War II.
The Seoul High Court ruled that Tokyo should pay 200 million won (154,000 U.S. dollars) in compensation to each of the 16 plaintiffs, including sex slavery victims and their bereaved families, overturning a lower court's ruling. (South Korea-Japan-Wartime Sex Slavery)
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KATHMANDU -- A promotional event was held in the Nepali capital on Thursday for the English version of the fourth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China."
Jhala Nath Khanal, former prime minister of Nepal, told the event that he found "a visionary outlook of building socialism in China in a very innovative and constructive way" by reading previous volumes of the book. (Nepal-China-Book Promotion)
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INCHEON, South Korea -- China and South Korea held a ceremony here on Thursday to transfer the remains and belongings of 25 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War.
The 10th handover ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport, west of the capital Seoul, attended by Chinese Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming and South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho as well as officials with relevant ministries. (South Korea-China-CPV Martyrs)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan unveiled its first-ever information technology (IT) export strategy on Thursday with an aim to increase the country's IT exports up to 10 billion U.S. dollars in the next three years.
Addressing a ceremony after unveiling the strategy here, the minister for IT and telecommunication Umar Saif said that information and communications technology is vital for stabilizing and strengthening the country's economy. (Pakistan-IT Export-Strategy) ■
