NEW DELHI -- At least eight people were injured Tuesday after a Myanmar military plane overshot the runway at an airport in India's northeastern state of Mizoram, police said.
According to officials, there were 14 people onboard the plane at the time of the crash. (India-Myanmar-Plane Crash)
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TOKYO -- Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s faction previously led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially announced its dissolution on Tuesday amid an ongoing political funds scandal, local media reported.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the faction's chair, said in a message to the faction's extraordinary meeting earlier in the day that the breakup was intended to regain public trust in politics, Jiji Press said. (Japan-LDP)
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VIENTIANE -- The 59th meeting of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) National Tourism Organizations (NTOs) was held in Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan 2016-2025.
The meeting was chaired by Khom Douangchantha, director general of the Tourism Marketing Department under the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Lao People's Army News reported on Tuesday. (Laos-ASEAN-Tourism)
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TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday maintained ultralow interest rates as expected at its first meeting this year, while revising down its inflation forecast for fiscal 2024 as price increases ease.
The central bank said at the end of its two-day policy meeting that core consumer prices, excluding volatile fresh food, are now expected to rise 2.4 percent for the fiscal year starting in April, down from 2.8 percent estimated earlier. (Japan-Bank of Japan-Policy) ■
