37th Niwano Peace Prize Awarded to South Korean Zen Master, Ve... - 17 February 2020 17:00

TOKYO, Feb. 17, 2020 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 37th Niwano Peace Prize to the Venerable Pomnyun, a South Korean Zen master, in recognition of his extraordinary humanitarian work, environmental and social activism, and his inspiring effort to build rel...

  Yang Ming Ship Arrested for Pollution Debt - 09 February 2020 11:19

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia, Feb. 9, 2020/Medianet International-AsiaNet/-- The sister ship of the YM Efficiency, which lost 81 shipping containers off the coast of Newcastle and Port Stephens in June 2018, has been arrested in Sydney today for a pollution debt that could reach as high as AUD $20 million. At 06:50 (AED...

  Buddhist Leader's Annual Peace Proposal Applauds Youth Climate... - 27 January 2020 16:00

TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2020/Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/-- On January 26, 2020, the 38th annual peace proposal by Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist network, titled "Toward Our Shared Future: Constructing an Era of Human Solidarity" was released, marking the anniversa...

  Kopi Kenangan Reaches 200 Stores and Becomes #1 Top-of-Mind Br... - 23 December 2019 13:21

JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 23, 2019/Antara-AsiaNet/-- The Company Raised Additional Investment from Sequoia India, Arrive, and Serena Ventures Amongst Others Kopi Kenangan, the fastest growing 'grab-and-go' coffee chain in Southeast Asia, announced an expansion of its June Series A round with ...

  Contract signed for YM Efficiency pollution clean-up operation - 19 December 2019 12:14

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 19, 2019/Medianet International-AsiaNet/-- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has signed a contract to remove the pollution caused by the Yang Ming owned container ship YM Efficiency, when it lost 81 containers off the coast of Newcastle last year. AMSA released an open ten...

  Contract signed for YM Efficiency pollution clean-up operation - 18 December 2019 19:16

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 18, 2019/Medianet International-AsiaNet/-- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has signed a contract to remove the pollution caused by the Yang Ming owned container ship YM Efficiency, when it lost 81 containers off the coast of Newcastle last year. AMSA released an open ten...

  Polyplastics Develops New LAPEROS (R) Liquid Crystal Polymer (... - 26 November 2019 16:00

TOKYO, Nov. 26, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- The Polyplastics Group has announced new developmental grades of LAPEROS (R) liquid crystal polymer(LCP) which offer superior blister resistance for electronic connectors. The two grades--currently in a pre-commercialization phase--have been confi...

  East Kalimantan, Indonesia's Leading Liquid Coal Investment De... - 26 November 2019 14:53

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Nov. 26, 2019 /Antara-AsiaNet/-- Indonesia is one of the world's leading coal producers and exporters. Indonesia's production capacity keeps rising since 1990s where it was just able to unearth 10 metric tonnes (mt) of coal, until 2018 where it reached coal production up to 528 m...

  New Technology Won the Melbourne Cup - 19 November 2019 13:26

MELBOURNE, 19 Nov.2019/Medianet International-AsiaNet/ -- equinITy Technology behind 5 Group wins at Flemington equinITy Technology, creators of a horse welfare and monitoring system, was used by top trainers to bring some of the headline making horses into the top spot in Flemington, Melbourne – incl...

  The Growth Faculty presents ‘An Evening with Michelle Obama’ i... - 17 October 2019 12:50

SINGAPORE, Oct. 17, 2019 /Bernama-AsiaNet/ -- Drawing on her personal memoir Becoming, ‘An Evening with Michelle Obama’ will leave attendees inspired after a night to remember on Saturday, 14 December 2019 Leading business events provider, The Growth Faculty will present ‘An Evening with...