#disaster prevention

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Buddhist Leader Calls for Increased Efforts to Rid World of Poverty and Ban Nuclear Weapons in 70th Year since WWII

-Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, has issued his 2015 peace ...

Asian Ministers Seek Disaster Risk Reduction Inclusive of People with Disabilities

-In a series of side events to the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Bangkok, ...

Thai holiday road death toll reaches 332

A total 332 were killed and 3,037 injured in road accidents throughout the country over the first six days of the ...

Buddhist Leader Highlights Need for Education, Empowerment in Advance of Rio+20 Meeting

-     Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, issued ...

round-up: huge quake again hits Aceh, no report of death

Only a couple of days after the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) or Aceh province held simultaneous regional head ...

Mongolia to partner with NATO

Mongolia would further develop its cooperation with NATO under a new partnership program approved recently, Ministry ...

Buddhist Leader Calls for 2015 Nuclear Abolition Summit in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

-     In his 30th annual peace proposal, released on January 26, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the ...

Thailand`s 27 provinces declared cold disaster zones

A total of 27 provinces have been declared cold spell disaster zones since the annual big chill hit the country on ...

news focus: ASEAN leaders agree to enhance cooperation in flood prevention

Floods hitting several Southeast Asian nations, Thailand in particular, received special attention from ASEAN leaders ...

Japan proposes 3 things to strengthen partnership

Japanese Economic, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano has come up with three proposals to strengthen Japan`s ...

President dedicates UN Award to Indonesian people

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has dedicated the Global Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction award he received ...

Community gives President Yudhoyono UN award

Community leaders and their knowledge on reducing risk of natural disasters in Indonesia have given President Susilo ...

Flood-related death toll reaches 21

Thailand`s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Friday reported a cumulative total of 21 flood-related ...

Damage and Restoration Status Regarding Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake and Future Prospects

-    Due to the impact of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011, some of ...

Thai flood toll reaches 11, thousands stranded

Flooding across southern Thailand has killed 11 people and stranded thousands on storm-swept holiday islands as the ...