(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-PASAY CITY-MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-PASAY CITY-MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT

(221203) -- PASAY CITY, Dec. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jackie Buntan (R) of the United States competes against Amber Kitchen of the United Kingdom during their women's catchweight (59kg) Muay Thai fight in the One Championship mixed martial arts tournament in Pasay City, the Philippines, Dec. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-PASAY CITY-MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-PASAY CITY-MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT

(221203) -- PASAY CITY, Dec. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jackie Buntan (R) of the United States competes against Amber Kitchen of the United Kingdom during their women's catchweight (59kg) Muay Thai fight in the One Championship mixed martial arts tournament in Pasay City, the Philippines, Dec. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-PASAY CITY-MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-PASAY CITY-MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT

(221203) -- PASAY CITY, Dec. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jackie Buntan (R) of the United States competes against Amber Kitchen of the United Kingdom during their women's catchweight (59kg) Muay Thai fight in the One Championship mixed martial arts tournament in Pasay City, the Philippines, Dec. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Thai lawmaker sees need to convey disaster info to handicapped

Thai lawmaker sees need to convey disaster info to handicapped

Thai lawmaker Monthian Buntan delivers a speech at the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2015, stressing the need for conveying accurate disaster information to the handicapped. Monthian, who is blind, said the death rate of the handicapped during the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit Japan's northeastern region of Tohoku was double that of physically normal people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo