12th ASEAN Para Games kick off in Cambodia

STORY: 12th ASEAN Para Games kick off in Cambodia DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:43 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Morodok Techo National Stadium and spectators 2. various of ASEAN para-athletes 3. various of Para-athlete's and arbitrator's oath 4. various of the 12th ASEAN para games opening ceremony STORYLINE: The 12th ASEAN Para Games officially opened at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Saturday evening. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen presided over the opening ceremony of the biennial multi-sport event, which brought together a total of 1,453 para-athletes from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus Timor-Leste. The two-hour event included parade of para-athletes from 11 countries, para-athlete's and arbitrator's oath, speeches, colorful arts performances, torch relay and cauldron lighting, and fireworks display. In his opening speech, Hun Sen said Cambod

32nd SEA Games kicks off in Cambodia

STORY: 32nd SEA Games kick off in Cambodia DATELINE: May 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games STORYLINE: The 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games kicked off at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh on Friday evening. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen presided over the opening ceremony of the biennial multi-sport event, which brought together a total of 10,890 athletes, coaches, arbitrators, and officials from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Timor-Leste. The two-hour event included a sound and light show featuring the history of Cambodia, the parade of athletes from 11 countries and regions, athlete's and arbitrator's oath, speeches, torch lighting ceremony and fireworks. In a short speech at the ceremony, Hun Sen declared the games open, and said sports live in peace, saying that peace is for all, and all are for pea

Narita airport dispute arbitrator Sumiya dies at 86

Narita airport dispute arbitrator Sumiya dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Sumiya (file photo taken in June, 1985), a labor economist who acted as an arbitrator in the 1990s in a thorny dispute between the central government and opponents of Narita airport, died on Feb. 22 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 86. Sumiya, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, previously served as president of the private Tokyo Woman's Christian University.

I have confidence that Shanghai will beat COVID-19: foreign resident

STORY: I have confidence that Shanghai will beat COVID-19: foreign resident DATELINE: April 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:38 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai battling COVID-19 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER CORNE, Arbitrator at Shanghai International Arbitration Center STORYLINE: The largest makeshift hospital in Shanghai was put into use on Saturday, which will offer 50,000 beds. Multiple neighboring provinces have also lent a helping hand. A British expat in Shanghai expressed his confidence in the megacity's battle against the resurgence of COVID-19. SOUNDBITE (English): PETER CORNE, Arbitrator at Shanghai International Arbitration Center "Creating these quarantine centers within a few days, which you're able to have the capacity to hold thousands of people and to feed them and to service them in a basic way, and then getting provinces around to help out and also provide so many, tens of thousands of beds for people who have been infected. Just the organization from t

Narita airport dispute arbitrator Sumiya dies at 86

Narita airport dispute arbitrator Sumiya dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Sumiya (file photo taken in June, 1985), a labor economist who acted as an arbitrator in the 1990s in a thorny dispute between the central government and opponents of Narita airport, died on Feb. 22 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 86. Sumiya, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, previously served as president of the private Tokyo Woman's Christian University. (Kyodo)