Reuters: China’s Defence Ministry on Wednesday expressed serious concern about South Korea and Japan signing a military intelligence pact to share sensitive information on the threat posed by North Korea’s missile and nuclear activities. The signing of the General Security of Military Information Agreement had originally been expected in 2012, but South Korea postponed it due to domestic opposition. The… Read more »
Al Jazeera: A rights group monitoring the welfare of the Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar have called on the international community to take action in order to prevent a “genocide” from taking place in the country. The Rohingya, which number about one million among Myanmar’s predominantly Buddhist 52 million population, have lived in Myanmar for generations. However, most people view them… Read more »
Al Jazeera: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian police have arrested three people for allegedly selling babies following an Al Jazeera investigation into the country’s underground baby trafficking trade.
Al Jazeera: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced what he called “bulls***” Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drug dealers.
Reuters: Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand’s new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October.
Al Jazeera: Over one million South Koreans have taken to the streets of Seoul and other provincial cities to demand the resignation of scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye, protest organisers have claimed.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES: The U.N. Security Council unanimously pushed through a harsh slate of sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday — even winning support from China to slash coal imports from its nuclear-armed neighbor — a day after the Obama administration sought to ease regional concerns over a political crisis gripping South Korea. Beijing’s embrace of the U.S.-drafted resolution… Read more »
THE JAPAN NEWS: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe highly evaluated the U.N. Security Council’s new resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, issuing a statement that the resolution demonstrates the international community’s will to take a resolute response with a new dimension completely different from the past. The resolution followed North Korea’s fifth nuclear test in September. The Japanese… Read more »
REUTERS: The UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday aimed at cutting the Asian country’s annual export revenue by a quarter in response to Pyongyang’s fifth and largest nuclear test in September. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution to slash North Korea’s biggest export, coal, by about 60% with an annual sales cap of $400.9 million,… Read more »
REUTERS: South Korea said on Thursday it will pursue further unilateral sanctions against rival North Korea in the wake of its fifth and largest nuclear test in September. The announcement followed new United Nations Security Council sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, aimed at cutting Pyongyang’s annual export revenue by a quarter in response to the September nuclear test. “Following… Read more »