President Trump is planning to meet Kim Jong-un face-to-face to discuss future relations between North Korea and the United States. However, this alleged meeting may not be as promising as it appears to be “on paper”.
(CNN)The dust has barely settled from the PyeongChang Games, but South Korea is again preparing to welcome athletes from across the globe for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. About 570 athletes from 48 nations will compete in 80 medal events across six Winter Paralympic sports — alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, snowboarding and wheelchair curling — from March… Read more »
Beijing (CNN)China’s largely ceremonial parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed a controversial change to the country’s constitution, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely. Inside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People’s Congress (NPC) cast their ballots on a series of proposed amendments — including removing the restriction that had… Read more »
Myanmar is building military bases over flattened Rohingya villages, an international rights group said.Security forces have bulldozed houses and started constructing at least three new security facilities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, said Amnesty International’s Remaking Rakhine State report, which was published on Monday. The report, which said construction of the three army outposts began in January, is based on satellite… Read more »
Lourdes Sereno, who is facing impeachment complaint, says she will not resign despite calls by allies of the president. 13 Mar 2018 Sereno was appointed chief justice in 2012 after her predecessor was found guilty following an impeachment trial [Reuters] MORE ON ASIA PACIFIC Sydney Biennale: Reflecting a changing societytoday Amnesty blasts Aceh’s plan to introduce beheading for murdererstoday South… Read more »
Seoul, South Korea – North Korea’s willingness to hold talks with the South and the US has been welcomed by South Koreans although with a bit of scepticism with regards to Kim Jong-un‘s sincerity in having a dialogue, according to a recent poll conducted in South Korea. The North Korean leader agreed to meet South Korea’s president next month and… Read more »
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With the US government leading other countries towards democracy. China continues to stray farther from it, and closer to dictatorships. The leader, Xi, of the communist party has been given an indefinite term. The presidential term limits have been abolished, by 2958 votes out of 3000. I think that although the Chinese think that having one leader is a good… Read more »
US President Donald Trump has said a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is “very much in the making,” a day after he revealed he agreed to meet the North Korean leader for face-to-face talks. “The deal with North Korea is very much in the making and will be, if completed, a very good one for the World. Time and… Read more »
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court “effective immediately”, just weeks after the tribunal announced its investigation into possible crimes against humanity over his deadly war on drugs. In a statement signed by Duterte on Wednesday, he declared that The Hague-based organisation “has no jurisdiction nor will it acquire jurisdiction” over… Read more »