As tensions continue to grow between North and South Korea so does each country’s military spending. More specifically, South Korea’s. The 38th parallel between the two countries is becoming more apparent with the steady increase of military on either side. While South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense didn’t comment on the growing military presence around the borders, North Korea states… Read more »
Due to the drastic industrialization of Tokyo through Osaka, Japan now finds itself with two different economies. This 300 mile long span, known as Japan A, consists of intense wealth, flourishing businesses, and cutting edge technology. Japan B, is the rural outskirts, comprised of small cities and towns, and is now primarily occupied by those over the age of 60…. Read more »
In Indonesia they are in the process of passing a law where having consensual sexual relations outside ones marriage will result in criminalized punishment. The new penal code would replace a Dutch colonial-era set of laws which would help Indonesia express their overdue independence. Indonesia is the most populated country with a Muslim majority which leads into why they are… Read more »
Japan’s Population Problem Is Straining Its Economy. The World Is Watching for a Solution By Yuko Takeo and Hannah DormidoSeptember 19, 2019, 12:00 PM SHARE When it comes to Japan’s economy, there’s actually two of them. In Japan A, an urban-industrial corridor stretching about 300 miles from Tokyo through Osaka, you’ll find cutting-edge businesses and world-class wealth. In Japan B, which is just… Read more »
South’s defence spending rises by highest in 10 years and North looks to expand own arsenal as diplomatic moves stall.10 Sept 2019 South Korea and North Korea have continued to pour resources into modernising their militaries despite a frenzy of diplomacy since 2018, data shows, creating a point of tension that has sharpened as talks have stalled. Military build-ups on both sides of… Read more »
September 17, 201911:32 AM ET A man sets up portraits of North Korean defector Han Seong-ok and her 6-year-old son, who are believed to have died from starvation, at a makeshift shrine in downtown Seoul on Aug. 28. “My hometown, where I once lived, is a mountain village with blossoming flowers.” The lyrics to this folk song, which is sung… Read more »
MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday announced an outbreak of polio, 19 years after the World Health Organization declared the Southeast Asian country free of the infectious disease. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said government scientists have confirmed the “re-emergence of polio” after one case in the southern province of Lanao del Sur and another suspected case of the disease. He… Read more »
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Two prominent civil society groups in Cambodia have released a report detailing predatory practices by local microfinance institutions (MFIs), including coerced land sales. The joint report, released on Wednesday by human rights group, Licadho, and land rights group, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), spans 10 communities in four provinces and the capital, Phnom Penh. The report includes cases of abuse,… Read more »
JAKARTA (Reuters) — Indonesia is poised to pass a new penal code that criminalizes consensual sex outside marriage and introduces stiff penalties for insulting the president’s dignity — a move rights groups criticized as an intrusive assault on basic freedoms. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim majority country and has substantial Christian, Hindu and Buddhist minorities, but has seen… Read more »
TEXT SIZEAaAa By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) – A Chinese survey ship embroiled in a tense month-long standoff with Vietnamese vessels has left Vietnam’s continental shelf, the Southeast Asian country’s foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday. Since early July, Vietnam says its ships have been tracking Chinese vessels in its exclusive economic zone, the latest confrontation in waters that are a potential… Read more »