https://www.chinanews.net/news/267465207/prominent-hong-kong-student-activist-charged-with-subversion Chinese authorities in Hong Kong have arrested the prominent pro-democracy, anti-Beijing organizer and activist, Joshua Wong, following the previous day’s arrests of at least 53 other Hong Kong protestors. This crackdown represents the harshest measures the Chinese authorities have taken against protestors in Hong Kong since Beijing passed new domestic security legislation in July, which states that anyone even… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-tanker-boarded-iran-guard-bbb977f8756fb4967c2e1f9756d94212 A South Korean tanker was seized by Iranian armed forces near the Strait of Hormuz and directed into Iran. This comes ahead of negotiations over 7 billion dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks. While the official Iranian government response has refused to acknowledge any connection between the two events, government spokesman Ali Raibei directly confronted the… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-korea-bans-anti-north-leaflets-defector-says-he-wont-stop-idUSKBN28O1OI In an effort to improve inter-border relations, the South Korean parliament had voted to ban the movement of anti-North leaflets into North Korea. This comes after the North Korean government ramped up its condemnation of the leaflets, which are mostly carried over the border by balloon or by river, along with other items including money, medicine, food, and USB… Read more »
The Rakhine state of Myanmar, which was the scene for 2017’s brutal military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims, seems to be inevitably heading towards more armed ethnic conflict, but this time involving the state’s nationalistic insurgents and the ruling Myanmar government. After the country’s recent November elections (the second since the creation of the new democratic government in 2015), there has… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-election/thai-youth-party-fails-to-make-gains-in-local-poll-idUSKBN28V1B0 With Thailand’s most recent provincial elections in the books, the youth-led Progressive Movement party failed to win in any of the 41 Thai provinces. The party is the successor to the Future Forward party that was banned due to its radical anti-royalist views. These new results follow after many months of anti-royalist and pro-democracy protests from Thai youth, which… Read more »
For the second day in a row the number of Covid cases recorded in South Korean remained below 400. 15 days earlier, the number of new cases recorded was 896, while today it is 386; obviously an improvement. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun has asked the citizens to follow strict Covid guidelines in order to combat the disease, and they have done… Read more »
North Korea has just revealed a missile described by the states media as ” the world most powerful weapon.” The actual capabilities of the missile are unclear as it has not been tested. The reveal of the weapon was done coincidentally the day before the ignoration of president elect Joe Biden. Kim Jon Un in a rare military meeting, declared… Read more »
In an effort to stop further spread of the Corona Virus, Japans Health Ministry is exploring the possibility of cracking down on asymptomatic citizens who aren’t following the necessary precautions. There are even penalties by law being considered to be put into place for those who are infected who aren’t self isolating or seeking treatment. However, establishing such laws would… Read more »
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/13/us-ban-xinjiang-cotton-tomatoes/%3foutputType=amp The Trump administration Wednesday issued a sweeping ban on imports of cotton or tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region, saying it had reviewed the evidence of forced labor in the region. The move is the administration’s latest effort to punish China over what Western officials and human rights groups call the country’s campaign of repression against the Muslim Uighur… Read more »
Japan’s foreign minister accused South Korea on Monday of worsening already strained ties by making “illegal” demands for compensation for the sexual abuse of Korean women and the use of forced laborers during World War II. Toshimitsu Motegi, in a diplomatic policy speech in parliament, said a recent South Korean court ruling ordering Japan to compensate 12 South Korean women… Read more »
