Link to Article: China orders companies to step up monitoring of foreigners in anti-spying push Chinese social groups, enterprises, and public entities will have increased responsibility to combat foreign espionage under new regulations issued by the country’s ministry of state security. The regulations, which were released and took effect on Monday, come amid deepening hostilities between China and some western… Read more »
Link to Article: Hong Kong passes law that can stop people leaving Hong Kong has passed a new immigration law that includes powers to stop people entering or leaving the city, raising fears of Chinese mainland-style “exit bans” in the international business hub. The legislation sailed through a legislature now devoid of opposition, as Beijing has quashed dissent and sought… Read more »
Link to Article: Thai students in deteriorating health after hunger strike, say lawyers Two Thai students imprisoned for leading mass protests that called for reform of the monarchy are in deteriorating health after spending up to six weeks on hunger strike, their lawyers have said. A lawyer acting for Parit Chiwarak, 23, who is known by the nickname Penguin, said… Read more »
Link to Article: Second chance: clock stopped after Japan tsunami starts ticking a decade later For almost 10 years, the clock hanging in Bunshun Sakano’s temple was a reminder of the day nature’s force came close to destroying his community. The clock, which is thought to be about 100 years old, stopped ticking after the north-east coast of Japan was… Read more »
Link to Article: Cambodia condemns Vice for edited photos of Khmer Rouge victims smiling Cambodia has condemned images published by Vice media group that featured victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide, colourised and with some apparently edited to add smiles to their faces. The artist Matt Loughrey modified images taken at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of people… Read more »
Link to Article: New Zealand to stop exporting livestock by sea New Zealand will cease the export of livestock by sea following a transition period of up to two years, agriculture minister Damien O’Connor has said. Live exports by sea represent approximately 0.2% of New Zealand’s primary sector exports revenue since 2015. New Zealand has exported just one voyage of… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/28/australia-to-upgrade-military-bases-expand-wargames-with Australia recently announced it will spend $580m on new training facilities and upgrades two military bases in it’s north, such as creating accommodations for larger aircrafts in the Northern Territory and updating firing ranges. The four military bases Australia is renovating represents an expansion of war games it is partaking in with the U.S.. Australia and the U.S…. Read more »
Link to article: https://the-japan-ne ws.com/news/article/0007405020 The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority is working on a plan for a process to measure thyroid gland radiation in Japanese residents who are close to the aftermath of a nuclear power plant accident. Those included in the plan will be pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under the age of 18. People in these groups… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-over-illegal-assembly-in-hong-kong Joshua Wong, a Hong Kong democracy activist, is among four people who pleaded guilty to illegally gathering on June 4, 2020 to commemorate the 1989 crackdown of protests in Tiananmen Square. Joshua Wong has been sentenced to time in prison prior to his most recent conviction. In 2019 he organized and assembled a pro-democracy protest, for which he was… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/3/protests-grow-in-south-korea-over-japan-fukushima-disposal-plan Japan recently announced its plan to discard waste water that is used to cool nuclear material from their crippled energy plant in Fukushima into the Pacific ocean. Fishing communities are worried the water will contaminate the sea, although Japan promises it will be cleaned of radioactive materials. There have been widespread demonstrations in South Korea, including marine protests…. Read more »
