In Australia, the Prime Minister’s office sent confidential topics to news media all around the country. It was meant to be sent to their own Liberal-National Party to prepare them for the resumption of Parliament. In the document, it talked about Syrian refugees flying into Australia, taxation, asylum seekers, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the agreement with Paris. One of… Read more »
Sydney: The Australian Prime Minister’s office sent confidential talking points to the media by mistake, instead of sending the document to its own coalition’s members of parliament (MPs). The idea behind the document was to prepare the Australian government’s Liberal-National Party coalition members for Monday’s resumption of Parliament. Instead of sending confidential talking points to their own members of parliament… Read more »
The stepfather of a 5-year-old girl admitted to assault and neglect leading to the child’s death last year during his first court hearing Tuesday at the Tokyo District Court. Yudai Funato, 34, said, “That is correct,” when Presiding Judge Minoru Morishita asked about his indictment over the fatal abuse of his stepdaughter Yua, who was assaulted and deprived of food… Read more »
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korea men’s national soccer team plays in North Korea for the first time in almost three decades on Tuesday (Oct 15), with leader Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state doing all it can to make sure the world doesn’t see the game live. North Korea has barred South Korean fans, media and TV broadcasters from a World… Read more »
SUWON, SOUTH KOREA (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Police said on Tuesday (Oct 15) that Lee Chun-jae, 56, has been booked in connection with a series of rape-murders in the 1980s and early 1990s and his case will be sent to prosecutors despite the expired statute of limitations. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency confirmed in a press briefing… Read more »
In my last analysis post I discussed Indonesia’s plan to pass a new law outlawing sex before marriage. Now, in Indonesia, protests, that have turned into riots, are taking place against the new law and other laws their parliament is in the process of passing. The protests first began with people gathering in the streets of the capital and other… Read more »
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police fired tear gas in several areas of Jakarta on Monday as a protest against legal reforms descended into running battles, causing traffic gridlock and chaotic scenes in parts of the central business district.A riot police officer fires tear gas during a riot following protests near Indonesian Parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 30, 2019. Several… Read more »
At least 2 people confirmed dead and 32 others injured following fight inside Manila City Jail.30 Sept 2019 At least two people were reported killed and 32 others injured when a riot between rival gangs broke out in the Manila City Jail in the capital of the Philippines, authorities said on Monday. Prison authorities told reporters that violence between the Sputnik Gang and… Read more »
Clashes erupted on Monday outside parliament in Jakarta as well as in West Java’s Bandung city and in Sulawesi.1 Oct 2019 Indonesia’s parliament was sworn in on Tuesday for a new session that comes amid sometimes violent protests against several new or proposed laws, including one that critics say has crippled the country’s anti-corruption agency and another that is intrusive… Read more »
Pyongyang fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday morning, after agreeing to hold working-level talks with the US Japan said the missile possibly split into two, with one part landing in its exclusive economic zone People in Seoul watch coverage of North Korea’s missile launch. Photo: AP North Korea fired what appeared to be a “submarine-launched… Read more »