Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k42n54kvo Satelites confirm that the two constant grey figures docked at Combodia’s naval base in Ream for the past year are Chinese type 056A corvettes of the Chinese navy. These Ships have been berthed along a new Chinese built pier which is much bigger than before, enabling much larger vessels to be able to dock there. This… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-czech-visit-china-protests-5bb6e53d08f135342a8d7065ee3ac455 Taiwan’s former leader Tsai Ing-wen plans to visit European states this upcoming week. These states include the Czech Republic and predictedly France, Vatican City, and Belgium. Taiwan is a non-recognized state with 50% of the population desiring independence. They are also technically appart of the state of China, so these new diplomatic relations Taiwan is forming… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/asean-summit-laos-myanmar-south-china-sea-254fe0f7f8b484df5bdb05c0557fccd6 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered for their annual summit in Laos’s capitol Vientiane from Sunday, October 6 to Friday, October 11. The ASEAN is a non-military Intergovernmental organization in South East Asia. They have ten members including Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos. They met to try to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/not-easy-pope-francis-leaves-rome-after-12-day-asia-trip-2024-09-13/ Pope Francis, representative of the Vadican City in Rome, has officially wrapped up his tour of Southeast Asia. He toured for the span of 12 days (the longest of his papacy and almost any papacy) visiting the countries of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore. Even though Pope Francis had prior health issues, and… Read more »
link to article: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240911_15/ China, Japan, and South Korea have made in agreement to increase travel between their three countries. Joining for the first time in five years their respective tourism ministers came up with a plan to boost their countries traveler rates up by 40 million from pandemic levels. They aim to reach this goal by 2023. Previously most… Read more »
link to article: https://apnews.com/article/teves-philippines-east-timor-killings-asylum-899c6fc275e62c696da443a12c09dadf A Filipino Politician named Arnolfo Teves Jr. is accused of orchastrating the killings of a provincial governor Roel Degamo along with 8 other men (and 17 more wounded) in the Phillipenes. He sought refuge in East Timor however his plans of safety failed after an interpol red notice (a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate… Read more »