https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240205_35/ Within the next week, Indonesia may have a new president. On February 14 Indonesia is having a presidential election. The debate is between 4 different people Joko Widodo, Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto, and Gajanar Pranowo. However, other than Widodo, the other 3 had a presidential debate. Where they generally discussed social welfare and measures to combat poverty. All three… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/more-than-100-myanmar-migrants-flee-malaysian-detention-centre-one-dead-2024-02-02/ Recently in a Malaysian detention center, there were more than 100 refugees that escaped. Due to the persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar, there have been many Rohingya fleeing for safety. These refugees generally go to either Bangladesh or Malaysia. However, in recent years Malaysia has decided to no longer help these refugees and considers them as a border immigration… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-says-it-opposes-cracks-down-all-forms-cyberattacks-2024-02-06/ Recently there have been hackers using Chinese infrastructure to try to hack into the Philippians government. Which the Philippines see as a major threat, especially with their upcoming elections for president. However, China has put out a statement from the China embassy in Manila that China is planning to crack down on cyber security attacks coming from Chinese infrastructure…. Read more »
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231211-philippines-summons-chinese-envoy-after-maritime-confrontations-at-flashpoint-reefs Recently China has been purposefully going into Philippine territory provoking their boats and making aggressive moves toward the Phillipians. While China is denying this claim and stating the Philippines boats made the first aggressive maneuver and after multiple warnings with little to no change in behavior they felt obligated to lash back. While this is a surface-level issue from… Read more »
https://english.news.cn/20231211/abfb78276f70461cb0456e19496e1803/c.html Following the rolling out of new climate change issues with the UN which promotes cleaner energy, China claims to be making efforts to transition their energy sources as well. Following the CO28 meeting which is supposed to be an extremely difficult meeting that cracks down on climate change and tries to get to the root issue. With China going… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-skorea-japan-security-advisors-seoul-trilateral-meeting-2023-12-09/ This article is about how the United States, South Korea, and Japan all are meeting to evaluate North Korea’s more recent threats, China’s growing power, and North Korea and Russia’s growing ties. Recently North Korea has become a bigger threat in Cyber Security and the surrounding countries are becoming nervous. Due to this, South Korea, Japan, and the United… Read more »