Ever since the call for a greener earth was spread across the world in the later part of the 20th century, the initiative for countries to band together to clean up their footprints has risen. China traditionally has been affected the most when it comes to air pollution. Some of the pollution was so ill-contained that it reached and affected… Read more »
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Philippines (Reuters) – The threat from North Korea has grown to a “critical and imminent level” and the United States, Japan and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in talks on Monday. Onodera’s remarks underscored the deep concern in Tokyo after North Korean weapons tests, including test… Read more »
China is in the midst of an all-out blitz on polluters flouting emissions standards, closing tens of thousands of factories in a massive effort to address the nation’s catastrophic pollution problems. Estimates of the crackdown suggest as much as 40 percent of China’s factories have been temporarily closed by safety inspectors, with officials from more than 80,000 factories charged with criminal offences for… Read more »
Scientists in China have developed several types of rice that can be grown in seawater, potentially creating enough food for 200 million people. Researchers have been trying to grow the grain in salty water for decades but have only now developed varieties that could be commercially viable. The rice was grown in a field near the Yellow Sea coastal city… Read more »
(Independent) North Korea is likely to be developing biological weapons alongside its nuclear programme, a new report has warned. A new study by the Belfer Centre, a US think tank, warns that Pyongyang is likely to have a programme to develop its biological weaponry. Based on testimony from defectors, it is believed to have begun in the 1960s after the Korean War between 1950… Read more »
With over 12,500 Filipino casualties in the Philippines last year, the UN Human Rights Council has taken notice of the significant loss of life. Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines enacted a large scale governmental policy that allows the merciless killing of drug sellers and users. With much backlash from the western world, the “War on Drugs” has had continuous… Read more »
(The Telegraph) Firebrand Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has warned the EU and UN that he could throw out their ambassadors within 24 hours if they continue to “interfere” in his brutal war against drugs. “You think that we are a bunch of morons here… The ambassadors of those countries learn a lesson now. Because we can have the diplomatic channels… Read more »
(PBS) SEOUL, South Korea — Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defense system it installed in a southern town to better cope with North Korean threats. Seoul has hardened its stance against Pyongyang after its torrent of weapons tests, the latest a… Read more »
(CNN) – US President Donald Trump has “lit the wick of the war” against North Korea, a Russian state news agency quoted North Korea’s foreign minister as saying on Wednesday. The statement follows weeks of escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, fueled by Pyongyang’s repeated nuclear tests and Trump’s tough talk. Speaking to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency,… Read more »
With the news of China shutting down North Korean stores, North Korea will lose millions of dollars in revenue due to their volatile rhetoric with their recent 6th and most powerful nuclear test. The new sanctions will be enforced within the next 120 days, closing North Korean stores based in China with the threat of them being alternatively forced by… Read more »