(USA Today) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for a snap election on Oct. 22. Abe is widely seen as trying to reconsolidate his grip on power within the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party, so he can extend the term of his premiership next year. The dissolution of the more powerful… Read more »
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) — China has ordered North Korean companies in the country to close down within 120 days of the United Nations Security Council’s passage of the latest of sanctions on Sept. 12, according to China’s commerce ministry on Thursday. The decision, made public on the ministry website, is seen as part of its efforts to intensify pressure… Read more »
(The Guardian)Police in the Philippines have killed 32 people in a series of raids near Manila, in the bloodiest night yet of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Supt Romeo Caramat said 67 police operations in various parts of Bulacan, a province north of the capital, had left 32 “drug personalities” dead and more than 100 others in custody. “We… Read more »
(SCMP)The single mountain under which North Korea most likely conducted its five most recent nuclear bomb tests, including the latest and most powerful on Sunday, could be at risk of collapsing, a Chinese scientist said. By measuring and analyzing the shock waves caused by the blasts, and picked up by quake stations in China and neighboring countries, researchers at the… Read more »