tensions are high in China. The people plead for Democracy but the government has taken risky extremes to shut them down. In an attempt to quell the citizens desire for change the Chinese government arrested protesters, this was not a welcome reaction to the citizens of China. American citizens don’t really appreciate the freedom that we have and the power… Read more »
Aljazeera North Korea has reopened a suspended border hotline with South Korea, a day after Seoul offered high-level talks to discuss Pyongyang’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics. The hotline, which was suspended by the North in February 2016, was restored at 3pm local time (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday at the border village of Panmunjom. South Korea’s Unification Ministry said… Read more »
Aljazeera Hong Kong – Catastrophic, dire, devastating. Just some of the words democracy supporters used to describe this year in a poll on Hong Kong’s struggle to safeguard its autonomy. James Andrew Rice, human rights advocate and philosophy professor at Lingnan University, said a number of his students took part in the 2014 Occupy, or Umbrella, Movement that defined Hong… Read more »
Aljazeera A ban on all sales of ivory products in China comes into force on Sunday, a move hailed by conservationists as an important step in the fight to protect endangered species such as African elephants. China, one of the world’s biggest markets for African ivory, announced last year that it would outlaw all domestic trade and processing by the… Read more »
Aljazeera Who is in range of its missiles? “The entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office” said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during his 2018 New Year’s address. The Hwasong-15, North Korea’s furthest-reaching intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), could theoretically travel… Read more »
Aljazeera Thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong to express their frustration at what they say is China’s tightening grip on the territory. Democracy activists have been jailed, laws are about to change to allow the government to force through unpopular measures, and Chinese security officials are going to be given the right to operate on Hong Kong soil…. Read more »
Aljazeera Tropical Storm Kirogi has hit Vietnam bringing torrential rain. The storm weakened before making landfall, meaning the sustained winds were only 55 kilometres per hour when it hit the coast. However, the rain was still very heavy, with 182 millimetres of rain reported in Quy Nhon, and 142mm in the historic city of Hue. This is a large amount… Read more »
tensions are high in East Asia and Oceania. issues with North Korea are only getting more and more complicated. although there are U.N. sanctions on North Korea, Russia is heavily opposed to a trade embargo which will lead to further political opposition. after President Obama visited Vietnam, the people have been engulfed in “The American Dream” hoping to one day… Read more »
Aljazeera The Philippine government says its war on drugs is producing results. But murder rates are rising, with a large number of deaths linked to police operations. The government denies that over 10,000 extrajudicial killings have taken place during Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and instead points to a decrease in crimes such as kidnapping or theft. Al Jazeera’s Jamela… Read more »
Aljazeera Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – Dao Le Quynh Nhi still vividly recalls the festive mood she and her friends were able to soak up when they interacted with Barack Obama at a town hall meeting here as part of his Vietnam trip last year. “I had high hopes that his visit, among other things, would result in a positive… Read more »