North Korea, or otherwise formally known as The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said this week that they are capable of testing an interconinental ballistic missile, or an ICBM. This news comes after leader Kim Jong Un saying that his country was nearing capacity to test launch an ICBM on the first of the new year. In response, The… Read more »
Reuters: South Korea may complain to China about actions perceived to have been taken in retaliation for a South Korean decision last year to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system, its trade minister said on Thursday.
Al Jazeera: At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar – a third of them over the past week – since the army launched a crackdown in the north of Rakhine state three months ago, according to the UN.
Reuters: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in the Philippines on Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at shoring up ties with its mercurial new leader, and boosting Tokyo’s economic foothold in the face of anticipated competition from China.
Al Jazeera: North Korea says it can test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time from any location chosen by leader Kim Jong-un, adding that the United States’ hostile policy was to blame for its arms development.
Since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June, as a result of his extreme approach on the war on durgs, nearly 6,000 people have been killed across the country. Of that number, around 2,000 drug suspects were killed during police operations and around 3,800 deaths are under investigation, as they were killed by unknown gunmen and are believed to… Read more »
Al Jazeera: In the Philippines, the war on drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte has led to nearly 6,000 deaths, including an estimated 2,051 killed during police operations. Along with these, the number of inmates in prisons, in police detention cells or being held in rehabilitation centres is also on the rise. The space inside prisons is not adequate to receive such… Read more »
Reuters: Japan and Russia agreed at a leaders’ summit on Thursday to revive security talks and start discussing economic cooperation on disputed islands at the core of a row that has kept them from signing a peace treaty formally ending World War Two. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin also talked about Syria, with Abe conveying… Read more »
Reuters: China defended its right on Thursday to put “necessary military installations” on artificial islands in the South China Sea, after a U.S. think-tank said Beijing appeared to have deployed weapons such as anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said its findings, made available first to Reuters on… Read more »
Al Jazeera Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte risks impeachment after he admitted “personally” killing criminals when he was the mayor of Davao City, according to two Philippine senators. The firebrand leader boasted to business leaders on Monday that as Davao City mayor he used to prowl the streets on a motorcycle looking for “an encounter to kill”, just to show to… Read more »