Following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn became the new King of Thailand Thursday after being invited by Parliament to succeed his father. When King Bhumibol Adulyadej died two months ago, many were worried that Thailand would fall into a period of instability. Although his corronation will not take place until his father is cremated next… Read more »
Al Jazeera: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian police have arrested three people for allegedly selling babies following an Al Jazeera investigation into the country’s underground baby trafficking trade.
Al Jazeera: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced what he called “bulls***” Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drug dealers.
Reuters: Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand’s new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October.
Al Jazeera: Over one million South Koreans have taken to the streets of Seoul and other provincial cities to demand the resignation of scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye, protest organisers have claimed.
Between July and September, or the third quarter of 2016, Japan posted a 0.5% expansion of the economy and a 2.2% rise in gross domestic product (GDP). However, this excelerated unexpected expansion is only expected to be temporary. While the forth quarter could still bring economic improvement to Japan, it is unlikely it will continue expand at this pace. Japanese… Read more »
AL JAZEERA: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told US president-elect Donald Trump that cooperation was the only choice for relations between the world’s two largest economies, with Trump saying the two had established a “clear sense of mutual respect”.
AL JAZEERA: Australia’s prime minister said on Monday that resettlement to the US of many of the 1,200 asylum seekers held in prisons on Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island of Nauru would begin after president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January. Whether Trump honours the deal Australia reached with the outgoing Obama administration, and announced earlier this month, will… Read more »
BBC: Gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 2.2% in the three months to September, the third consecutive quarter of expansion. Japanese firms have relied on overseas sales to make up for lacklustre domestic demand.
AL JEZEERA: South Korean prosecutors will question President Park Geun-hye over a burgeoning political corruption scandal engulfing her presidency. It will be the first time a sitting South Korean president will be interviewed by prosecutors over a criminal case.