Pyongyang fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday morning, after agreeing to hold working-level talks with the US Japan said the missile possibly split into two, with one part landing in its exclusive economic zone People in Seoul watch coverage of North Korea’s missile launch. Photo: AP North Korea fired what appeared to be a “submarine-launched… Read more »
The pardons will involve those found guilty of minor infractions at least three years ago and fined, according to officials with knowledge of the plan About 2.5 million people were pardoned in 1990 to celebrate the ascension to the throne of Emperor Akihito, Naruhito’s father Reuters Published: 10:32pm, 2 Oct, 2019 Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako. Photo: KyodoJapan is expected… Read more »
The woman is among thousands of victims of ‘molka’, in which women are covertly filmed and the footage uploaded to websites The molka crisis has sparked widespread protests in South Korea, with women marching to confirm ‘my life is not your porn A clinical pathologist at the same hospital was arrested in August for allegedly filming female co-workers in the… Read more »
Just days after same-sex marriage was legalised in neighbouring Taiwan, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal handed down its own landmark decision. A judgment which has – arguably – laid the first stones in the yellow brick road for further recognition and legalisation of same-sex marriage across Asia. But the June 6 ruling was not a challenge against marriage laws in… Read more »
Japan’s Population Problem Is Straining Its Economy. The World Is Watching for a Solution By Yuko Takeo and Hannah DormidoSeptember 19, 2019, 12:00 PM SHARE When it comes to Japan’s economy, there’s actually two of them. In Japan A, an urban-industrial corridor stretching about 300 miles from Tokyo through Osaka, you’ll find cutting-edge businesses and world-class wealth. In Japan B, which is just… Read more »
South’s defence spending rises by highest in 10 years and North looks to expand own arsenal as diplomatic moves stall.10 Sept 2019 South Korea and North Korea have continued to pour resources into modernising their militaries despite a frenzy of diplomacy since 2018, data shows, creating a point of tension that has sharpened as talks have stalled. Military build-ups on both sides of… Read more »
September 17, 201911:32 AM ET A man sets up portraits of North Korean defector Han Seong-ok and her 6-year-old son, who are believed to have died from starvation, at a makeshift shrine in downtown Seoul on Aug. 28. “My hometown, where I once lived, is a mountain village with blossoming flowers.” The lyrics to this folk song, which is sung… Read more »
MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday announced an outbreak of polio, 19 years after the World Health Organization declared the Southeast Asian country free of the infectious disease. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said government scientists have confirmed the “re-emergence of polio” after one case in the southern province of Lanao del Sur and another suspected case of the disease. He… Read more »
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Two prominent civil society groups in Cambodia have released a report detailing predatory practices by local microfinance institutions (MFIs), including coerced land sales. The joint report, released on Wednesday by human rights group, Licadho, and land rights group, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), spans 10 communities in four provinces and the capital, Phnom Penh. The report includes cases of abuse,… Read more »
JAKARTA (Reuters) — Indonesia is poised to pass a new penal code that criminalizes consensual sex outside marriage and introduces stiff penalties for insulting the president’s dignity — a move rights groups criticized as an intrusive assault on basic freedoms. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim majority country and has substantial Christian, Hindu and Buddhist minorities, but has seen… Read more »