Category: Asia Pacific
As Imran Khan’s star wanes, is Pakistan’s military pushing Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for prime minister?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Bhutto Zardari, 34, ‘wouldn’t have shot up to the very senior post of foreign minister without the military’s blessing’, one analyst notes. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3222361/imran-khans-star-wanes-pakistans-military-pushing-bilawal-bhutto-zardari-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’
New York Times With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up the virtue of hardship. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/business/china-youth-unemployment.html
Read MoreThailand seizes passport of Chinese journalist who used police connections to get bribes
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Thai police, who hired the journalist as a coordinator due to her fluency in Chinese and overseas connections, will pursue legal action against her for using deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn’s name to solicit…
Read MoreSingapore jails Indonesian woman for scalding Malaysian husband with hot water for wanting divorce
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Rahimah Nisva, was sentenced to eight months’ jail after she pleaded guilty to causing hurt by means of a heated substance to her husband Muhammad Rahimi Shamir Ahmad Safuan. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3222340/singapore-jails-indonesian-woman-scalding-malaysian-husband-hot-water-wanting-divorce?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNorth Korean Rocket Triggers ‘False-Alarm’ Evacuation Order in South Korea
New York Times The North has said its space rocket will carry a spy satellite, the country’s first, that will allow it to watch its enemies in the region more closely. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/world/asia/north-korea-satellite.html
Read MoreNorth Korea launches satellite, prompting alerts in South Korea and Japan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Pyongyang had earlier said it would launch its first military reconnaissance satellite to boost monitoring of US activities. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3222373/north-korea-launches-satellite-prompting-alerts-south-korea-and-japan?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreQatarEnergy to sign long-term LNG supply deal with Bangladesh
Reuters Reuters exclusively revealed that QatarEnergy will sign a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla on Thursday, the second Asian sales deal to be sealed for Qatar’s North Field expansion project. The 15-year agreement is for the supply of 2 million tonnes annually. The post QatarEnergy to sign…
Read MoreUS and the Philippines are playing a dangerous game in the South China Sea
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Given the anti-China mood in Washington, an incident like that in the Gulf of Tonkin – real or manufactured – that launched the US into the Vietnam war may push Congress to demand military…
Read More‘It’s a lot cheaper’: Singaporeans plan holidays as Malaysian ringgit plunges amid US debt woes
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Singaporeans are taking advantage of the weak ringgit for more trips across the border, triggering a shortage of the currency. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3222343/its-lot-cheaper-singaporeans-plan-holidays-malaysian-ringgit-plunges-amid-us-debt-woes?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreThailand’s Move Forward prioritises marriage equality as Bangkok makes WorldPride 2028 push
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. As Bangkok bids to host WorldPride 2028, Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party that won the most seats in the May 14 election, is prioritising a same-sex marriage bill that failed to…
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