Asia Pacific – Page 1079 – Prologue Journal

Deadly Blasts Destroy Police Station in Pakistan

New York Times Some officials said the explosions, which killed at least 15, were caused by an accident. But a rise in militant attacks has put the region on edge. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/world/asia/pakistan-swat-blasts.html

Japan’s anime-loving cringeworthy car owners don’t care what you think. Meet the ‘itasha’ aficionados

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. For Yosuke Takahata and other ‘itasha’ owners like him, plastering sexy, red-eyed horse-women and other cartoons all over their vehicles is just another way of paying homage to their two-dimensional true loves. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3218250/japans-anime-loving-cringeworthy-car-owners-dont-care-what-you-think-meet-itasha-aficionados?utm_source=rss_feed

Yet again, a drunk passenger has urinated on a fellow traveller on a US-India flight

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. It’s the third time in recent months that a passenger has been accused of urinating on or near someone else on a flight from New York to New Delhi. In all cases, they were…

Japanese start-ups see rising interest from banks as government seeks to revitalise tech sector

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lenders in Japan are planning to increase the staff they allocate to start-up businesses as the government aims to stimulate entrepreneurship. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3218238/japanese-start-ups-see-rising-interest-banks-government-seeks-revitalise-tech-sector?utm_source=rss_feed

He shared a photo of a beer on Facebook. Thailand fined him more than US$4,000

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Artid Sivahansapha was initially sentenced to eight months in prison and a US$5,800 fine for posting a review of his beer on social media in 2020. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3218229/he-shared-photo-beer-facebook-thailand-fined-him-more-us4000?utm_source=rss_feed

China, Russia tensions haunt South Korea’s search for US security, economic guarantees on Yoon Suk-yeol visit

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The main themes of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to the US – security and economic cooperation – have been overshadowed by his recent remarks on the war in Ukraine and tensions in the…

US rapper Desiigner charged for masturbating on flight from Tokyo after he ‘didn’t get much’ in Japan

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Desiigner, real name Sidney Royel Selby III, told the FBI he had found an attendant on the Tokyo-Minneapolis flight attractive. He was charged with one federal count of indecent exposure on an aircraft. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3218224/us-rapper-charged-masturbating-flight-tokyo-after-he-didnt-get-much-japan?utm_source=rss_feed

Japan ‘mindset’ is to stay home as Covid wave, surging flight costs deter overseas travel

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Japanese travellers are avoiding international trips and choosing to stay home for ‘fear of infection’, observers say, as the price of flights has also spiralled since the pandemic. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3218158/japan-mindset-stay-home-covid-wave-surging-flight-costs-deter-overseas-travel?utm_source=rss_feed

A decade after Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladesh garment workers fight for better pay and conditions

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. More than a decade after 1,100 garment workers died in the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladeshi garment workers say factories are safer, but progress on better pay and conditions has been far slower. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3218196/decade-after-rana-plaza-collapse-bangladesh-garment-workers-fight-better-pay-and-conditions?utm_source=rss_feed

LGBTQ rights still lag in Pacific region despite Cook Islands’ move to lift gay sex ban

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Cook Islands follows other Pacific Island nations in wiping colonial-era sodomy laws from the statutes, beginning with the Marshall Islands in 2005. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3218161/lgbtq-rights-still-lag-pacific-region-despite-cook-islands-move-lift-gay-sex-ban?utm_source=rss_feed