• 02/01/2025

As Indonesians begin exodus home, officials face vexing issue of Eid festival date

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Muslim groups in Indonesia are free to do their own calculations, even as the Ministry of Religion decides on the day of Eid, meaning that Muslims will celebrate Eid on different days this year.…

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Contest for Children to Hunt Feral Cats Is Scrapped in New Zealand

New York Times The country aggressively tries to control invasive species, but the culling event, which was to be part of a bigger hunting competition, generated a backlash. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/world/australia/new-zealand-cat-hunt.html

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‘Deeply loved’ TV star panda on loan from China dies in Thailand aged 21

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lin Hui, the last of three pandas in Thailand that had lived in an air-conditioned enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo since 2003, was due to return to China in October. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3217613/deeply-loved-tv-star-panda-loan-china-dies-thailand-aged-21?utm_source=rss_feed

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Forced labour victim, 95, calls for prompt court decision against Japanese firms

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Kim Sung-joo, 95, is one of three surviving Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labour and wants the issue to be ‘solved as soon as possible’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217610/forced-labour-victim-95-calls-prompt-court-decision-against-japanese-firms?utm_source=rss_feed

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US cannot store arms in Philippines to defend Taiwan, Manila says in ‘friends to all’ policy

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Washington has access to nine sites near the Taiwan Strait and the disputed South China Sea under a defence pact with Manila. China has sharply criticised the military deal. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3217607/us-cannot-store-arms-philippines-defend-taiwan-manila-says-friends-all-policy?utm_source=rss_feed

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Cyclone strands Indonesian fishermen on remote desert island off Australia for 6 days, 8 feared dead

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. One of their fishing boats ran aground a week ago on a bare, sandy outcrop some 300km off Australia’s west coast. The other sank, with the only known survivor spending 30 hours at sea…

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China population: Guangdong suffers first decline in over 4 decades, underlining demographic and economic woes

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Population of China’s leading exporting province of Guangdong fell for the first time in over four decades last year, adding to the demographic crisis at a time India is set to become the world’s…

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South Korea to step up inspections of seafood imports ahead of Fukushima water release

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The fisheries ministry and coastguard will check to ensure merchants are properly labelling imported seafood – they could face 7 years in prison or a fine of up to US$75,392. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217592/south-korea-step-inspections-seafood-imports-ahead-fukushima-water-release?utm_source=rss_feed

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From Asia to Europe, reproductive rights – not birth rate – should be focus, says UN

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Nearly half of all global pregnancies are unintended, organisation says, including 500,000 births each year among girls aged 10-14 who are ‘too young to consent to sex, married off, abused’. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3217586/asia-europe-reproductive-rights-not-birth-rate-should-be-focus-says-un?utm_source=rss_feed

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Japan protests China’s ‘extremely regrettable’ lack of communication before satellite launch

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. China set up no-fly and no-sail zones in the East China Sea before the launch on Sunday, given the possibility of falling debris. Tokyo had urged Beijing to ensure the safety of Japanese vessels…

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