Category: Asia Pacific
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…
Read MoreUS 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
Read MoreJapan ‘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
Read MoreA 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
Read MoreLGBTQ 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
Read MoreYour Tuesday Briefing: China Walks Back Ambassador’s Comments
New York Times Also, Beijing is trying to control chatbots and Thailand prepares for tense elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/briefing/china-ambassador-baltic-thailand-asia.html
Read MoreIndia to overtake China as world’s most populous nation this week, UN says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The South Asian country’s population is rapidly growing, and is expected to hit 1,425,775,850 people by the end of April. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3218211/india-overtake-china-worlds-most-populous-nation-week-un-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUS sanctions Chinese men linked to notorious North Korean hackers
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Wu Huihui and Cheng Hung Man allegedly laundered virtual currencies for members of the Lazarus Group, known for the Sony Pictures hack in 2014. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218209/us-sanctions-chinese-men-linked-notorious-north-korean-hackers?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWorld’s most chilling cults, from Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo to Swiss sect Solar Temple
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In Guyana in 1987, US preacher Jim Jones coerced his People’s Temple sect into committing ‘revolutionary suicide’, urging parents to give their children poison https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3218201/worlds-most-chilling-cults-japans-aum-shinrikyo-swiss-sect-solar-temple?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWHO fires senior official over ‘unacceptable’ sexual misconduct
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Fijian doctor Temo Waqanivalu was dismissed ‘following findings of sexual misconduct against him and corresponding disciplinary process’. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3218205/who-fires-senior-official-over-unacceptable-sexual-misconduct?utm_source=rss_feed
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