Asia Pacific – Page 871 – Prologue Journal

At Least 17 Die as Bridge Collapses While Under Construction in India

New York Times A rescue effort was underway as reports indicated that several additional workers were trapped under the wreckage. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/world/asia/india-bridge-collapse.html

South Korea conducts first civil defence drills in 6 years

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In areas nearer North Korea there was also chemical and biological training, with instructions on how to put on a gas mask and the use of emergency food rations. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3232045/south-korea-conducts-first-civil-defence-drills-6-years?utm_source=rss_feed

China Works to Expand its Sway in Africa Amid Rivalry With the U.S.

New York Times China’s leader, Xi Jinping, pitches his country as a leader of the developing world, rallying support for an alternative to the U.S.-dominated global order. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/world/asia/china-africa-brics-us.html

Will India’s cut-price mission to the moon succeed where Russia’s failed?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chandrayaan-3, which means “Mooncraft” in Sanskrit, is scheduled to touch down later today near the little-explored lunar south pole. A previous effort in 2019 failed. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3232028/will-indias-cut-price-mission-moon-succeed-where-russias-failed?utm_source=rss_feed

Japan prepares to start dumping 540 Olympic-sized pools of Fukushima waste water into the Pacific

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Each of the 1.34 million cubic metres of waste water will be diluted with 1,200 cubic metres of seawater before release, plant operator Tepco said. The process is set to take several decades to…

What it takes for oil and gas companies to decarbonise, according to Datuk Adif Zulkifli of Petronas

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Speaking from Energy Asia 2023, Datuk Adif Zulkifli, executive vice-president and CEO of the upstream business for the energy group, says companies need specific, clear targets for reducing carbon emissions. https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/asia/topics/charting-pathways-sustainable-asia/article/3231799/oil-gas-companies-decarbonise?utm_source=rss_feed

Singapore jails immigration officer who helped Chinese prostitute overstay visa in return for sex, cash

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Former immigration officer Teo Hwee Peng, 49, was jailed for nearly three years and fined about US$2,000 for helping Chinese national Liang Qinglan get arrested, thereby giving her access to special passes to extend…

Thailand’s jailed ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra moved to hospital 1 day after return from exile

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Corrections department officials say Thaksin Shinawatra has pre-existing issues with his heart, lungs, spine and blood pressure, and would be monitored closely. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3231972/thailands-jailed-ex-pm-thaksin-moved-hospital-1-day-after-return-exile?utm_source=rss_feed

South China Sea: as Philippines hosts US-Japan-Australia drills, will external players’ presence escalate tensions?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Manila has ‘had enough’ of China’s conduct in the disputed waterway, analysts say. But hosting the US, Japan and Australia for joint military drills only raises the ‘spectre of dangerous run-ins’. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3231960/south-china-sea-philippines-hosts-us-japan-australia-drills-will-external-players-presence-escalate?utm_source=rss_feed

India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing: How and When to Watch

New York Times Coming on the heels of Russia’s lunar lander crash over the weekend, India is hoping to become on Wednesday the first nation to set down in the moon’s south polar region. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/science/india-moon-landing-chandrayaan-3-watch.html