Asia Pacific – Page 903 – Prologue Journal

Stabbing attacks keep Koreans on edge: ‘I’m more scared of being in South Korea’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Back-to-back stabbing rampages, including at a shopping centre in Seongnam, have heightened fears of copycat attacks in a country that has long been considered safe. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3229984/stabbing-attacks-keep-koreans-edge-im-more-scared-being-south-korea?utm_source=rss_feed

Donald Trump indictment, whale dies in Hong Kong, China’s first home-grown durians: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. From Donald Trump’s indictment to a whale’s death sparking conversation in Hong Kong, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3229908/donald-trump-indictment-whale-dies-hong-kong-chinas-first-home-grown-durians-scmps-7-highlights-week?utm_source=rss_feed

New Zealand to pour more money into military as China expands Pacific ambitions

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Releasing the country’s first national security strategy, Defence Minister Andrew Little noted China’s rise posed challenges to existing international rules and norms. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3229946/new-zealand-pour-more-money-military-china-expands-pacific-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed

Can Japan, South Korea seal ‘historic’ security alliance at US summit amid China, North Korea threat?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A formal security alliance between Japan and South Korea may be difficult to conclude, but a pact involving the US ‘would be much easier to achieve’, analysts note. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3229904/can-japan-south-korea-seal-historic-security-alliance-us-summit-amid-china-north-korea-threat?utm_source=rss_feed

North Korea says US arms aid to Taiwan pushing region to ‘another ignition point of war’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Pyongyang called the US$345 million weapons package a ‘dangerous political and military provocation’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3229938/north-korea-says-us-arms-aid-taiwan-pushing-region-another-ignition-point-war?utm_source=rss_feed

Seiichi Morimura, 90, Who Exposed Japanese Wartime Atrocities, Dies

New York Times In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World War II. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/asia/seiichi-morimura-dead.html

Trump’s Jury for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Capitol Attack

New York Times Jurors drawn from among the residents of the District of Columbia will be called on to decide the fate of the former president. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/asia/trump-jan-6-jury-washington.html

LK-99 Is the Ambient Superconductor of the Summer

New York Times Social media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field are cautiously skeptical. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/science/lk-99-superconductor-ambient.html

14 Injured in Stabbing and Car Rampage Near Seoul

New York Times Less than a month after another mass stabbing, 13 victims were sent to the hospital in a similar incident that also included five people being hit by a car. The episode is being treated as a “terrorist act.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/asia/south-korea-seoul-stabbing.html

‘Terrifying’: South Korean police arrests suspect over ‘stabbing rampage’ that hurt 13

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The incident comes just days after another rare stabbing attack in Seoul in which one person was killed and three others wounded. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3229903/13-hurt-terrifying-south-korean-stabbing-rampage-police?utm_source=rss_feed