Asia Pacific – Page 910 – Prologue Journal

Japan’s Halloween ‘Joker’ attacker gets 23 years for 2021 Tokyo train stabbing, fire

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Kyota Hattori was charged with attempted murder and arson offences, after he admitted to stabbing a male passenger and starting a fire on a moving express train in 2021. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3229516/japans-halloween-joker-attacker-gets-23-years-2021-tokyo-train-stabbing-fire?utm_source=rss_feed

South Korean court finalises US$1 million compensation to man abducted from North 67 years earlier

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Seoul High Court ruled that the state must pay damages to Kim Joo-sam for its violation of the plaintiff’s ‘fundamental human rights’. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3229521/south-korean-court-finalises-us1-million-compensation-man-abducted-north-67-years-earlier?utm_source=rss_feed

At Least 2 Dead in Heavy Rains and Flooding in Beijing

New York Times Landslides and flash flooding threatened outer districts of the city, and more than 5,000 residents were evacuated from their homes, the authorities said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/world/asia/china-rain-beijing-flooding-typhoon.html

As talks with Indonesia stall, Singapore seeks other green energy sources: ‘the clock is ticking’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Despite signing agreements and a US$37 billion ‘Green Corridor’ in Indonesia, a history of turbulence clouds Singapore-Jakarta energy relations. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3229461/talks-indonesia-stall-singapore-seeks-other-green-energy-sources-clock-ticking?utm_source=rss_feed

South China Sea: US Coast guard to search, board for PNG, in stepped up role in waters China operates fish fleets

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The PNG agreement is the first with the ship boarding provision for a nation with which the US does not have full defence responsibility. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3229488/south-china-sea-us-coast-guard-search-board-png-stepped-pacific-role-china-operates-fishing-fleets?utm_source=rss_feed

Australia calls off search for 4 crewmen of crashed helicopter: ‘any hope of finding them alive has been lost’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘It is now clear that any hope of finding them alive has been lost,’ said Australia’s defence minister, who called the crash ‘catastrophic’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3229474/australia-calls-search-4-crewmen-crashed-helicopter-any-hope-finding-them-alive-has-been-lost?utm_source=rss_feed

Malaysia’s PAS will stab Mahathir and Muhyiddin in the back, says Umno official

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Former PMs Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin ‘will stab PAS’, wrote Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi. ‘But PAS will stab them first’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3229462/malaysias-pas-will-stab-mahathir-and-muhyiddin-back-says-umno-official?utm_source=rss_feed

India’s first openly gay prince slams forced conversion therapy: ‘parents are literally torturing their children’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘My parents were planning to open up my brain, perform a surgery on my brain,’ Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil said in an interview. ‘They were planning to make me undergo electro shock therapy.’ https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3229450/indias-first-openly-gay-prince-slams-forced-conversion-therapy-parents-are-literally-torturing-their?utm_source=rss_feed

Fukushima water release visual explainer: causes, contaminated water storage and discharge, and how it affects Hong Kong

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A complete and detailed visual explainer to understand the causes and impact of the treated water about to be dumped on the shores of Japan. https://www.scmp.com/infographics/asia/article/3229136/fukushima-water-discharge-plan-explained-causes-storage-process-contaminated-water-radioactive?utm_source=rss_feed

Chinese battery companies spy a South Korean loophole to skirt US subsidy rules

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Some US$4 billion of investments in new battery factories have been unveiled by Chinese companies and their Korean partners over the past four months. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3229448/chinese-battery-companies-spy-south-korean-loophole-skirt-us-subsidy-rules?utm_source=rss_feed