Category: Asia Pacific
Japan’s surprise state-backed buyout of chip materials maker JSR hints at further ‘protection’-minded acquisitions
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The mammoth deal – which surprised many – makes sense amid growing global tension in the critical semiconductor sector, with other similar agreements likely, analysts say. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3225586/japans-surprise-state-backed-buyout-chip-materials-maker-jsr-hints-further-protection-minded?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese tourists in Thailand face jail, fines for touching ‘cute’ starfish, stepping on coral reefs
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Thai social media users directed their ire at ‘wild Chinese tour groups’, while others blamed diving instructors for not telling guests about the laws. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3225614/chinese-tourists-thailand-face-jail-fine-after-touching-cute-starfish-stepping-coral-reefs?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePhilippine tribal tattooist, 106, keeps ancient practice alive: ‘she’s the face of this tradition’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. For decades Apo Wang-Od has practised the ancient art of batok, tattooing through hand-tapping using a lemon tree thorn and charcoal soot. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3225608/philippine-tribal-tattooist-106-keeps-ancient-practice-alive-shes-face-tradition?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreYour Wednesday Briefing: Wagner Chief in Exile
New York Times Also, American views on China continue to sour. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/briefing/wagner-belarus-putin-asia.html
Read MoreThailand’s Pita claims he has ‘enough support’ from Senate to become PM
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. To become PM, Pita Limjaroenrat has to muster a majority across both houses, including the Senate, whose 250 members were hand-picked by the last junta. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3225564/thailands-pita-claims-he-has-enough-support-senate-become-pm?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIndonesia’s President Joko Widodo denies claims of cover-up in brewing Islamic school blasphemy scandal
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The investigation comes after the school’s co-founder said the institution would emerge unscathed because of its ties with top-level government officials. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3225607/indonesias-president-joko-widodo-denies-claims-cover-brewing-islamic-school-blasphemy-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMalaysia’s central bank to intervene to stabilise ringgit over ‘excessive’ recent losses
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The ringgit is trading near a seven-month low and has lost close to 6 per cent of its value against the US dollar this year, declining more than its peers in Southeast Asia. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3225583/malaysias-central-bank-intervene-stabilise-ringgit-over-excessive-recent-losses?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSouth Korean woman obsessed with murder shows stabs and dismembers victim ‘out of curiosity’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The 23-year-old also scored high points in psychoanalysis tests, which were results similar to the country’s most infamous serial killers, investigators said. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3225580/south-korean-woman-obsessed-murder-shows-stabs-and-dismembers-victim-out-curiosity?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreDutch court rules sultan’s heirs cannot seize Malaysian assets
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Last year, the Filipino heirs to the last sultan of the remote Philippine region of Sulu were awarded US$14.9 billion by a Paris arbitration court in a long-running dispute with Malaysia over a colonial-era…
Read MoreIf Biden Wanted to Ease U.S.-China Tensions, Would Americans Let Him?
New York Times In polls, Americans’ views of China are starting to resemble their views of the Soviet Union decades ago. That could make it harder to mend ties. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/upshot/us-china-cold-war.html
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