Regions – Page 27 – Prologue Journal

What happens now South Korea’s president has been charged with rebellion?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Amid the court hearings, continuing chaotic protests and increasingly harsh rhetoric, here’s what to expect. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3296528/what-happens-now-south-koreas-president-has-been-charged-rebellion?utm_source=rss_feed

Never mind the yakuza, in Japan ‘quick money’ gangs are now on the rise

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Japan has seen a surge in desperate young people committing ‘yami baito’ – small-time crimes as part-time jobs. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3296524/never-mind-yakuza-japan-quick-money-gangs-are-now-rise?utm_source=rss_feed

Ansarullah: Real peace to be established only through return of Palestinians to their homeland

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Yemen’s Ansarullah says true peace would be established across the occupied Palestinian territories only through potential return of the territories’ entire Palestinian population. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/28/741727/Yemen-Palestine-true-peace-return-of-Palestinians-occupied-territories-Israel-war-genocide-Gaza

North Korea sends ‘a subtle signal’ to Trump about dialogue – via a missile test

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The missile launch came on the heels of the newly inaugurated US president acknowledging Kim Jong-un’s hermit state as a nuclear power. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3296475/north-korea-sends-subtle-signal-trump-about-dialogue-missile-test?utm_source=rss_feed

Reject all Zionist schemes: Hamas to global Muslim Nation

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Hamas calls on the global Muslim community, including the Palestinian one, to reject all of the Israeli regime’s schemes against it. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/27/741724/Hamas-urges-rejection-Israel-Zionist-schemes-Prophet-Muhammad-anniversary

How North Korea might take advantage of Trump’s second presidency

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Northeast Asia’s power balance will shift as the US adopts an ‘America first’ security policy and a friendlier attitude towards Kim Jong-un. https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3296309/how-north-korea-might-take-advantage-trumps-second-presidency?utm_source=rss_feed

Tuesday Briefing: A.I. From China Rattles Markets

New York Times Plus, Venice in the winter. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/briefing/china-ai-markets-colombia-deportees-auschwitz-memorial.html

François Ponchaud, Who Alerted World to Cambodian Atrocities, Dies at 86

New York Times A French Catholic priest, he wrote a book recounting horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge that were responsible for the death of almost two million people. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/europe/francois-ponchaud-dead.html

Arbel Yehud, Israeli Hostage, Is Seen in New Video Released by Islamic Jihad

New York Times The civilian, Arbel Yehud, should have been among the first two groups of hostages released on Jan. 19 and Jan. 25 under the cease-fire deal, according to the Israeli authorities. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/middleeast/arbel-yehud-civilian-hostage-gaza.html

What’s Next in the Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations?

New York Times Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians trekked for hours toward their homes in northern Gaza on Monday, nearly 16 months after Israel launched an offensive there in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks. The returnees confronted wastelands of rubble after the Israeli military destroyed entire neighborhoods and Hamas booby-trapped buildings. Adam Rasgon,…