Regions – Page 3533 – Prologue Journal

Jordan, Egypt stand out in the fight against child labor in the Arab world

Jerusalem Post On the eve of World Day Against Child Labor, The Media Line examines the state of child labor in the region. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-746004

North Korea’s Kim vows to ‘hold hands’ with Russia’s Putin amid Ukraine war: ‘justice is sure to win’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In a message to Moscow marking Russia’s National Day, Kim Jong-un said ‘justice is sure to win and the Russian people will continue to add glory to the history of victory’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3223770/north-koreas-kim-vows-hold-hands-russias-putin-amid-ukraine-war-justice-sure-win?utm_source=rss_feed

South Korea accuses ex-Samsung executive of stealing technology to build China chip factory

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The defendant, who also formerly worked at SK Hynix, is accused of illegally acquiring data from Samsung Electronics to build a factory in the Chinese city of Xian between 2018 and 2019. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3223769/south-korea-accuses-ex-samsung-executive-stealing-technology-build-china-chip-factory?utm_source=rss_feed

New Zealand broadcaster suspends journalist over ‘pro-Kremlin garbage’ in Ukraine war stories

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Radio New Zealand said it had corrected 16 stories about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on it website that had been edited to present ‘a false account of events’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3223748/new-zealand-broadcaster-suspends-journalist-over-pro-kremlin-garbage-ukraine-war-stories?utm_source=rss_feed

British man who tried to scale South Korea’s Lotte World Tower without ropes detained

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Local media identified the climber as 24-year-old George King-Thompson, who was arrested and jailed in 2019 for trying to scale the Shard building in London. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3223754/british-man-detained-trying-climb-south-koreas-lotte-world-tower?utm_source=rss_feed

Your Monday Briefing

New York Times Nicola Sturgeon is arrested in Scotland. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/briefing/sturgeon-scotland-counteroffensive-trump-europe.html

China’s Coast Guard and the Fight to Control Asia

New York Times Beijing’s patrol vessels often resemble warships. Now other nations are trying to compete with tougher coast guards of their own. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/world/asia/china-coast-guard.html

Singapore’s economy set to slow, as Hong Kong roars back to life: survey

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A tourism-supported consumption-driven rebound is boosting Hong Kong’s ‘short-term cyclical prospects’, economists say. Singapore, meanwhile, may be entering a technical recession. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3223743/singapores-economy-set-slow-hong-kong-roars-back-life-survey?utm_source=rss_feed

Malaysia wants Google, Microsoft to follow Tesla, Amazon’s lead and invest: ‘we have to be opportunistic sometimes’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Malaysia has sought to capitalise on its attractiveness as a neutral supply chain base amid rising US-China tensions to bolster its position as a semiconductor hub and emerging data centre, its trade minister said.…

India, US boost defence ties with Russia, China in mind: ‘things are changing’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A slew of agreements may be how Washington weans New Delhi off its reliance on Moscow for weapons, analysts say, amid the war in Ukraine and a flourishing Moscow-Beijing relationship. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3223579/india-us-boost-defence-ties-russia-china-mind-things-are-changing?utm_source=rss_feed