Asia
Bangabandhu’s autobiography translated to Korean
The autobiography of the Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman “The Unfinished Memoirs" has been translated into Korean language as part of celebrating his birth centenary.
Japan minister says necessary to 'wake up' to protect Taiwan
Speaking to the Hudson Institute think tank, State Minister of Defence Yasuhide Nakayama questioned whether the decision of many countries, including Japan and United States, to follow a "one-China" policy that has recognized Beijing rather than Taipei since the 1970s would stand the test of time.
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of ‘self-defence’ groups: report
Violence in post-coup Myanmar has escalated as anti-junta “self-defence” forces step up to take on the military, a report said yesterday, warning of an “enormous” human cost if the regime uses its full power in subsequent crackdowns.
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: media
Hong Kong police arrested a former senior journalist with the now-closed Apple Daily newspaper on a suspected national security offence as he was trying to catch a flight out of the city, media reported.
China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam
The first two generating units of the world’s second-biggest hydroelectric dam were officially turned on Monday in southwestern China, the government announced.
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport -local media
Hong Kong police arrested a former senior journalist with the Apple Daily newspaper at the international airport on Sunday night on a suspected national security charge as he tried to leave the city, according to local media reports.
Thailand announces new restrictions in Bangkok, other provinces
Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country's worst coronavirus outbreak.
Hong Kong's Apple Daily apologises to readers in farewell note for final edition
Apple Daily has apologised to its readers, hundreds of whom queued past midnight for one of a million copies of the final publication, for not meeting their expectations.
Suspected arsonist planned Japan's worst mass killing in 18 years: Media
A man suspected of torching an animation studio in western Japan shouted that he had been plagiarised and appeared to have planned the attack, media says after a blaze that killed 33 people in Japan's worst mass killing in two decades.
Japan govt eyes slow electric cars for elderly
The government is attempting to build a framework to enable elderly people and others to use low-speed electric vehicles to go shopping, to the hospital and elsewhere.
Gangs making $60b a year: UN
Southeast Asia’s drug gangs are making over $60 billion a year pumping out record amounts of methamphetamine, then laundering the profits through the region’s mushrooming number of casinos, a UN study showed yesterday.
12 killed, scores wounded in Afghanistan Taliban car bombing
Twelve people are killed and more than 80 wounded when Taliban fighters detonated two car bombs at a gate outside police headquarters in the Afghan city of Kandahar, police and medical officials and the Taliban said.
ICJ asks Pakistan to review death penalty for Indian accused of spying
In a significant legal and diplomatic victory for India, the International Court of Justice rules that Pakistan must review the death sentence for a former Indian navy officer who has been handed the punishment by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage and terrorism.
Moratorium expected to be lifted in a month or two
The moratorium on migrant workers from Bangladesh is expected to be lifted next month the soonest, says Malaysia’s Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran.
‘You must be stupid’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared he will never be tried by an international court for mass killings in his war on drugs, and vowed no let-up in a crackdown that he said he was winning and would see through “to the very end”.
No respite as monsoon rains pound South Asia
Heavy monsoon rains across South Asia claim more lives, with the death toll passing 200 as authorities tried to reach stranded villagers cut off by surging floodwaters.
Suu Kyi's bid to reform charter sparks rival protests in Myanmar
Hundreds of people demonstrates in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, in support of proposed constitutional amendments that would reduce the power of the military.
S Korea bans seeking job applicant’s personal info
From today, prospective employers in South Korea cannot ask job seekers for information unrelated to the positions they are being hired