The decision comes after a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the central military commission on Tuesday, which “assessed the prevailing situation,” according to the Korean news agency (KCNA) of the North Korean media. Possible military plans included the deployment of units from the North in the …
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The Ishigaki City Council in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture passed legislation that changes the administrative status of the uninhabited group of islands, known as Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyus in China. The bill changes the islands name for administrative purposes from “Tonoshiro” to Tonoshiro Senkaku “to avoid confusion with another area …
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Trudeau spoke days after Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were officially charged with spying on and handling state secrets. The two men were first detained in late 2018 in the weeks following the arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese tech company Huawei, on charges filed …
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Last June, the Myanmar government, led by state councilor Aung San Suu Kyi, cut internet access to nine municipalities in the area due to concerns that it was being used to inflame clashes between the Myanmar army and insurgents. One municipality restored its service in May, but eight others, with …
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On Saturday, China’s National People’s Congress (APN), which is expected to pass the law in the coming weeks, gave Hong Kong its first glimpse of what it contains. Critics may have been right to be concerned: As drafted, the law appears to disrupt the city’s cherished independent legal system, allowing …
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