🌏 Asia-Pacific News Thread

[MagnarTheGreat]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-address-nation-ahead-impeachment-vote-2024-12-07/

 

[blueharvest]

Indonesia chases the return of ‘bonanza-era’ Chinese tourism

China’s economic malaise, however, means its people have been slower to join the global wave of post-pandemic ‘revenge travel’

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump’s China advisers are shaping up to be a team of rivals | Semafor

The US president-elect’s nominations are split on how to deal with Beijing.

www.semafor.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

That stinks. Maybe they thought his replacement would be worse.

 

[blueharvest]

Fury as South Korea's Conservative Party Thwarts Impeachment Vote | Common Dreams

"Today, citizens witnessed democracy taking a step backward," said the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.

www.commondreams.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Korea arrests ex-defence minister after failed martial law attempt – reports

Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Korea imposes travel ban on president over martial law declaration

President Yoon Suk Yeol plunged the East Asian democracy into chaos last week with his short-lived martial law declaration.

www.nbcnews.com

Ex-defense minister verbally abused JCS chief for refusing order to strike North ahead of martial law decree, DP lawmaker says

Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun allegedly verbally abused Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Kim Myung-soo ahead of the martial law decree last week, a high-ranking military official tipped off Rep. Lee Ki-heon on Monday.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

They literally wanted to start a war with North Korea.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Nvidia's stock dips after China opens probe of the AI chip company for violating anti-monopoly laws

Shares of Nvidia have slipped after China said it is investigating the high-flying U.S. microchip company over suspected violations of Chinese anti-monopoly laws.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

They know Trump might not fight them over it.

 

[blueharvest]

South Korean defence minister who proposed martial law attempts suicide in custody

Kim Yong Hyun first official to be detained over president’s failed attempt to impose martial law

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Korea’s ex-defense minister attempts to take his own life as presidential office raided in martial law fallout​

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/10/asia/south-korea-defense-minister-suicide-attempt-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Joint investigation team on Yoon launched​

Two police officials arrested simultaneously on insurrection charges; prosecutors' probe proceeds separately​

https://news.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20241211050086

Ex-defense chief suspected of plotting war with North Korea to justify martial law

Kim Yong-hyun is said to have called for strikes on sites from which North Korea was launching trash balloons and sending drones over Pyongyang

english.hani.co.kr

 

[blueharvest]

US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products

The Biden administration has announced it is raising tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from China to protect U.S. clean energy businesses.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration next month, according to multiple sources.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration next month, according to multiple sources.

www.cbsnews.com

MSNBC says that no actual heads of state, never mind Hostile ones, have ever attended an inauguration. Trump wants to be crowned, not sworn in. Supposedly he asked Orban, too.

 

[blueharvest]

Why did China hack the world’s phone networks?

Salt Typhoon breached dozens of telecoms around the world

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Huge crowds gather for impeachment vote on South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol

Opposition needs ruling party support to suspend president over ‘insurrectionary’ martial law bid, while removal would need court approval

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Nice to see consequences for someone after they attempt a coup. Too bad something like that won't happen in America.

 

[blueharvest]

Democrats and Republicans condemn espionage-driven Chinese hack

Ongoing infiltration by Salt Typhoon group has hit US telecoms companies and Trump, Vance and Harris

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach president over martial law debacle | CNN

South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in an extraordinary rebuke that came about after his own ruling party turned on him following his refusal to resign over his short-lived martial law attempt.

amp.cnn.com

 

[blueharvest]

Landmark US-China science pact renewed in rare bright spot for relations | Semafor

The science cooperation agreement carries symbolic weight for being the first major bilateral deal between China and the US.

www.semafor.com

 

[blueharvest]

How South Korea’s president sealed his own downfall

Yoon Suk Yeol’s party offered him the chance of a dignified exit but he chose to double down on his martial law gambit

www.theguardian.com