🌏 Asia-Pacific News Thread

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Philippines says navy personnel injured in confrontation with China coast guard

At least eight Filipinos were reportedly injured in the South China Sea clashes, including one who reportedly lost a thumb

www.theguardian.com

 

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Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow's growing isolation

He is scheduled to meet Vietnam’s most powerful politician, Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the new President To Lam and others.

apnews.com

 

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Kim Jong Un takes his relationship with Putin — and maybe his nuclear program — to a new level

A pact between the North Korean leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin could scramble the balance of power in East Asia and make it even more difficult to halt Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison

A South Korean court says a man who stabbed the country's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

apnews.com

 

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Yamagata adopts ‘laugh once a day’ ordinance to promote health | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

 

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Chinese navy ships in close encounter off U.S.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it encountered four Chinese military vessels in the Bering Sea off Alaska

www.newsweek.com

 

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North Korea Nuclear Attack Would Meet 'Overwhelming' Response, Biden Warns

The U.S. and South Korea warned North Korea against aggression as they formalized a new nuclear partnership.

www.newsweek.com

 

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And then the whole world dies from the fallout.

 

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China reels from banking crisis

Mergers are gobbling up failing local banks weakened by exposure to troubled sectors of the economy.

www.newsweek.com

 

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‘Garbage time of history’: Chinese state media seeks to shut down claims country has entered a new epoch

Authorities unhappy as Chinese chat groups and WeChat feeds buzz with discussion of whether China has entered period of inevitable failure

www.theguardian.com

 

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Protesters attack Bangladeshi state broadcaster after PM’s call for calm

Incensed crowd facing riot police set BTV building on fire as students demand end to discriminatory job quotas

www.theguardian.com

 

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South Korea responds to North Korea's trash balloons by blaring propaganda

South Korea said it has resumed broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda through loudspeakers at the border.

www.newsweek.com

 

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China makes nuclear weapons demands to U.S. and allies

China urged the U.S. to adopt the policy of "no-first-use of nuclear weapons" and to abandon its nuclear umbrella to its allies.

www.newsweek.com

 

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‘I did it as quietly as I could’: the navy chief who wrecked his ship to scupper China’s ambitions

Vice Admiral Eduardo Santos was in charge of the Philippine navy at a time of ‘creeping invasion’ by China. Then along came an unusual idea

www.theguardian.com

 

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Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index plunges 12.4% as investors dump a wide range of shares

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged more than 12% as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected and dumped a wide range of shares.

apnews.com

Honda to report record Q1 $3bn-plus profit on strong U.S. hybrid sales

Weak yen also lifts operating profit to new heights despite tough Chinese market

asia.nikkei.com

 

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Florida attorney pleads guilty to bomb attempt outside Chinese embassy

A criminal defense attorney in Florida pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a 2023 attempt to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy.

www.usatoday.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index plunges 12.4% as investors dump a wide range of shares

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged more than 12% as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected and dumped a wide range of shares.

apnews.com

Honda to report record Q1 $3bn-plus profit on strong U.S. hybrid sales

Weak yen also lifts operating profit to new heights despite tough Chinese market

asia.nikkei.com

Japanese stocks open higher as wider markets bounce from brutal sell-off

Wall Street looked steadier with S&P 500 futures rebounding 1.5%, while Nasdaq futures rose 2% and the pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures advanced 1.24%.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Why China is doubling down on nuclear weapons—Experts weigh in

One analyst told Newsweek that China's growing nuclear clout may lead it to consider "the viability of limited nuclear war."

www.newsweek.com

 

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Chinese American man convicted in US of spying on dissidents for China

Shujun Wang helped found a pro-democracy group and used it to gain information on dissidents, prosecutors say

www.theguardian.com

 

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Taiwan president urges democracies to unite at largest-ever gathering of foreign lawmakers in Taipei

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has welcomed what he said is the largest ever delegation of foreign lawmakers to Taiwan, even as Beijing pressured members of the delegation not to visit.

apnews.com

 

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US ambassador to skip Japan’s atomic bomb memorial after Israeli delegation dispute

The U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited

www.independent.co.uk

Nagasaki mayor sticks to decision not to invite Israel to peace ceremony | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

The mayor of Nagasaki says he maintains his decision not to invite the Israeli ambassador to Japan to Friday's annual peace ceremony marking the US atomic bombing of the city.

www3.nhk.or.jp

Nagasaki mayor says Israel exclusion from A-bomb event not political

The mayor of the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki reiterated Thursday that the lack of an invitation for Israel to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city was not politically motivated and there would be no change to the decision.

english.kyodonews.net

 

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Japan’s PM cancels overseas trip after experts issue ‘megaquake’ warning

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued its first-ever warning of the risk of a huge earthquake along the Pacific coast

www.theguardian.com

 

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US ambassador to skip Japan’s atomic bomb memorial after Israeli delegation dispute

The U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited

www.independent.co.uk

Nagasaki mayor sticks to decision not to invite Israel to peace ceremony | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

The mayor of Nagasaki says he maintains his decision not to invite the Israeli ambassador to Japan to Friday's annual peace ceremony marking the US atomic bombing of the city.

www3.nhk.or.jp

Nagasaki mayor says Israel exclusion from A-bomb event not political

The mayor of the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki reiterated Thursday that the lack of an invitation for Israel to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city was not politically motivated and there would be no change to the decision.

english.kyodonews.net

I have no issue with this. Isreal, like Russia, needs to be snubbed for the overkill tactics in Gaza.

 

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China lists Taiwanese independence supporters it wants people to denounce

Beijing website asks for information about supposed ‘crimes’ of ‘secessionist’ current and past Taiwan officials

www.theguardian.com

 

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan meets with top Chinese defense official in Beijing

The rare meeting came as the White House said President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping would speak by phone “in the coming weeks.”

www.nbcnews.com