Train operators, airlines to suspend services as typhoon on course to strike eastern Japan
TOKYO A powerful typhoon is on course to strike Tokyo and other areas of eastern Japan this weekend, the weather agency warned Friday, as train operators and airlines announced plans to suspend many services in the metropolitan area. Typhoon Hagibis, which it is feared could dump torrential rain on a level not seen since a […]
Thai activist charged over ‘inappropriate’ royal history post
Facebook (Bloomberg/File) A Thai pro-democracy activist has been charged over an “inappropriate” social media post, police said Tuesday, as authorities use a tough cyberlaw against perceived critics of the powerful monarchy. Police arrested 25-year-old Kan Pongprapapan late Monday and charged him with violating the Computer Crimes Act after a Facebook post touching on the turbulent […]
Thai military files sedition case against opposition leaders, academics
Exiled Thai activist Junya Yimprasert is denouncing Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, on the first day of the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, Italy on Oct. 16, 2014. (Shutterstock.com/Eugenio Marongiu) Thailand’s military has filed a sedition case with police against a group of opposition politicians and academics, accusing them of stirring unrest with talk of […]
Getting a new mobile number in China will involve a facial-recognition test
China is taking every measure it can to verify the identities of its over 850 million mobile internet users. From Dec. 1, people applying for new mobile and data services will have to have their faces scanned by telecom providers, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a Sept. 27 statement (link in […]
China’s Largest Ever Military Parade
“No Force Can Shake Us”: Xi Says As Hypersonic Nuclear Missiles Unveiled At China’s Largest Ever Military ParadeTue, 10/01/2019 “Patriotic passion” and “tears of joy” filled Beijing streets, writes Reuters, as China’s National Day military parade extravaganza wound up on Tuesday. Though state media pundits have sought to assure the West it’s not at all […]
China is harvesting thousands of human organs from its Uighur Muslim minority, UN human-rights body hears
China was accused on Tuesday of harvesting human organs from persecuted groups in the country. The China Tribunal, a group that’s investigating the organ harvesting, said at a tense meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the Chinese government was taking hearts, kidneys, lungs, and skin from groups including Uighur Muslims and members […]
Japan sees rising threats from China, North Korea, Russia
TOKYO — Japan has raised its caution level about North Korea’s missile capability, saying in a defense report that the country resumed missile tests while taking no concrete denuclearization steps and had succeeded in making miniaturized warheads. The annual defense paper, approved Friday by the Cabinet, underscores Japan’s fear of being targeted by its neighbor. […]
EU human rights report makes no mention of Kashmir, slams China and Russia
EU statement has urged United Nations Human Rights Council to take note of violations across the world, mentioning specific cases in 13 nations. SRIJAN SHUKLA Updated: 19 September, 2019 7:43 pm IST [IMG] New Delhi: The European Union has released a statement condemning human rights violations across the world, including in countries such as China […]
Eight out of 10 Asian-Australians experience discrimination: survey
Australians from an Asian background are the most likely ethnic group to report experiencing discrimination as consumers or employees. A national survey of more than 2000 people found 82 per cent of Asian-Australians had experienced discrimination, along with 81 per cent of Australians of Middle Eastern background and 71 per cent of Indigenous Australians. Most […]
Chinese Scientists Have Allegedly Developed A Weapon For “Crowd Control”
Chinese scientists are claiming that they’ve invented the world’s first sonic weapon to control people by causing bodily discomfort. The rifle-shaped instrument, which was jointly developed with military and law enforcement, is designed to disperse crowds using focused waves of low-frequency sound, the academy’s Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry website said on Wednesday. According to the […]