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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visit an exhibition of armed equipment on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.
North Korean leader shows off missiles to Russia defense chief Shoigu
SINGAPORE — Kim Jong Un showed off North Korea's latest weapons to Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday.Pyongyang invited the Russian delegation led by Shoigu, as well as Chinese officials.They will attend Pyongyang's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, marked typically by massive military parades.The weapons on display included the Hwasong intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).Successfully tested in April, it is believed to be the country's first ICBM to use solid propellants, which makes it quicker to launch than liquid-fuel ones.Also on show were two new drone designs, including one resembling the primary offensive strike drone used by the US Air Force, according to NK News, a specialist site focusing on North...
July 27, 2023

North Korean leader shows off missiles to Russia defense chief Shoigu

The 78-year-old Nobel laureate has been charged with a raft of criminal offences including voter fraud
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi moved out of jail to house arrest
YANGON — Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest after the military detained her following a coup in February 2021.Ms Suu Kyi was taken to a government building in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, prison sources told BBC Burmese. She'd spent a year in solitary confinement.The 78-year-old is serving a 33-year sentence, after being jailed in closed-door, military-run trials.Almost no news has emerged about her condition in more than two years.There has been no public confirmation of her transfer from jail, but the move to house arrest could be a positive sign from the military authorities, who have faced numerous calls to release the country's democratically-elected leader.Ms Suu Kyi was rumored to have been ill, but the military has denied the...
July 27, 2023

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi moved out of jail to house arrest

Singapore's Changi prison
Singapore to execute woman for the first time in 20 years
SINGAPORE — Singapore is scheduled to execute a woman for the first time in almost 20 years, human rights advocates say.Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was found guilty of trafficking 30g (1.06oz) of heroin in 2018.She will be the second drug convict to be executed in three days, after fellow Singaporean Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, and the 15th since March 2022.Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, which it says are necessary to protect society.Aziz was convicted of trafficking 50g of heroin. Under Singapore law, the death penalty can be applied for trafficking of more than 15g of heroin and more than 500g of cannabis.Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said Aziz was accorded "full due process", and that his appeal against his...
July 27, 2023

Singapore to execute woman for the first time in 20 years

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) welcomed at an airport in Pyongyang on 25 July
Russian defense minister in rare North Korea visit
SINGAPORE — A Russian delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea, to be joined by a Chinese delegation later on Wednesday.They will attend Pyongyang's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, marked typically by massive military parades.The visits are the first of their kind to the North since it shut its borders to try to keep out the pandemic.It is unclear if this signals a change in Pyongyang's border policies.Reclusive North Korea had sealed itself off from all trade and diplomatic ties in early 2020, even with Russia and China, its main economic and political partners.They even cut off imports of essential goods like food and medicine.North Korea has been facing food shortages, which have been made worse by its...
July 26, 2023

Russian defense minister in rare North Korea visit

Qin Gang is one of the most high-level officials in the Chinese Communist Party to have been absent for this long
Speculation rife after China foreign minister removed
SINGAPORE — Speculation on Qin Gang remained rampant on Wednesday, a day after he was removed as China's foreign minister just seven months into the job.No reason was given for Qin's removal, which was announced after an emergency meeting on Tuesday.His predecessor Wang Yi has been reappointed to the post.Official silence over Qin's unexplained disappearance from public view for the past month had sparked speculation both in China and abroad.Social media on Wednesday was full of searches and speculation over his abrupt dismissal.Tuesday's brief announcement on state media which said only "China's top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister", has only added fuel to the fire.It is unusual for rumors about such a senior official to be discussed...
July 26, 2023

Speculation rife after China foreign minister removed

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest serving leaders, pictured in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 1, 2023
Cambodia’s Hun Sen to hand power to his son
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down, and that his son Hun Manet would take over in the coming weeks.“Hun Manet ... will become the prime minister in the coming weeks,” he said, adding the new premier will be appointed on August 10.Hun Sen, who has ruled the Southeast Asian country for nearly 40 years, was speaking just days after his ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) swept a general election after running virtually unopposed.“I will continue as the head of the ruling party and member of the National Assembly,” he said.The newly elected parliament would convene on August 21 and a new cabinet would be sworn in on August 22, Hun Sen said. — CNN
July 26, 2023

Cambodia’s Hun Sen to hand power to his son

Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land at Taoyuan International Airport as part of the annual Han Kuang military exercise on July 26, 2023.
Taiwan’s main airport becomes battleground for simulated Chinese invasion
TAOYUAN, Taiwan — Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated Chinese invasion on Wednesday for the first time ever as the island’s military conducted an anti-takeover drill to fend off any possible attack from Beijing.The drill was designed to test the Taiwanese military’s cross-branch coordination and emergency response capabilities during a simulated Chinese invasion, the Ministry of National Defense previously said.With military helicopters in the sky and soldiers on the tarmac, the drill at Taiwan’s busiest international gateway reflects how Taipei is preparing for multiple scenarios in the face of fears over China’s increased military intimidation – concerns which have amplified since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began last year.China’s...
July 26, 2023

Taiwan’s main airport becomes battleground for simulated Chinese invasion

Opposition leaders have demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi address parliament on Manipur
India opposition parties move no-confidence motion against Modi government over Manipur
NEW DELHI — Indian opposition parties have moved two no-confidence motions in parliament against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government amid a deadlock over violence in the state of Manipur.Some leaders have said this is to force Modi to speak on the issue.Opposition parties have been demanding that the prime minister address parliament on the ethnic clashes.They have been protesting in and outside parliament since the monsoon session began last week.Federal home minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha -- the lower house of parliament -- earlier this week that the government was ready to discuss the violence in Manipur and accused the opposition of preventing this.At least 130 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in Manipur since May, after violence broke out...
July 26, 2023

India opposition parties move no-confidence motion against Modi government over Manipur

Heavy rainfall floods several homes in Simbaluca, Santa Teresita, Cagayan due to Typhoon Doksuri, named locally as Egay.
Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in Philippines as Manila braces for impact
MANILA — A powerful typhoon made landfall in the northern Philippines early Wednesday, bringing the potentially deadly threat of tidal surges, flash floods and landslides to parts of the country’s main island, authorities said.Typhoon Doksuri, known as Egay in the Philippines, made landfall at 3:10 a.m. local time (3:10 p.m. ET) in the vicinity of remote Fuga Island, said Pagasa, the Philippine weather bureau.Though it has weakened from super typhoon strength, Doksuri arrived with winds of about 220 kilometers per hour (140 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center – equivalent to a category 4 Atlantic hurricane.Pagasa warned that violent and life-threatening conditions are expected in some areas of Luzon, the Philippines’ largest and most populous island, as torrential...
July 26, 2023

Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in Philippines as Manila braces for impact



North Korea fires a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 12, 2023, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guided the launch. — courtesy Yonhap
Seoul: N. Korea fires two ballistic missiles into sea
SEOUL — North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan), Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday, citing Seoul’s military.“Our military detected two ballistic missiles North Korea fired from areas near Pyongyang into the East Sea at 11:55 p.m. (1455 GMT) on the 24th and at midnight of the 25th,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) was quoted as saying.Both missiles flew about 400 km before falling into the sea, the JCS added. The military is still analyzing the North’s latest missile launch to determine the exact type of the missiles fired, according to the JCS.The North’s latest missile launch comes as a nuclear-powered US submarine, USS Annapolis, arrived at a naval base in South Korea’s southern island of Jeju on Monday as part of efforts to bolster...
July 25, 2023

Seoul: N. Korea fires two ballistic missiles into sea

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