Asia Pacific Focus

South Korea holds emergency meeting to discuss escalation with North Korea

South Korean leaders held an emergency meeting yesterday after the sister of North Korean supreme leader threatened severe action against… Read More

June 15, 2020

North Korea suspends all communications with South Korea

North Korea, on 9 June, announced that it is severing hotline communication with South Korea. Subsequently, it will sever other… Read More

June 9, 2020

Protests against George Floyd’s death spread across Australia with mass rallies for “Black Lives Matter”

Supporting “Black lives matter” thousands of people have been protesting in Australia, inspired by the death of George Floyd in… Read More

June 6, 2020

In lieu of China imposing new law in Hong Kong, UK to offer “citizenship route” to HK citizens

China has been facing criticism over the new law imposing on Hong Kong that would devoid the country of its… Read More

June 4, 2020

The Philippines ‘unsuspends’ military pact with the US

Earlier this year, the Philippines had said it will pull out of the Visiting Forces Agreement signed with the US… Read More

June 3, 2020

In South Korea, artificial intelligence is monitoring the health of the elderly

The country is starting to channel its success in controlling the pandemic through technology into other aspects of healthcare. South… Read More

June 1, 2020

China’s Hong Kong law escalates tensions for EU in the world order

China's handling of Hong Kong has raised grave concerns with the European Union governments, implying that it will affect the… Read More

May 30, 2020

China approved Hong Kong security plan, 240 arrests among protesters

Hong Kong police said they made about 240 arrests in the ongoing protests against the law protecting the Chinese national… Read More

May 28, 2020

Australia may not climb the zero emission Bandwagon

Australia has no intentions of increasing its targets to include a zero emission rate commitment, unlike some 121 nations that… Read More

May 26, 2020

USA and Europe reject China’s Hong Kong move

On 21 May, a spokesperson for China’s National People’s Congress announced that the upcoming NPC session will deliberate on a… Read More

May 23, 2020

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