Almost 800,000 people across three Japanese cities have been ordered to evacuate amid warnings of landslides and floods brought by heavy rain. Kagoshima city, Kirishima and Aira, in Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu island, urged their residents to move to safety immediately. One elderly woman in Kagoshima city died after a mudslide hit her home. Prime […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The United States and North Korea may hold high-level talks early next month in Bangkok after the countries’ leaders agreed on Sunday (June 30) to resume denuclearisation negotiations. Following working-level talks scheduled for mid-July, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho […]
JAKARTA (DPA) – A Christian woman who entered a mosque with a dog and her shoes on has been charged with religious blasphemy despite evidence that she is mentally ill, Indonesian police said Wednesday (July 3). The 52-year-old woman was arrested after she stormed into a mosque near Jakarta on Sunday while carrying a dog […]
SINGAPORE – A GrabFood deliveryman was caught on video grabbing a towel hanging outside a Housing Board flat, less than a week after a similar incident. In response to queries, a Grab spokesman said on Wednesday (July 3) it is aware of the incident and is investigating the matter. “Grab does not condone such behaviour […]
Chinese state media ended its blackout of the Hong Kong protests yesterday, broadcasting footage of “serious illegal actions” after a group of demonstrators stormed the parliament building on Monday. Censors yesterday allowed clips to be shown of the ransacking of the legislature, where protesters smashed through glass barriers before daubing pro-democracy slogans on the walls […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Extreme weather in China is becoming increasingly frequent, with temperatures in some regions hitting record highs this year and with rainfall set to exceed average levels by 70 per cent in the next 10 days, officials at the nation’s weather bureau warned. Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday (July 2), Mr Liao […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar struggled for traction on Wednesday as fading hopes for any near-term Sino-U.S. trade deal revived safe-haven demand and drove U.S. bond yields to their lowest levels since late 2016. U.S. yields also tracked a decline in their British counterparts to 2-1/2-year lows on dovish-sounding comments from Bank of England Governor […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea will seek to invest 1 trillion won (US$854.41 million/S$1.2 billion) annually in developing home-grown materials and equipment used to produce micro-chips, a senior ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday (July 3), after Japan tightened curbs on exports of some high-tech materials to the country. Japan said on Monday it would […]
A third mass rally against a contentious extradition Bill recorded a turnout of only around 550,000 on Monday, a comedown from the two million who took part in the previous rally on June 16. Worse, it saw ugly clashes between a group of young protesters and police at the Legislative Council (LegCo) building. July 1, […]
Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has lambasted the unprecedented trashing of the city’s legislature by protesters, describing it as shocking and saddening. Speaking to the media at 4am yesterday, three hours after the police cleared out the protesters, she said: “This is something that we should seriously condemn because nothing is more important than […]