Tag: East Asia
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Hong Kong principal fired for swearing at security guards on Singapore school trip
San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School says it refused to accept the resignation of Lee Cheuk-hing, who violated the code of conduct for staff.
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South Korean adoptees sue Denmark over right to know birth families
A 2024 report by the National Social Appeals Board showed that Denmark’s state-run adoption agencies knew their South Korean partners sometimes changed children’s identities.
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South Korea, China agree first expansion in flight rights in seven years
SEOUL: South Korea and China have agreed to expand weekly flight rights between the countries for the first time in seven years, Seoul’s transport ministry said on Thursday (Jun 4), in another sign of warming ties between the Asian neighbours.The agreement, reached at bilateral aviation talks held in Seoul on
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North Korea’s Kim vows ‘exponential’ boost in nuclear forces
Of the planned increase, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said: “This signifies an amazing, successful change that is beyond rhetorical description, a historic event that has set up an epochal milestone in rapidly upgrading our nuclear capabilities.”
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South Korea ruling party sweeps most seats in local elections but faces losing Seoul
The loss of Seoul would deliver a symbolic blow to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung despite his party’s broader gains.
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Japan fertility rate falls again to record low
TOKYO: Japan’s fertility rate fell again last year to a new record low, official data showed Wednesday (Jun 3), underscoring the demographic crisis gnawing at the world’s fourth-largest economy.Japan has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, as well as a
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Tropical storm Jangmi batters Japan, cuts power to 60,000 homes
Evacuation advisories were issued to hundreds of thousands of residents in eight prefectures across southwestern, central and eastern Japan.
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North Korea slams US remarks comparing South to ‘dagger’
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published a commentary by analyst Kim Myong Chol, who said remarks by a US General showed the US as “the chieftain of harassing peace and the world’s worst war empire”.
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Japan’s government backs US$19 billion to dampen Iran war impact
TOKYO: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government backed on Wednesday (Jun 3) US$19 billion in additional spending to help Japanese households struggling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Iran war.The b
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More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’
Beijing has long called for easing the burden of local cadres and reining in formalism and bureaucratic excess – a long-standing challenge within China’s vast administrative system.
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