Category: Asia

Tue 09 January 2024: The South Korean parliament on Tuesday passed a law to ban trade of dog meat by 2027. There were 208 votes in favor and two abstentions for the bill, which bans the breeding, butchering, distributing and selling of dogs for meat, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported. “This is history in the making,” […]

Mon 08 January 2024: China announced Monday that it arrested a foreigner accused of supplying intelligence to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). According to the Beijing-based daily Global Times, the country’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) initiated “criminal measures” against the alleged spy, who ran a foreign consultancy. It identified the person just as […]

Mon 08 January 2024: Questions raised over official turnout of 40 percent after opposition boycott call and reports of empty polling stations. Dhaka, Bangladesh – Sheikh Hasina has secured her fifth term as Bangladeshi prime minister in an election whose outcome was decided the moment its schedule was announced in early November when the main opposition boycotted […]

Sun 07 January 2024: Following a suspected arson attack that tore through their camp and burned about 800 homes, thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are now without a place to stay, an official said on Sunday. About a million Rohingya, who are primarily Muslim, are living in Bangladesh; many of them escaped a military […]

Sun 07 January 2024: Beijing sanctioned five US defense industry companies in response to a similar move by Washington, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Sunday. Wang Wenbin told reporters that the move came after the US’ call to sell arms to Taiwan and Washington sanctioned Chinese businesses and individuals for different reasons. He described the […]

Sun 07 January 2024: Polling in Bangladesh’s national election is now officially closed as of 4pm (10:00 GMT). Votes are going to be officially counted in 299 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies, an Election Commission official told Al Jazeera. Polls will close soon and very few voters showed up to vote today. At one of […]

Sat 06 January 2024: Following speculation that Indian-made artillery shells may have reached Ukraine, the external affairs ministry on Thursday (January 4) denied India’s involvement in the issue. “We have also seen some media reports in this regard. We can categorically say that we have not sent any of these artillery ammunitions to Ukraine. Not […]

Fri 05 January 2024: After several Nepalis lost their lives defending Moscow against Kyiv, Nepal banned its citizens from traveling Russia and Ukraine. According to the local daily Kathmandu Post, the Department of Foreign Employment in the country issued a notice on Thursday stopping the granting of permits for citizens seeking to work in Russia […]