Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse protesters on Christmas Eve after mall clashes
HONG KONG, Dec 25, 2019, Agencies / CNA. Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas…
Four-nation joint patrol on Mekong River starts
KUNMING, Dec 25, 2019, Xinhua. The 89th Mekong River joint patrol led by China, Laos,…
Aceh people urges Jokowi to fight for Uighur Muslim
JAKARTA, Dec 25, 2019, ANTARA. Dozens of protesters from multiple communities in Aceh Province took…
India’s BJP loses key state election amid protests
NEW DELHI, Dec 25, 2019, AP. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has…
Cocoa production increases in Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Dec 25, 2019, The National. The Papua New Guinea Cocoa Board says an…
China, Japan, S. Korea leaders to promote free trade regime, North Korea-US dialogue
BEIJING, Dec 25, 2019, Bloomberg. Three East Asian powerhouses brought early cheer to their Christmas…
[Analytics] What Kim Jong Un’s year-end Trump deadline means
It’s quite true that the North Korean regime is secretive to the extreme. However, in…
PM dismisses concern of pork shortage after African swine fever in Vietnam
HANOI, Dec 24, 2019, The Hanoi Times. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested the government…
Chinese dissent in Malaysia over Jawi script in schools raises alarm in govt
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24, 2019, SCMP. Plans by a Chinese lobby group for mass protests…
Peru’s agro-exports to break record this year
LIMA, Dec 24, 2019, ANDINA. Peru’s Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Jorge Montenegro on Monday took…
Japan, S. Korea leaders hold 1st formal talks in 15 months
CHENGDU, Dec 24, 2019, Kyodo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon…
Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet crashes in Far East
KHABAROVSK, Dec 24, 2019, TASS. A Su-57 fifth-generation multirole fighter jet crashed in a forest…