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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal

Apr 17, 2018

Guilt by association: Kin of Chinese activists face house arrest, harassment from 'smiling tigers'

When a team of Chinese state security agents picked up Li Wenzu and then prevented her from leaving her own home last week, she was scared but not surprised.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 16, 2018

China launches new website that lets users report 'foreign spies'

By Jesse Johnson

China has ramped up its crackdown on foreign espionage with a new website in both Mandarin and English that allows users to report alleged threats such as collusion with foreign countries that endangers the country's "sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security."

ASIA PACIFIC / Society

Apr 16, 2018

Following outcry, China's Sina Weibo reverses course on gay content clean-up

China's Sina Weibo on Monday reversed a decision to remove gay content after outcry among gay Chinese who say the company had smeared homosexuality by lumping it with pornography as it tried to meet government censorship directives.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 16, 2018

Korean Air 'nut rage' sister apologizes for angry outburst

Korean Air Lines' labor unions called for the youngest daughter of its chairman, a sister of the infamous "nut rage" heiress, to step down from management after her alleged abusive behavior against an advertising agency official caused public outrage.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS

Apr 16, 2018

In rapidly aging South Korea, elderly find escape from anxiety in visits to discos

A discotheque hidden among the back alleys of eastern Seoul is packed with hundreds of gray-haired couples on a Monday afternoon, dancing to local hits from the 1960s in a basketball court-size hall.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS

Apr 15, 2018

As Kim-Trump summit approaches, Syria strikes evoke memories of Gadhafi's gruesome fate for North Korea

By Jesse Johnson

Could the decision to strike Syrian targets after a recent chemical weapons attack impact the planned landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal

Apr 14, 2018

Myanmar 'seriously concerned' over war crimes prosecutor's move on Rohingya jurisdiction

The government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi expressed "serious concern" Friday over a move by the International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 13, 2018

U.S. Embassy in Cambodia fires 32 over allegedly sharing pornography

The United States Embassy in Cambodia has fired 32 people after they were allegedly caught sharing pornographic material in a nonofficial chat group, several sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 13, 2018

Xi shows off China's naval might with largest fleet review since 1949

By Jesse Johnson

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the "urgent" need to build a robust navy as he oversaw the country's largest naval fleet review since 1949, while the government announced live-fire military drills would take place in the Taiwan Strait next week.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS

Apr 11, 2018

North Korea and Trump's dangerous perception gap on denuclearization

By Jesse Johnson

Washington's acknowledgment this week that Pyongyang is ready to discuss the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" may sound like a step toward ridding North Korea of its hard-won nuclear weapons, but experts and observers say such a move is extremely unlikely in the near-term and highlights a potentially...

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Apr 10, 2018

Vietnam activists question Facebook on suppressing dissent

By Mai Nguyen

Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups have written to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Inc.'s chief executive, questioning whether the social media platform was helping suppress dissent in the communist country.

ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 10, 2018

China defends military buildup in disputed South China Sea

By Jesse Johnson

Beijing defended its construction of what it called defensive facilities in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, saying the moves were not directed at any specific country, according to a Defense Ministry spokesman.

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