Tag: Asia Pacific
Filipinos pay homage in procession to the Black Nazarene
This Thursday, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos will pay homage to the Black Nazarene, an ebony-skinned Christ inherited from Spanish colonization. They parade in procession for around fifteen hours behind…
emergency services are working to find survivors in the cold
Thousands of rescuers brave the cold and altitude on Wednesday in China to find survivors after a devastating earthquake which killed at least 126 people and caused the collapse of…
a conspiratorial pastor among the defenders of the fallen president
This Tuesday, January 7, South Korean justice issued a new arrest warrant against deposed President Yoon Suk-yeol as part of the investigation for rebellion against him. The political crisis is…
why Pyongyang’s latest missile launch is more alarming than usual – L’Express
North Korea claimed Tuesday, January 7, to have successfully tested a new “hypersonic missile” intended, according to leader Kim Jong-un, to deter “all rivals” of the country in the Pacific…
a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake leaves dozens dead
A powerful earthquake on Tuesday in the Himalayan region of Tibet, in southwest China, left at least 53 dead and caused the collapse of “many buildings”, an earthquake felt as…
emotion after the murder of a journalist who was investigating corruption in Chhatisgarh
In India, the murder of a reporter reignites the debate on the safety of journalists. Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, was investigating corruption in the poor state of Chhattisgarh. He was found…
additional time requested for the arrest of the deposed president – L’Express
The anti-corruption agency responsible for investigating martial law in South Korea announced Monday that it would request additional time to arrest deposed President Yoon Suk-yeol, holed up in his residence…
numerous tributes after the death of the “father” of Indian nuclear power
Numerous tributes in India after the death this Friday January 4 of the architect of the country’s nuclear program. Aged 88, he notably led the country’s atomic weapons tests in…
these four scenarios on the future of deposed president Yoon Suk-yeol – L’Express
How to stop Yoon Suk-yeol? The deposed South Korean president has still not been arrested by the country’s police. Under an arrest warrant for having briefly imposed martial law in…
behind the decontamination of the toxic site of Bhopal, anger persists
In India, 40 years after the Bhopal chemical disaster, which left at least 20,000 dead, the government has begun decontamination of the site. But the conditions are contested by the…