Tag: Asia Pacific
South Korean company Hybe announces acquisition of another industry giant SM Entertainment
Thunderbolt in the K-pop universe. Entertainment company Hybe, from boy band BTS, decides to buy another industry giant SM Entertainment. This is news that is making a lot of noise,…
The United States has shot down a new flying object over Alaska
A week after the downing of a Chinese ‘spy’ balloon over the Atlantic, US authorities destroyed an unidentified object on Friday (February 10) that was flying several thousand feet above…
no agreement with the IMF but progress
Still no technical agreement between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund when the institution’s delegation left. The negotiations relate to the resumption of disbursements by the IMF of a staggered…
Singapore, a (still) attractive city-state
“I have been living in Hong Kong with my girlfriend for three years, but we are planning to go to Singapore”, testifies this young consultant crossed at the end of…
“My husband Mortaza Behboudi is deprived of his rights in detention”
We must put pressure on the Taliban, make noise to release Mortaza Behboudi, this is the message of his relatives, plagued by concern since the arrest in early January in…
Papuan independence rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage
In the mountains of the Indonesian province of West Papua, a rebel group claimed responsibility for a hostage taking on Tuesday, February 7: the group targeted the plane of a…
conflict between families and authorities over the altar of Itaewon victims
More than a hundred days after the Itaewon tragedy, where 159 people died during a Halloween party, the wound is still open in South Korea. A conflict now opposes the…
the Prime Minister in favor of a law against discrimination linked to sexual orientation
In Japan, the Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has just pledged to pass a law that would prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. She would also invite the Japanese…
“We are the last generation”: in China, the population does not want any more children
“A child? No thank you, launches Lin, a 28-year-old Pekingese, influencer on social networks. Children demand too much attention, it is expensive to raise them and I would have to…
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: “This event is exceptional”
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 has been triggered near Pazarcik, southern Turkey, near the Syrian border, Monday, February 6 at 2:17 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., another earthquake of magnitude…