Tag: Asia Pacific
Covid: in China, high-risk New Year’s celebrations
This year, the event is awaited with particular impatience. “With my friends, we all exposed ourselves to the virus to get sick as soon as possible and not be stuck…
China reports more than 60,000 Covid deaths since abandoning its ‘zero-Covid’ policy
The figures released by Beijing only take into account the deaths recorded in medical facilities, but they are the first published since the lifting of health restrictions in the country…
Covid-19 in China: the authorities recognize at least 60,000 deaths for a month
After three years of some of the most draconian restrictions in the world, China abruptly lifted most of its health measures against the coronavirus in early December 2022. As a…
in the Himalayas, the city of Joshimath on the verge of sinking
In India, eyes are on the Himalayan town of Joshimath, which is on the brink of sinking. Satellite photos show that it sank 5 cm in twelve days. Experts denounce…
the investigation finds negligence
The report was eagerly awaited: the South Korean police published their investigation into the deadly stampede which killed 159 people on October 29 in Seoul. The drama is due to…
The concern of political exiles after the reopening of the bridge between Thailand and Burma
The main bridge that connects Thailand to Burma reopened Thursday January 12 in the Thai city of Mae Sot, after three years of closure due to the combined effects of…
former President Sirisena found guilty of negligence
This is a first in the history of Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court found former President Sirisena guilty of failing to thwart the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the country’s worst…
Tokyo-London agreement, to “land on the ground of the other in the event of conflict”
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida this Wednesday, January 11, at the Tower of London. Both signed a “reciprocal access agreement”, in other words…
Chinese visa suspension hurts South Korean semiconductor companies
Beijing suspends short visas for South Koreans and Japanese, in “retaliation” to the health restrictions imposed on travelers from China. This decision came on Tuesday, January 10, the day after…
Cannabis, the new Thai gold
Jump, a 27-year-old IT guy who looks like a teenager, installed his weed truck, a brightly colored “weed van” dubbed Dank (“excellent”, in English slang for “smoker”) in Sukhumvit 11,…