South Korean President Moon Jae-in said denuclearization and “lasting peace” remain a possibility on the Korean Peninsula during his virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
China locks down city on Myanmar border over coronavirus
China has locked down a city on the border with Myanmar and announced plans to launch a mass coronavirus testing programme after authorities detected two new coronavirus cases the …
Myanmar: Stop Prosecuting Peaceful Protesters
Neither criticizing the government nor peacefully protesting should be a crime, and the authorities should stop treating them as such.” On September 10, 2020, members of the student federation …
Myanmar locks down Yangon region after record jump in COVID cases
A stay-at-home order has taken effect across Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, after the country reported a record-high number of new COVID-19 cases, just weeks before its November elections. The region …
Report: Violations Mar Lead-Up to Myanmar’s National Election
GENEVA – A U.N. official documenting the human rights situation in Myanmar warned that the country’s national election on November 8 will be neither free nor fair, and will not accurately reflect the …
Iran displays downed drone
An undated handout picture released by the official website of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on December 8, 2011, shows Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh (R), looking at a US …
Turkey’s Erdogan, France’s Macron discuss Eastern Mediterranean tensions
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and France’s Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday they had held their first conversation in months following a standoff between the two NATO allies over mounting tensions …
Philippines to rely on multilateralism after Duterte invoked arbitral win at UN —Palace
The Philippines will take advantage of the multilateral system to invoke its sovereign rights over some features in the disputed South China Sea after President Rodrigo Duterte raised the country’s …
In UN Speech, Duterte Stiffens Philippines’ Stance on the South China Sea
After four years of flip-flopping, the Philippine President voiced strong support for a Hague ruling rejecting most of China’s claims to disputed waters.
Big in Japan: giant Gundam robot makes its first moves in Yokohama
It stands just over 18 metres tall and weighs 25 tonnes. And, after years of painstaking work, a life-size Japanese Gundam robot has just proved to its legions of fans that it really can move.