Tag: Asia Pacific
North Korea rules out any rapprochement with the South
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the plenary meeting of the central committee of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, in a photo published by the Korean Central News Agency on…
The “American dream” of Indians, more and more of them are migrating illegally to the United States
Men board the plane blocked by the police at Vatry airport (Marne), December 25, 2023. CHRISTOPHE ENA / AP The case is now continuing in India. After spending five days…
In 2024, after inflation, the risk of recession
COLCANOPA This is perhaps the only fact about which economists have no doubt – but no hold either: in 2024, the number one risk for the economy will be… geopolitics.…
In India, police are investigating migrant smuggling revealed by the seizure of a plane in France
Indian police said on Friday, December 29, that they were working to find the leaders of a network of smugglers, discovered during the recent immobilization by the French authorities of…
Four months after the disappearance of Li Shangfu, China appoints a new defense minister
Former Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Singapore on June 4, 2023. ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP China has appointed Dong Jun as its new defense minister, the official Xinhua news…
France announces the expulsion of two Azerbaijani diplomats as a “measure of reciprocity”
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on December 26, 2023. VLADIMIR SMIRNOV / AFP Tension continues to rise between Paris and Baku. France decided to expel two Azerbaijani diplomats by “reciprocity…
In Taiwan, the “desinization” of school curricula is debated
Lai Ching-te, vice president of Taiwan and presidential candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, during a campaign rally in Chiayi, Taiwan, December 22, 2023. ANN WANG/REUTERS As Taiwan prepares, on…
Death of South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, known for his role in “Parasite”
Lee Sun-kyun at the Emmy Awards in New York, United States, on November 21, 2021. EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, famous for his role in the…
at least seven dead in the storm that hits the east of the country
In this photo released by police on December 27, 2023, a rescuer carries out a rescue operation amid floodwaters after heavy rain at a campsite in Buchan, east of Melbourne,…
explosion near Israeli embassy in New Delhi
Authorities at the Israeli embassy in India are investigating with police over an explosion near the embassy on December 26, 2023. ARUN SANKAR / AFP An explosion took place on…
In India, the merciless hunt for Christians by Hindu extremists
The now closed church in Fatehpur (region of Uttar Pradesh, India), December 19, 2023. THE WORLD Vijay Masih is embarrassed to welcome his guests in such little comfort. He borrowed…
Public toilets in Japan, “sanctuaries of peace and hygiene”
LETTER FROM TOKYO Public toilets designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park in Tokyo, June 2023. YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP Every morning, while walking her bulldog…