Chinese and U.S. defense officials had their first known formal contact since Donald Trump's inauguration, in a meeting that coincided with Beijing conducting large-scale military drills around Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-military-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #us #china #defense
Australian politicians are turning to Xiaohongshu, a Chinese lifestyle app also called RedNote, to appeal to Chinese communities who will be a crucial bloc in an upcoming election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/australia-election-china-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #china #apps
South Korea’s President Yoon removed from office over martial law decree | Politics News https://www.byteseu.com/892347/ #ASIA #AsiaPacific #CivilRights #Courts #Government #Military #News #Politics #SouthKorea
South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. Here's what could happen next. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/yoon-removal-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #yoonsukyeol #southkorea
U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House this year was identified in a new survey as one of Southeast Asia’s top three geopolitical worries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/trump-presidency-southeast-asia-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southeastasia #us #donaldtrump
South Korea's Constitutional Court will rule on Friday whether to remove or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol
After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, international rescuers rushed into the devastated country. The most ubiquitous among them have been Chinese relief workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-china-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes #china #us
North Korean IT workers are increasingly posing as remote freelancers from other countries to infiltrate companies in Europe, putting organizations at risk of espionage, data theft and disruption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/asia-pacific/north-korea-it-europe-firms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #europe #hacking
Myanmar's junta announced a temporary ceasefire as the death toll from a devastating earthquake rose and survivors pleaded for more help. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-quake-ceasefire-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes
Myanmar's deadly earthquake is opening up diplomatic channels closed to the junta for four years after it ousted an elected government in 2021 to unleash a brutal civil war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-earthquake-diplomatic-junta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #minaunghlaing #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes
Russia’s Putin hosts Chinese Foreign Minister Wang for talks in Moscow | Russia-Ukraine war News https://www.byteseu.com/887041/ #AsiaPacific #China #Conflicts #Europe #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraine #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Ukraine
China kicked off the second day of large-scale military exercises — code-named “Strait Thunder-2025A” — in the middle and southern areas of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/asia-pacific/china-strait-thunder-taiwan-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #us #pla #usmilitary
Scores of people in Malaysia were being treated in hospitals on Tuesday after a huge fire broke out at a gas pipeline operated by state energy giant Petronas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/asia-pacific/fire-gas-pipeline-malaysia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #malaysia #gas
U.N. officials have urged the global community to ramp up aid to Myanmar's earthquake victims before the monsoon season worsens the already catastrophic conditions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/asia-pacific/un-myanmar-quake-monsoons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #earthquakes #southeastasia #un
In Myanmar's junta successfully exploits the crisis, diplomatically or on the ground, it could weaken resistance groups making territorial gains across the map. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/quake-junta-chance-myanmar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #earthquakes #myanmar #southeastasia #thailand
The U.S. sanctioned six top Chinese and Hong Kong officials for "transnational repression" and further eroding the city's autonomy, the Trump administration first move to punish Beijing over its crackdown on the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/us-sanctions-chinese-hong-kong-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #china #hongkong
South Korea's constitutional court has said that it will deliver its decision on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment at this afternoon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-constitutional-court-yoon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol
U.S. President Donald Trump has said his administration has been in touch with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and that the two sides could engage each other at some unspecified point. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-north-korea-communication/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #donaldtrump #northkorea #us #nuclearweapons #kimjongun
The overall Trump administration response to the Myanmar quake has been hobbled by the huge fund cuts, contractor terminations and plans to fire nearly all USAID staff, a former USAID official has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/us-aid-myanmar-staff-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #us #republicans #donaldtrump
China said Tuesday it had sent its army, navy, air and rocket force to surround Taiwan for military drills it said were aimed at practicing a blockade of the self-ruled island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/china-pla-taiwan-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #pla
