South Australia introduces ‘world-leading’ bill to ban political donations from elections (www.theguardian.com)

Premier says move will end the ‘nexus between money and political power’ and challenges state and federal counterparts to follow suit. The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced plans to ban political donations from state elections, paving the way for nation-leading electoral reforms....

thejapantimes, 4 days ago to worldwithoutus

The U.S. poses the largest security challenge in the South China Sea, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said in remarks published on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/10/asia-pacific/politics/china-us-arms-race-south-china-sea/ #asiapacific #politics #china #us #southchinasea #philippines

Vanuatu Faces Visa Requirement Permanently as EU Targets Citizenship By Investment (CBI) Schemes (www.stvincenttimes.com)

The EU Commission is proposing today to permanently re-introduce the visa requirement for citizens of Vanuatu....

thejapantimes, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

The Korean Medical Association said 64,139 doctors, or 90.6% of those who took part in the strike referendum last week, supported the walkout. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/09/asia-pacific/korean-doctors-strike/ #asiapacific #southkorea #koreanmedicalassociation #doctors #health

thejapantimes, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korea has warned it would take "unendurable" measures against the North for sending the trash balloons, which could include blaring propaganda broadcasts from huge loudspeaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/09/asia-pacific/south-korea-blasts-norths-trash-balloons/ #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorean #dmz #defense #balloons

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldwithoutus

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is rushing to reassure investors and bureaucrats about his $32 billion new capital city in a malaria-prone pocket of Borneo after the resignations of two officials overseeing the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/asia-pacific/politics/indonesian-president-new-capital/ #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #nusantara #jokowidodo #prabowosubianto #southeastasia

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldwithoutus

The Philippine Coast Guard on Friday accused its Chinese counterpart of blocking efforts to evacuate a sick member of its armed forces in the South China Sea, calling its actions "barbaric and inhumane." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/asia-pacific/philippines-chinese-medical-evacuation/ #asiapacific #southchinasea #china #philippines

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldwithoutus

A war over Taiwan would be as great as the impact of World War II, making the world "a radically different place," said Australia's ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/asia-pacific/politics/war-taiwan-australia-us/ #asiapacific #politics #australia #us #kevinrudd #china #taiwan

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldwithoutus

India’s wildly inaccurate exit polls predicting a landslide election victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party sparked dramatic public apologies from polling companies this week and calls for them to be investigated for possible manipulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/asia-pacific/politics/india-exit-polls-criticism-probes/ #asiapacific #politics #india #bjp #narendramodi

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldwithoutus

Two former U.K. judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court as the city continues a national security crackdown that has silenced dissent in the former British colony. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-uk-judges-resign/ #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #uk

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to worldwithoutus

U.S. President Joe Biden has delivered another broadside to Beijing on its most sensitive issue, saying he was “not ruling out using U.S. military force” in response to a potential Chinese invasion of democratic Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/05/asia-pacific/politics/biden-defend-taiwan-china/ #asiapacific #politics #china #uschina #taiwan #pla #joebiden #xijinping #philippines #usjapanrelations

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to worldwithoutus

For the first time in a decade, Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is depending on the support of its coalition partners to stay in power in the world’s most populous country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/05/asia-pacific/politics/india-election-modi-analysis/ #asiapacific #politics #narendramodi #india #china

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to worldwithoutus

A Chinese spacecraft has lifted off from the far side of the moon but not before marking the historic visit with a bit of patriotic graffiti. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/05/asia-pacific/china-moon-mission-graffiti/ #asiapacific #china #space #moon

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korea's military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas and in northwestern Islands after suspending an inter-Korean military agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/koreas-agreement-suspended-fully/ #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #southkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #yoonsukyeol

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to worldwithoutus

The world on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, amid growing fears that the deadly event’s memory is being erased by Beijing and overshadowed by the increasingly tense Sino-U.S. rivalry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/tiananmen-crackdown-35th-anniversary/ #asiapacific #politics #tiananmen #tiananmensquare #china #history #taiwan #laichingte #chinajapanrelations

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to worldwithoutus

Papua New Guinea authorities have warned there is a high risk of more landslides at the site of a recent deadly disaster, with government experts demanding the area be evacuated and declared a "no-go-zone." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/more-landslides-papua-new-guinea/ #asiapacific #papuanewguinea #landslides

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said the country will step up cooperation with African nations to secure a stable supply of critical minerals and speed up negotiations to promote economic partnerships and trade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-africa-minerals-trade/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #africa #mining

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korea will completely suspend its 2018 inter-Korean tension-reducing military pact with the nuclear-armed North after Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons across the border over the last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-north-korea-military-agreement-suspend/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldwithoutus

Beijing has accused Washington of playing “an extremely ignoble role” in backing Manila in the disputed South China Sea, days after the Philippines' president warned of a red line — what it would consider “an act of war” — in the strategic waterway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/china-philippines-south-china-sea-row/ #asiapacific #politics #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy #philippines #ferdinandmarcosjr #china #southchinasea #us #usmilitary #disputedislands

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that he has given the green light to conduct exploration drilling of potentially vast oil and gas prospects that had been found off the country's east coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-oil-gas-east-coast-yoon/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #oil #gas

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldwithoutus

North Korea has said it will stop sending thousands of balloons carrying tons of garbage across the border with South Korea, but vowed to restart the practice if activists from the South resume flying anti-regime leaflets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-south-korea-balloons-halt/ #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #southkorea #kimjongun

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldwithoutus

Just days after the U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held “constructive” in-person talks, the two used speeches at Asia’s top regional security conference over the weekend to deliver markedly different messages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/asia-pacific/politics/china-defense-minister-us-rivarly/ #asiapacific #politics #dongjun #taiwan #china #pla #usmilitary #southchinasea #disputedislands #lloydaustin #us #philippines

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldwithoutus

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon, boosting the nation’s efforts to compete with the U.S. in a race to send people back to the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/asia-pacific/science-health/china-landing-far-side-moon/ #asiapacific #sciencehealth #china #space #us #nasa #russia #change6

Norobiik, 10 months ago to Philippines

"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal #SecondThomasShoal #Philippines

Wreck, Rats and Roaches : Standoff in the #SouthChinaSea (2014 article)
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/07/world/south-china-sea-dispute/