Hong Kong Teachers Instructed to Snoop on Students and Co-workers in Free Speech Clampdown by China
Teachers in Hong Kong will be mandated to report "potential violations" of the city's laws to the authorities, in a further suppression of...
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A Glimpse of China’s Persecution of Christianity
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has, particularly under the aegis of President Xi Jinping,...
India to Dispatch Ballistic Missiles Near China and Pakistan
SINGAPORE — India has authorized the purchase of 120 Pralay quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missiles to...
Forced Participation in Religious Activities to Be Considered ‘Child Abuse’ in Japan
Concerns have arisen that the guidelines curtailing parental influence on the religious upbringing of...
Singapore Plans to Have at Least 5 Vaccine Plants ‘By Next Pandemic’
Over the past two years, five pharmaceutical companies have decided to establish plants projected...
Government Sources: Chinese Military Simulated Attacks on Nansei Islands
SINGAPORE — A Chinese carrier strike group has been staging drills simulating attacks on...
Taiwan to Extend Compulsory Military Service, Increase Soldier Pay & Training to Counter China
Critics have long posited that Taiwan’s military service program, which presently encompasses bayonet drills,...
Ukraine’s Zelensky Asks India for Help Against Russia With ‘Peace Formula’
Zelensky urged the G20 major economies last month to apply Ukraine’s 10-point peace formula...
Is the U.S. Able to Protect the Indo-Pacific?
After President Biden signed the 2023 NDAA into law last Friday, China responded with...
India Builds One of World’s Largest Facial Recognition Systems, Arousing Fears Over Mass Surveillance
Following the Islamist bombings that shook the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad in 2013,...
Japan Authorizes Return to Nuclear as Trauma of Fukushima Fades
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s advisory panel has authorized a plan to prolong the...
Taiwan Scrambles Jets to Warn Away Chinese Air Force Provocation
Taiwan hastily gathered fighter jets to warn away 39 Chinese aircraft that came into...
Taliban Forbids University Education for Afghan Girls, U.S. Slams Decision
SINGAPORE — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have forbidden university education for women throughout the country,...
U.S. Backs Philippines Amid Beijing’s Forays in South China Sea
SINGAPORE — The United States on Tuesday reinforced its backing for its military ally,...
North Korea Claims Sanctions Won’t Deter Missile Buildup
SINGAPORE — On Tuesday, Dec. 20, North Korea slammed South Korea for impeding its...