A Myanmar military air strike has killed more than 30 people at a hospital ahead of elections scheduled for the end of December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/myanmar-hospital-deadly-stirke/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #junta
A day after a world-first social media ban on under-16s went live, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the rollout was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/society/australia-social-media-teens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #australia #socialmedia #tiktok #meta #instagram #alphabet #youtube #snapchat #lemon8 #yope
Renewed fighting raged at the border of Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday, with combat heard near centuries-old temples. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/cambodia-thailand-fighting-rages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #donaldtrump
A South Korean minister has announced his resignation after being accused of receiving illegal funds from the Unification Church, a cult-like movement linked to widespread influence-peddling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-minister-unification-church/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #unificationchurch #corruption
Half a million people in Cambodia and Thailand have evacuated their homes to take shelter in pagodas, schools and other safe havens following renewed border clashes between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-thailand-evacuations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #donaldtrump #borderdispute
North Korea fired a barrage of artillery from a multiple rocket launcher system, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang kicked off a key meeting of its ruling party top brass. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/north-korea-artillery-salvo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #kimjongun #leejaemyung
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles is confident Australia will meet a 2027 deadline that forms part of the AUKUS nuclear submarine program, despite the “enormous uplift” required. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/politics/australis-aukus-submarine-timeline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aukus #australia #richardmarles #elbridgecolby #submarines
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has called for an investigation into the suspected illegal links between a religious group and politicians. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-religous-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #unificationchurch
At least six executives from top Indian arms makers, including Adani Defense and Bharat Forge, attended rare meetings in Russia this year to discuss potential joint ventures, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/india-arms-makers-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #russia #russiaukrainewar #defense
Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/society/australia-teen-social-media-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #australia #children #socialmedia #internet #twitter #facebook #tiktok #tech
Thailand said it was taking action to expel Cambodian forces from its territory on Tuesday, as renewed fighting between the two Southeast Asian neighbors spread along the disputed border. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/asia-pacific/trump-thailand-cambodia-fighting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #us #donaldtrump #southeastasia
Tropical storms and monsoon rains have pummeled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the rainforests of Indonesia's western Sumatra island to the highland plantations of Sri Lanka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/asia-pacific/indonesia-sri-lanka-flood-hardships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #srilanka #disasters #floods
South Korea is set to relocate the presidential office back to the Blue House in a move aimed at erasing former leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s legacy a year after his failed bid to put the country under martial law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-blue-house/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #yoonsukyeol #southkorea #leejaemyung
A Thai soldier was killed and several others were wounded in fresh border clashes with Cambodia, Thailand's army said Monday, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption in fighting along their frontier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-border-clash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Hong Kong's legislative election drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-election-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #fires
Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/sri-lanka-landslide-cyclone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #srilanka #typhoons #landslides
China's national security office in Hong Kong warned foreign media on Saturday not to spread "false information" or "smear" government efforts to deal with the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/china-warns-foreign-media-hong-kong-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china #media #censorship
Hong Kong voter turnout will be in focus in an election Sunday, with the city still grieving and traumatized after the worst fire in nearly 80 years that has seen authorities scramble to avoid a broader public backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/hong-kong-election-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires
Homeowners at the complex destroyed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires were incorrectly told the contractor that authorities blame for the blaze had a clean safety record, documents show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-safety-breaches-revolt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires #constructionindustry
The Pentagon has endorsed the tripartite AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and Australia, which would involve Canberra's acquisition of at least three Virginia-class nuclear submarines within 15 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/asia-pacific/politics/us-pentagon-aukus-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aukus #us #usmilitary #defense #uk #australia