Chinese police offered rewards of $1,400 for information about 18 people it said were Taiwanese military psychological operations officers spreading "separatist" messages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-psyops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #espionage #pla
North Korea has displayed its next-generation Hwasong-20 ICBM, showcasing the new weapon during a military parade in front of leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials from China and Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/asia-pacific/north-korea-hwasong-20-missile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #kimjongun #defense
Taiwan will build a new multi-layered air defense system called "T-Dome" to defend itself against enemy threats, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, calling on China to renounce the use of force to seize the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/taiwan-air-defense-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #us #defense
The Philippine seismology office issued a tsunami warning on Friday after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck off the major southern island of Mindanao. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/philippines-quake-tsunami-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #earthquakes #disasters
Myanmar's military confirmed on Thursday that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed, according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-protest-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar
China is increasing military activities near Taiwan and honing its ability to stage a surprise attack, as well as seeking to undermine trust in the government with online tactics, the island's defense ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/asia-pacific/politics/china-future-attack-taiwan-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #defense
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate two landmark transit projects worth nearly $4 billion in Mumbai, marking a milestone in his administration’s effort to modernize infrastructure in India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/politics/modi-adani-airport-metro-mumbai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #narendramodi #gautamadani
In flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, solar-powered "floating schools” ensure children do not miss class when rising waters cut off roads and villages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/society/bangladesh-flood-schools-boats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #bangladesh #floods
A Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact is a "brass-tack” evaluation of its affordability and whether the agreement fits with President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy priorities, a Defense Department nominee has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/politics/pentagon-review-aukus-nominee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #usmilitary #aukus #defense #us #uk #australia #congress #submarines
A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, according to an attendee and a local committee member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-festival-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea later this week, Beijing and Pyongyang announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-li-qiang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #kimjongun #liqiang #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #russia
Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media has reported, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/society/trekkers-blizzard-everest-tibet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #mounteverest #tibet #china
A Chinese takeover of Taiwan would also threaten U.S. homeland interests and would embolden Beijing to compete with Washington on the international stage, President Lai Ching-te said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/politics/china-takeover-taiwan-threat-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #laichingte #taiwan #us #china
Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam will travel to North Korea this week, marking the first visit by a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation in nearly 20 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-leader-north-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #vietnam #northkorea #kimjongun
A Manila marketing agency waged a cyber campaign paid for by China to weaken support for Philippine government policy and to sow discord over the security alliance with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/china-infowar-us-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #misinformation #us #china #taiwan #socialmedia
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major mutual defense treaty mainly intended to offset China’s expanding military clout in the South Pacific and prevent it from projecting power in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/australia-papua-new-guinea-defense-treaty-signed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #papuanewguinea #australia #defense #china #indopacific
India and Pakistan’s brief war earlier this year has offered numerous lessons on the evolving nature of warfare — particularly for the Indian military, army Chief of Staff Gen. Upendra Dwivedi said in an interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/indian-army-chief-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #pakistan #nuclearweapons #china #defense
Just months after Oliver Liao arrived in Pretoria as Taiwan’s de facto ambassador, South Africa began a campaign to downgrade its relationship with the island — thrusting him into the epicenter of a geopolitical drama. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/china-pressure-taiwan-south-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #southafrica
U.S. President Donald Trump rewrote Washington’s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks fear that Trump is going soft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/china-hawks-trump-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #uschinarelations #tech #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #pla #usmilitary #defense
The number of students confirmed dead after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school building in Indonesia rose to 36, from 16 a day earlier, the country's disaster mitigation agency said Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/indonesia-school-collapse-toll-rises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia
