Hundreds of divers go to the Yamuna River in New Delhi to hunt for coins, trinkets, discarded bottles and shards of metal and wood that can be sold in the capital's booming scrap market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/society/india-river-divers-health-treasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #india #rivers
South Korea has kicked off a retrial for the country's former spy chief, Kim Jae-gyu, over the 1979 assassination of then-president Park Chung-hee, Kim's family said on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-1979-presidential-assassination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics
A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates that it was the younger co-pilot who asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/society/air-india-captain-fuel-switches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #airindia #india #airlines
Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of an growing string of cyber espionage campaigns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/china-hackers-taiwan-chip-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #hacking #chipmakers
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed case for his faltering political dynasty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/asia-pacific/thaksin-defamation-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #thaksinshinawatra #lesemajeste
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that "dialogue" must be at the heart of ties between Canberra and Beijing as he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/politics/albanese-xi-australia-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #anthonyalbanese #china #xijinping #indopacific #taiwan #us #donaldtrump
China is increasing its diplomatic reach as President Donald Trump's administration pares back America's international presence, Democrats said in a report released on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/china-us-diplomacy-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #us #donaldtrump #democrats
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, an area in Laos meant for gambling and resort life, has become a center for money laundering and trafficking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/las-vegas-laos-city-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cybercrime #goldentriangle #laos #southeastasia #cybersecurity #hacking #organizedcrime #smuggling #moneylaundering #fraud #china
Twelve Hong Kong pro-democracy activists appealed their convictions in a national security case that spotlights Beijing's ongoing crackdown on dissent and drawn international criticism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-activists-47-democrats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #democracy
The succession of the Dalai Lama is a thorn in China-India relations, the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi said, as India's foreign minister prepares to visit China for the first time since deadly border clashes in 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/asia-pacific/politics/china-dalai-lama-succession-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #dalailama #india
Kyiv’s military intelligence agency has denied a report that North Korea plans to send up to 30,000 additional troops to Russia in the coming months to aid in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/asia-pacific/north-korea-russia-troops-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #kimjongun #sergeylavrov
Cambodia held ceremonies across the country on Sunday to celebrate UNESCO's recognition of three former Khmer Rouge sites as World Heritage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/asia-pacific/cambodia-unesco-khmer-rouge-sites/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #unesco #khmerrouge #southeastasia #genocide #polpot
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his full support on the war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pyongyang said on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-russia-ukraine-lavrov/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #kimjongun #sergeilavrov #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin
ASEAN officials were conspicuously mum on the U.S. tariff issue after meetings with the United States’ top diplomat in Kuala Lumpur, despite expressing concerns among themselves days earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/asia-pacific/politics/asean-us-trump-tariffs-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #asean #southeastasia #indopacific #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #marcorubio #donaldtrump #china
A new report depicted confusion in the cockpit before an Air India jetliner crashed, killing 260 last month, after the plane's engine fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped, starving the engines of fuel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/asia-pacific/air-india-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airaccidents #airindia #india
A month after the worst aviation accident in India in decades, authorities are poised to release a preliminary report into the catastrophe, offering the first official clues to what caused the aircraft to crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/asia-pacific/air-india-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #aviation #airaccidents #boeing #india
China will sign into a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, according to Malaysia's foreign minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/politics/malaysia-china-southeast-asia-nuclear-treaty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #malaysia #china #southeastasia #nuclearweapons #asean
The draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China caused the deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people, a regional climate monitoring body said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/tibet-glacial-lake-flood-nepal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tibet #nepal #glaciers #floods #climatechange
China is urging government workers to remain vigilant against overseas threats after it uncovered three spying plots, including one involving a "honeytrap." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/china-foreign-spying-honeytrap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #espionage
Taiwan's army has displayed the fire power of its first U.S.-sourced M1A2T Abrams tanks on the second day of annual military exercises designed to test the island's resilience in a conflict with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-us-tanks-war-games/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #us #defense #china