Isn’t it time Indonesia blew its fuse over bomb hoaxes? | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

Isn’t it time Indonesia blew its fuse over bomb hoaxes? | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: Incidents are marring the airline industry’s reputation just as it should be enjoying a renaissance. Yet authorities seem loath to prosecute pranksters despite the chaos they cause

Trump-Kim summit: the English school giving North Korean defectors a voice is not holding its breath for peace | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

Trump-Kim summit: the English school giving North Korean defectors a voice is not holding its breath for peace | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: Seoul’s Teach North Korean Refugees has taught 350 escapees language skills and supported them with jobs, scholarships and college placements

Before Kim Meets Trump, China Gets Jittery About North Korea’s Intentions - The New York Times

Before Kim Meets Trump, China Gets Jittery About North Korea’s Intentions - The New York Times: Pyongyang has depended on but also resented Beijing. Now, China appears to fear that the North may seek to counterbalance its influence by embracing America.

‘The Dump Killed My Son’: Mountains of Garbage Engulf India’s Capital - The New York Times

‘The Dump Killed My Son’: Mountains of Garbage Engulf India’s Capital - The New York Times: On top of polluted air and water, New Delhi is being forced to grapple with trash dumps growing so large that they are killing people.

The end of net neutrality is here

The end of net neutrality is here: The controversial repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections is officially set to take effect on Monday, despite ongoing efforts to stop it.

In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. - The New York Times

In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. - The New York Times: As the president prepares for nuclear talks, he lacks a close adviser with nuclear expertise. It’s one example of a marginalization of science in shaping federal policy.

In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. - The New York Times

In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. - The New York Times: As the president prepares for nuclear talks, he lacks a close adviser with nuclear expertise. It’s one example of a marginalization of science in shaping federal policy.

Turkish Opposition Hopes 4 Parties Are Mightier Than 1 Against Erdogan - The New York Times

Turkish Opposition Hopes 4 Parties Are Mightier Than 1 Against Erdogan - The New York Times: Four parties have banded together, hoping to force the president to a second round of voting, where they have pledged to unite behind his opponent.

Discipline and ‘herding cats’: McConnell’s long game delivers a Senate GOP record - The Washington Post

Discipline and ‘herding cats’: McConnell’s long game delivers a Senate GOP record - The Washington Post: The Kentucky lawmaker is poised to become the longest-serving Republican leader, eclipsing Robert J. Dole of Kansas. It is a tenure marked by paradoxes.

Trump and Kim Jong Un arrive in Singapore for historic summit - The Washington Post

Trump and Kim Jong Un arrive in Singapore for historic summit - The Washington Post: Kim’s 3,000-mile journey was full of intrigue, starting with three planes departing from Pyongyang on Sunday morning and ending with Kim arriving at a five-star hotel where the presidential suite costs about $8,000 per night.

Trump and Kim Jong Un arrive in Singapore for historic summit - The Washington Post

Trump and Kim Jong Un arrive in Singapore for historic summit - The Washington Post: Kim’s 3,000-mile journey was full of intrigue, starting with three planes departing from Pyongyang on Sunday morning and ending with Kim arriving at a five-star hotel where the presidential suite costs about $8,000 per night.

Trump removes U.S. from G-7 joint statement over escalating feud with Canada’s Trudeau - The Washington Post

Trump removes U.S. from G-7 joint statement over escalating feud with Canada’s Trudeau - The Washington Post: “Canadians, we’re polite, we’re reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around,” Trudeau said.

Week two of GDPR: We’re still not ready

Week two of GDPR: We’re still not ready: “Reading is hard and we just don’t want to do it,” scream the European Union countries like frightened children at the sight of their first reading test. The reading test of course being the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) whose sole purpose is to protect the vital right to privacy of European Union residents. A …

Philippine Police Promotions an Affront to ‘Drug War’ Victims | Human Rights Watch

Philippine Police Promotions an Affront to ‘Drug War’ Victims | Human Rights Watch: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has once again promoted rather than punished senior police officials who oversaw units implicated in extrajudicial killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous “drug war.”

CEREMONY OF PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER GENERAL OF FOUR FALINTIL-FDTL SENIOR OFFICERS - Presidência da República de Timor-Leste

CEREMONY OF PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER GENERAL  OF FOUR FALINTIL-FDTL SENIOR OFFICERS - Presidência da República de Timor-Leste: MEDIA RELEASE Dili, 6 June 2018 – The President of the Republic Francisco Guterres Lú Olo presides on Thursday 7 June 2018 to the ceremony of promotion to the rank of Brigadier General of four senior officers of the Falintil-FDTL, which takes place in the grounds of the Presidential Palace Nicolau Lobato from 15:30. According to ...

Fashion giant H&M to probe ‘daily risk’ of violence, sex abuse in Asian factories | South China Morning Post

Fashion giant H&M to probe ‘daily risk’ of violence, sex abuse in Asian factories | South China Morning Post: ‘Gender-based violence is unacceptable under any circumstances, and brands need to make sure that women working in their supply chain are protected’

US$443,000 cash seized in Singapore’s largest impersonation scam breakthrough | South China Morning Post

US$443,000 cash seized in Singapore’s largest impersonation scam breakthrough | South China Morning Post: Two arrested suspects had pretended to be Chinese officials in the phone scam

Exchange 106: the awkward 492-metre reminder of Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak | South China Morning Post

Exchange 106: the awkward 492-metre reminder of Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak | South China Morning Post: The skyscraper is one of only a few mega-projects cleared by Mahathir’s new government that has pledged to review deals struck by the previous administration

How cheap travel and technology has changed the profile of sexual predators | South China Morning Post

How cheap travel and technology has changed the profile of sexual predators | South China Morning Post: Globally, 1.2 million children are estimated to be victims of sex and labour trafficking

Facebook staff to learn Sinhala insults after Sri Lanka’s anti-Muslim riots fuelled by online accusations | South China Morning Post

Facebook staff to learn Sinhala insults after Sri Lanka’s anti-Muslim riots fuelled by online accusations | South China Morning Post: Appeals to Facebook to act against the contagion of hate speech were met with deafening silence, prompting authorities to block access to the site in March

Elusive playboy financier Jho Low agrees to assist in Malaysia’s 1MDB probe | South China Morning Post

Elusive playboy financier Jho Low agrees to assist in Malaysia’s 1MDB probe | South China Morning Post: Some investigators say he is a central figure behind some of the schemes involving missing funds from the state investment firm

Vietnamese see special economic zones as assault from China | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

Vietnamese see special economic zones as assault from China | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: The South China Sea dispute, along with memories of the 1979 border war, run deep in the Vietnamese national psyche, making SEZs viscerally unpopular

Thai junta seeks US$10 billion in new security budget ahead of 2019 election | South China Morning Post

Thai junta seeks US$10 billion in new security budget ahead of 2019 election | South China Morning Post: Military spending has risen since former army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power from the civilian government in 2014, fitting a pattern of generals generously boosting budgets after their periodic coups

Joseph Hagin, Donald Trump’s point man on North Korea, ‘to leave White House for CIA as Trump loyalists amass against him’ | South China Morning Post

Joseph Hagin, Donald Trump’s point man on North Korea, ‘to leave White House for CIA as Trump loyalists amass against him’ | South China Morning Post: Hagin was deputy chief of staff for George W. Bush and an aide to George H.W. Bush, and that has made him a figure of suspicion by Trump loyalists, insiders said

American author on her Burma rebel leader mother and feeling disenchanted with Aung San Suu Kyi | Post Magazine | South China Morning Post

American author on her Burma rebel leader mother and feeling disenchanted with Aung San Suu Kyi | Post Magazine | South China Morning Post: Actress-turned-novelist Charmaine Craig’s mother – who went from beauty queen to resistance fighter – was the inspiration behind a 15-year project to ‘better understand Myanmar’s present through the past’

Is Widodo just paying pre-election lip service to human rights? | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

Is Widodo just paying pre-election lip service to human rights? | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: Volunteers and NGO workers who helped Indonesia’s president win election say the leader has mostly forgotten their causes, doing little to make abusers and war criminals face justice

China a pillar of strength in Qatar’s fightback against Arab blockade | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

China a pillar of strength in Qatar’s fightback against Arab blockade | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: Its Middle Eastern neighbours tried to choke the small Gulf state, but in effect forced Qatar to find creative solutions, new trade routes, and push reforms at a faster pace

Indonesia, South Africa and Dominican Republic win UN Security Council seats with old hands Germany, Belgium | South China Morning Post

Indonesia, South Africa and Dominican Republic win UN Security Council seats with old hands Germany, Belgium | South China Morning Post: There are five permanent members – the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France – while the General Assembly elects 10 other countries for two-year terms

Rohingya upset UN agreement did not address citizenship | South China Morning Post

Rohingya upset UN agreement did not address citizenship | South China Morning Post: Most Rohingya refugees say they are desperate to go home, but fear going back unless they are given protection and citizenship

Trump says he will size up Kim Jong-un ‘within the first minute’ of Singapore summit | South China Morning Post

Trump says he will size up Kim Jong-un ‘within the first minute’ of Singapore summit | South China Morning Post: ‘Within the first minute, I’ll know. My touch, my feel – that’s what I do,’ says Trump