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

It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/de-extinction-extinct-giant-moa-bird-colossal-bioscience-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #AsiaPacific #Environment #NewZealand #Worldnews #Genetics #Science #Biology

Trump nominates former Sydney councillor and self-described ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams for US ambassador role https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/11/former-sydney-councillor-and-self-described-alpha-male-nick-adams-picked-by-trump-for-us-ambassador-for-malaysia-ntwnfb #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianews #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #Malaysia #USnews #Sydney

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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

Police in China have detained dozens of young women authors in a genre of gay erotica widely known in Asia as "boys' love" during a nationwide crackdown on online pornography. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/crime-legal/china-female-erotica-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #lgbtq #china #sex #pornography

A South Korean court approved a fresh arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, days after special investigators renewed efforts to detain him over his failed martial law bid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-court-arrest-yoon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #leejaemyung

China's aggressiveness in the Indo-Pacific is rooted in long-standing strategic ambitions that have nothing to do with any U.S. policy, the Philippines' top defense official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/asia-pacific/politics/philippine-defense-chief-us-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #asean

Taiwan has kicked off its largest ever military drills with simulated attacks on its command systems and infrastructure ahead of a Chinese invasion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-war-games-simulated-attacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #taiwanstrait #defense #china #hankuang

MethaneSat down: how New Zealand space ambitions fell off the radar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/09/new-zealand-satellite-methanesat-missing-lost-in-space #AsiaPacific #NewZealand #Science #Space

Trump tariffs explained: what’s changed and why have Asian countries been hit so hard? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/trump-tariffs-explained-whats-changed-and-why-have-asian-countries-been-hit-so-hard #Tradeanddevelopment #Globaleconomy #Trumptariffs #AsiaPacific #DonaldTrump #Economics #Business

One year since protests ousted Bangladesh's PM, a geopolitical realignment risks intensifying polarization — and fears of external interference — ahead of elections next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/asia-pacific/politics/revolution-bangladesh-china-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #china #india #southasia #sheikhhasina #muhammadyunus

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a monthslong battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/asia-pacific/politics/china-rare-earth-myanmar-rebels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #rareearths #mining #southeastasia #china