Follow South China Morning Post - East Asia, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp25 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:03:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReey2YNCa0XrVZs0ohxaO6Yr Launch comes two days after S Korea and US forces military exercise in waters off east coast – Japan’s coastguard also reported a suspected ballistic missile test.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:52:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReey2YNCa0XrVZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReetu0LE_nyNLilmFkX7M1Jw Japan’s coastguard said patrol vessels ordered three Chinese ships to immediately exit the waters near the Diaoyu Islands, which Tokyo administers and calls the Senkakus, early on Wednesday morning.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:01:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReetu0LE_nyNLilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReeXnh3jD6k5TOT5HJgy6HUf Students from Japan, China, Korea, the Soviet Union and Mongolia studied at Kenkoku University under the banner of ‘the harmony of five ethnicities’, even as imperial Japanese troops brutalised much of the region.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2022 07:01:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReeXnh3jD6k5TOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed6LEFJKSP2BXn9ye8UNv30 Experts say she’ll want to focus on handling an assertive Beijing and her nation’s commitments to South Korea if there is more nuclear testing by Pyongyang.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:30:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed6LEFJKSP2BXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedo5jaxLxpWi11cWWor9YPv President Yoon Suk-yeol refused to be drawn on whether South Korea would help the US in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. But the tens of thousands of US troops it hosts may mean it has little choice.]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:15:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedo5jaxLxpWi11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecSPMbfvgmYFOT5HJgy6HUf A huge queue of people formed in Tokyo from early morning to lay flowers for the late prime minister, with hundreds of foreign dignitaries attending his funeral. But polls show many Japanese are against the event.]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:22:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecSPMbfvgmYFOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedW2zoq0DplEcb1naedg1wr The shift from long-standing naming conventions may be one of a number of leading indicators of broader change in other areas of Japanese society.]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:30:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedW2zoq0DplEcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedw5Cy61xXYvpVjH6qdYdAk Russia’s security service says the official paid for classified information and was also seeking to learn about the impact of Western sanctions.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:30:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedw5Cy61xXYvpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedwOVqtmd2LWSejEQ2Mq9rY Travellers from Singapore to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia can finally start putting together travel plans, as a number of destinations across Asia look to welcome tourists after a lengthy period of border restrictions.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:45:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedwOVqtmd2LWSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefIlxIJfeAE2sb1naedg1wr The US Vice-President is in Tokyo to attend the funeral of former Japanese president Shinzo Abe who forged closer ties with the US at a time of increased concern about China’s ambitions.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:15:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefIlxIJfeAE2sb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedp8OC4aHhCQSejEQ2Mq9rY President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday accused South Korea’s media of damaging the country’s alliance with the United States, after a domestic broadcaster released footage suggesting he had insulted US Congress members.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:04:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedp8OC4aHhCQSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecJ3dYS_HCuYilmFkX7M1Jw The four days of maritime drills off the peninsula’s east coast will involve more than 20 ships, including a carrier, a cruiser and a number of destroyers. It comes a day after North Korea had test-fired another of its missiles.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:03:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecJ3dYS_HCuYilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecdHQSuNUpuoOzdsCmHakzH Train crossings had been on hold since April 29, when China suspended services with North Korea shortly before Pyongyang acknowledged its first Covid-19 outbreak.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 05:01:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecdHQSuNUpuoOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRednasY_zQdGsMb1naedg1wr Some nations have supported Ukraine since the start of its invasion but, while mindful of need to diversify energy sources, have not said when they’d phase out Moscow’s imports, whereas New Delhi only recently criticised Putin’s war.]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:30:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRednasY_zQdGsMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefAWSYTAC1h73n9ye8UNv30 While South Korea is considered one of the world’s safest countries due to its relatively low crime rates and the absence of drugs or guns in public, underground online crime networks that are accessible to all, regardless of age or location, seem to be thriving.]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:00:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefAWSYTAC1h73n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefAWSYTAC1h76CY3L745TL_ If carried out, sources said Japan is likely to refer to the self-ruled island as Taiwan, not as “the Republic of China”, its official name for itself.]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2022 02:59:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefAWSYTAC1h76CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefAWSYTAC1h7yejEQ2Mq9rY Launch comes after reports indicated Pyongyang could be preparing to fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile.]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2022 01:20:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefAWSYTAC1h7yejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed0K9bJRf70Gsb1naedg1wr The storm brought heavy rains, triggered landslides and halted trains in parts of the country.]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 06:09:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed0K9bJRf70Gsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRef8gsRAR9YRA3n9ye8UNv30 SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won says the company has made plans for a number of scenarios as US-China rivalry intensifies, including a military clash over Taiwan.]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 05:30:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRef8gsRAR9YRA3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecT1sCwSI0lWuT5HJgy6HUf Premier Li Keqiang said that China will deepen its reform and opening up to attract more foreign investment amid concerns over the mounting challenges of operating in the world’s second-largest economy.]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:30:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecT1sCwSI0lWuT5HJgy6HUf