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 Sat, 25 Jun 2022 10:29:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRef2tmFU67op4OT5HJgy6HUf End Comfort Women Fraud group, who say there’s evidence of women signing contracts to work in brothels for Japanese military during colonial rule, are travelling to Germany, hoping a statue of a ‘comfort woman’ can be removed.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:00:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRef2tmFU67op4OT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReftgprGc3QksOzdsCmHakzH North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wrapped up a key meeting with top military officials, amid growing speculation that Pyongyang could conduct its first nuclear test in five years.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:00:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReftgprGc3QksOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefBDH2tiKGA85s0ohxaO6Yr Japan’s shrinking population has long been an obsession, but its East Asian neighbours of South Korea and China are now facing the same problem as fertility rates, births and marriages fall, creating an economic headache for both Seoul and Beijing.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:00:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefBDH2tiKGA85s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefBqtzbSGCdIHn9ye8UNv30 Governor calls for further reduction of US military base as fears grow over regional military tension. The Battle of Okinawa killed about 200,000 people, nearly half of them local.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:03:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefBqtzbSGCdIHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed_hNAZ3aGqrilmFkX7M1Jw Almost 12,000 expatriates around the world were interviewed, including in the Asia-Pacific region, for a well-being survey. 95 per cent of ‘top managers’ in Singapore mentioned burnout symptoms while almost half the Hong Kong respondents were planning to return home.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 03:00:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed_hNAZ3aGqrilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefaHzbkhwxZSHn9ye8UNv30 Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi warned against such actions, calling them ‘sabre-rattling tactics’ against his nation, and expressed concerns about Chinese warplanes in Taiwan’s air zone.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:07:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefaHzbkhwxZSHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecunx1NQP3hhJVjH6qdYdAk Mitsuhiro Taniguchi is accused of taking part in a fraud scheme that netted several million dollars in government funds intended for small Japanese businesses affected by coronavirus.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:00:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecunx1NQP3hhJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefGutZKJjCyPSejEQ2Mq9rY Hong Kong’s testing authority will allow students to submit scores from the Test of Proficiency in Korean in the foreign language category of the city’s university entrance exam starting from 2025.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:16:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefGutZKJjCyPSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedVEWLN8G9llJVjH6qdYdAk The announcement comes after years of criticism by human rights groups that the US had refused to adopt an international treaty banning the deadly devices. Russia is among the countries that haven’t agreed to the ban on landmines.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:39:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedVEWLN8G9llJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReeIRf9C_xR5Ksb1naedg1wr Ten travellers join seven-day trip organised by EGL Tours, which had previously pushed back the departure date from June 11 to June 15 and then to Wednesday.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:46:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReeIRf9C_xR5Ksb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRednQZu7h9-1rMb1naedg1wr Security experts say the daily example of Russia tearing apart non-nuclear Ukraine is pushing Asia’s non-nuclear states to consider getting their own weapons – or hosting US ones.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:31:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRednQZu7h9-1rMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed4TwvBEwafpJVjH6qdYdAk He emphasised the need to ‘maintain stable and constructive relations’ between Tokyo and Beijing as the latter steps up military activity in the East China Sea.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:30:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRed4TwvBEwafpJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedgBVNLInIHX6CY3L745TL_ North Korea is facing a potentially dire food situation this year, which has been exacerbated by disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In May, its monthly imports of Chinese soybeans surged.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:15:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedgBVNLInIHX6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecYT6KWMi-9ksb1naedg1wr South Korea became the seventh country in the world to put a satellite weighing more than a tonne into orbit in a boost for its space ambitions.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:54:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRecYT6KWMi-9ksb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReeRXqSMt5Pf5ZVjH6qdYdAk Looming military enlistment for the older members of BTS is creating a headache for the company behind the band. Last week’s shock announcement also leaves the group’s social justice efforts in doubt.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 08:02:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReeRXqSMt5Pf5ZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefOElwc27bM3Js0ohxaO6Yr Pyongyang only acknowledged that it had a coronavirus outbreak last month. Yet state media claims cases are already plummeting and says just 73 people have died – a widely disputed fatality rate of 0.002 per cent, the lowest in the world.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:15:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRefOElwc27bM3Js0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReec56FQQJ4XYylmFkX7M1Jw The envisaged meeting on the sidelines of next week’s gathering of Nato leaders in Spain is reportedly seen by the four nations as an attempt to keep an assertive China in check.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:02:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReec56FQQJ4XYylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedkdITNvluNSuT5HJgy6HUf The District Court in Osaka rejected arguments made by three same-sex couples as part of a series of suits filed by activists seeking marriage equality.]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:03:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedkdITNvluNSuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReddNpuYRKeC6uzdsCmHakzH Corporal punishment, pressure to lose weight and a brutal win-at-all costs mentality are driving large numbers of children to quit judo in Japan, raising fears for the sport’s future in its traditional powerhouse.]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:53:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oReddNpuYRKeC6uzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedt0p_pKEmMlOzdsCmHakzH The fast food chain has started selling what it calls the ‘almost-potato set’, featuring a burger and a side of crunchy ramen noodles. Some customers aren’t too thrilled about the switch.]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 03:36:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/h9ZFJK8oRedt0p_pKEmMlOzdsCmHakzH