After a Malaysian naval vessel went down off Johor on Sunday ( Aug 25 ), salvage operations are currently in progress. All members of the crew are secure.  , The ship, KD Pendekar, sank at , 3.54pm, two nautical miles southeast of Tanjung Penyusop in Kota Tinggi, the Royal Malaysian NavyContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Thailand has approved Western Digital’s 23.5 billion baht ( US$ 693 million ) project to expand hard disk production in the country, Thailand’s Board of Investment ( BOI ) said on Monday ( Aug 26 ), as cloud technology and data centre demand grows. The investment may increase theContinue Reading
Rising violence against women only makes the situation worse. According to a 2023 record in The Korea Times, offences against women rose to 28, 228 in 2021 from 16, 006 in 2007. Also, 86.7 per cent of subjects of violent acts in Korea were people from 2011 to 2020.
An example of the problems plaguing North Korean culture is the Burning Sun sexual scandal from 2019 that involved prominent K-pop stars.
The incident, centred around the Burning Sun bar in Gangnam, Seoul managed by former superstar Seungri from BigBang, included drug-fuelled sexual abuse, gang-rape and improper shooting and posting of those works by well-known figures such as singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young and star Choi Jong-hoon. Additionally, the incident revealed cooperation between different celebrities and the police.  ,
The sexually explicit videos and photos of unconscious people were shocking, and reflected a style of dehumanising, incapacitating, loathing, and belittling of people.
Seungri was found guilty of a number of offenses, including securing prostitutes for prospective investors and receiving an 18-month prison term. He was let go in February 2023. Jung was released in March of this year after serving for five centuries, and Choi was released in 2021 after serving for two and six times.
The incident was brought back into the spotlight just after a BBC documentary that was released in May revealed the great personal value the two female reporters who exposed it had paid.
Kang Kyung-yoon and Park Hyo-sil were harassed both online and offline because they were seen as women wagering an unsupported assault on innocent K-pop actors. In the early hours of the morning, they fought harsh comments, threats of death, and telephone calls. During this time, Park suffered two abortions.
Abdul Halim, a 65-year-old producer from a town in the Comilla area, said his clay house was suddenly swept aside by a wave of 3-metre-high rainwater in the middle of the night. ” There are no goods and no water. Barely anyone has come with the relief (aid ) deepContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Thirteen people were killed and two injured in Indonesia’s North Maluku province on Sunday ( Aug 25 ) after floods in the east of the sprawling archipelago, authorities said. The country’s disaster management firm BNPB said the storms, caused by heavy rainfall since Saturday, also seriously damaged 10 homesContinue Reading
Liu Jin, vice chairman and president of the Bank of China, resigned on Sunday ( Aug 25 ) for personal reasons, the bank said. According to a filing the banks released on Sunday, the state-owned merchant announced that its table had approved president Ge Haijiao to function as acting president.Continue Reading
China is” strongly dissatisfied” and “firmly opposed” to fresh US sanctions on Chinese companies over ties to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the commerce ministry said on Sunday ( Aug 25 ). China calls on the US to stop its improper behavior and will take necessary steps to vehemently protect ChineseContinue Reading
China asserts autonomy over nearly all of the South China Sea, including places claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brunei. To defend its says, Beijing has deployed an fleet of vessels. An international arbitration court in 2016 ruled Beijing’s say had no foundation under international laws, aContinue Reading
The restrictions specific individuals and businesses both domestically and internationally, according to a declaration from the US Treasury Department. China’s business department said on Sunday that the action was “typical punitive sanctions” that “disrupt international industry order and rules, impede regular global economic and trade exchanges, and threaten the securityContinue Reading
The policy change opens the door for Prabowo’s presidential vote rival Anies Baswedan to get nominated for Jakarta governor, a post he held from 2017 to 2022, but also means Jokowi’s 29-year-old son Kaesang Pangarep may work in local polls. The political commission overseeing election problems held a hearing withContinue Reading