Fear, defiance as fighting rages in Myanmar’s north

SAGAING, Myanmar: Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of the burnt village after what they say was obviously a reprisal attack by junta troops striving to crush resistance to last year’s army coup. Corrugated roofs, support beams and cooking food utensils are all that will remain amid theContinue Reading

Japan’s LDP to update list of members linked to Unification Church: Report

TOKYO: Japan’s judgment Liberal Democratic Celebration (LDP) will release an updated list of members who have had connections with the controversial Unification Church, Kyodo news agency said on Tuesday (Sep 20), citing the particular party’s secretary-general. Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Fumio Kishida’s LDP earlier this month announced that 179 from 379Continue Reading

Misinformation shrouds Philippine martial law era horrors

MANILA: American lawyer Thomas Jones nevertheless remembers the scars of Philippine torture victims he interviewed for Amnesty International inside the country’s detention centres in 1975 during the rule recently dictator Ferdinand Marcos. But Marcos, who presided over widespread abuses and corruption during his 20 years in power, denied the particularContinue Reading