ASEAN News

Saturday, November 26 marked the beginning of municipal elections in Taiwan, which President Tsai Ing-wen has framed as a statement to the world about the island’s will to maintain its democracy in the face of China’s growing bellicosity. The elections for mayors, county heads, and local council men are nominally about internal matters like as the COVID-19 epidemic and criminality, …

On Friday, November 25, China recorded 35,183 new COVID-19 infections, of which 3,474 were symptomatic and 31,709 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission announced on Saturday, November 26, establishing a new daily record for the third consecutive day. This compares to 32,943 new cases a day earlier, of which 3,103 symptomatic and 29,840 asymptomatic illnesses are separately counted in China. …

The Biden administration has prohibited the certification of Huawei Technologies and ZTE’s new telecommunications equipment because they represent “an intolerable danger” to US national security. The US Federal Communications Commission said on November 25 that it has adopted the final regulations, which prohibit the sale or import of surveillance equipment manufactured by Chinese companies Dahua Technology Co, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital …

President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea warned that the government may intervene to break up a statewide strike by truckers, deeming it unlawful and undesirable to “hold hostage” the national supply chain during an economic crisis. On November 24, thousands of unionized truckers began their second major strike in less than six months, which is already impacting several businesses in …

The Philippines addressed a letter verbale to China requesting “clarification” over a recent incident in which Chinese coast guard personnel “forcibly collected” debris from Philippine Navy personnel in the West Philippine Sea. In an interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday, November 24, Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo confirmed the move, stating that the Marcos administration wanted to hear about the conflict …

Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late goals to give Japan a 2-1 victory over Germany in the World Cup on Wednesday, November 23. The four-time champions appeared to be cruising to victory thanks to an Ilkay Guendogan penalty, but they paid the price for missing opportunities. It was a replay of their 2018 World Cup nightmare when, as defending …

The office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in western Hiroshima prefecture discovered mistakes in receipts linked to a campaign expenditure report on Thursday, November 24, after a magazine highlighted suspected violations of election funding laws. The claims are a further setback for the prime minister, who has seen three cabinet ministers resign in the past month and whose public …

Friday, November 18th, Trend Micro revealed that they had found a worldwide spear-phishing effort conducted by a China-based threat actor, with a particular focus on Asia Pacific nations including Myanmar, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, and Taiwan. Spear-phishing is a sort of phishing that is highly targeted. According to Trend Micro’s definition, whereas phishing strategies may rely on technologies that transmit …

Shawols, this is not a drill! On November 22, SHINee shared the first preview for Minho’s upcoming solo album CHASE via their official Twitter account. Fans have speculated that the upcoming album would have a mysterious overarching theme due to the fact that one of the photos depicts a silhouette of an unidentified person hiding behind the red curtains of …

In March 2022, Singapore and Cambodia issued their condemnation of Russia. Singapore criticized and implemented sanctions against Russia on March 5, 2022, while Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen condemned Russia on March 28, 2022, according to a Reuters report. The ASEAN foreign ministers also published a statement on March 3, 2022, advocating for a ceasefire in Ukraine. The United Nations …