Thailand – The removed chief Thaksin Shinawatra has denied having a say in a previous counselor to ex-state leader Yingluck Shinawatra, Gen Pallop Pinmanee, being cleansed from the Pheu Thai Party. The allegation could likewise give grounds to dissolving the primary resistance. In a news report conveyed by The Room 44 news site, Thaksin said he had no information on …

South Korean prosecutors arrested the former head of an aid organization on allegations of bribery and embezzlement for victims of Japanese sexual harassment during war. Yoon Mee-hyang stepped down this year as president of Japan’s Korean Justice and Remembrance Council on Military Sexual Exploitation Problems, also known as Jungdaehyup, to make a strong campaign for a seat in Parliament, where …

The US Consulate in Hong Kong stated that it was ludicrous to imply that its diplomats meeting with pro-democracy politicians would infringe the city’s latest national security law, a accusation posed in a recent state media article in China. Chinese state-owned tabloid Global Times ran a story earlier this week suggesting a recent meeting between US Consul General Hanscom Smith …