Hong Kong Rejects UK Report on National Security Laws
By Hong Kong Free Press October 23, 2026 A cityview of Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Hong Kong authorities have slammed the UK for making “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” about the city’s affairs in its latest six-monthly report that described the “expanding scope and application” of national security laws in the financial hub. The Hong Kong government said on Friday that it “strongly condemns and firmly rejects” the UK’s report on the city, a former British colon
Hong Kong Free Press
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Hong Kong Woman Sent to Psychiatric Institution Over Seditious Posters
By Lo Hoi-ying October 16, 2026 West Kowloon Court ordered the defendant to serve three months in the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre. Photo: Jelly Tse An elderly woman who pasted materials containing pro-independence slogans and Hong Kong’s colonial-era flag outside her flat has been sentenced to three months in a maximum-security psychiatric institution for displaying seditious publications. West Kowloon Court ordered housewife Yang Chau-ki, 62, to undergo mandatory psychiatric
South China Morning Post
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North Korea resumes propaganda; moves troops to DMZ
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, at DMZ border October 21, 2026. credit: Korea Times CBS News October 22, 2026 By: Ann Coren Tension on the Korean Peninsula is once again ratcheting up, with calls for immediate talks between North and South Korea to avert an accidental military confrontation. It follows hostile back-to-back statements from Kim Yo Jung – the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – who said loudspeakers broadcasting anti-
CBS News
4 days ago
Japanese PM makes offering at war shrine
By The Japan Times October 18, 2026 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual tree stand offering to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday. Credit: JIJI Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual masakaki tree stand offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, the start of its autumn festival. She offered the masakaki in her capacity as prime minister. Takaichi is expected to skip a visit to the Shinto shrine during the three-day festival, w
The Japan Times
Oct 20
Three More Tibetan Schools Shut Down in Golog as China Tightens Its Grip on Tibetan-Language Education
By Central Tibetan Administration October 19, 2026 An orphan school, a girls’ school and a village school are the latest to be closed in a widening campaign against privately run Tibetan schools An architectural rendering of the main gate of the Golog Tadrak Orphan School in Tabo Village, Machen County, Golog. Founded in 2005 with funding from the late Dr. Tawu Lobsang Palden and his wife, the school gave a home and a Tibetan-medium education to more than 300 orphaned childre
North Korea holds underwater-launched missile tests
By: KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Credit: North Korea State News SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea performed its first underwater-launched missile tests in nearly three years on Wednesday, likely from an as-yet-deployed submarine that it says is designed to launch nuclear weapons. The high-profile tests come as North Korea is dialing up weapons demonstrations in an apparent bid to pressure the United States to offer greater concessions if it wants a resumption of diplo
AP News
Oct 16
Shield AI Delivers First V-BAT to Taiwan Coast Guard
By: Naval News Staff Credit: Shield AI picture Shield AI delivers the first V-BAT autonomous aircraft to the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration, enhancing maritime domain awareness with partner AIDC. Shield AI press release Defense-tech company Shield AI announced the first delivery of its V-BAT to the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (CGA) with its partner Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC). Over the coming months, twelve V-BATs will be delivered to the CGA.
Naval News
Oct 16
FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China
By Jamie Ding, Hui Zhong Wu, and Jamie Stengle October 5th, 2026 The FBI has arrested a California real estate agent at Los Angeles International Airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president’s family for China ABC News Live The FBI arrested a California real estate agent as she prepared to fly to China, accusing her of secretly working for Beijing to surveil the president of Taiwan's family in the U.S., federal officials said. The c
ABC News
Oct 10
N. Korea slams U.N. report on its human rights
By: Kim Soo-yeon Credit: YONHAPNEWS SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday condemned a recent United Nations report on the North's human rights abuses as a document "fabricating and distorting" Pyongyang's rights situation. In a U.N. report on an update on North Korea's human rights situation, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres recommended North Korea investigate, prosecute and bring to justice those accused of having committed human rights violations. The repo
Yonhap News Agency
Oct 8
Defense executives underscore autonomous capabilities
By: Sean Lin Credit: CNA Taipei, Oct. 7 (CNA) Defense company executives at a forum Wednesday touted the importance of Taiwan acquiring autonomous capabilities to reduce decision-making time during wartime and ensure the efficient use of resources in peacetime. Speaking at the 2026 Aerospace and Defense Strategic Forum hosted by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Mira Resnick, a senior director at Saronic Technologies, noted that Taiwan could be vulnerabl
Hong Kong Journalist Arrested On Sedition Charge
Al Jazeera Staff and AP September 30, 2026 Authorities detain media founder over Prince Edward station clash video, as press freedom groups voice concern. Police officers patrol outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building in Hong Kong [File: May James/EPA] Hong Kong police have arrested an independent journalist on suspicion of incitement by spreading disinformation, local media report. Tang Ho-wing, founder of the online Boom News, was arrested on Wednesday morning, accordi
Al Jazeera
Oct 6
Macao's first national security case raises concerns
Kanis Leung July 29, 2026 Credit: Cherry Au Hon I via AP HONG KONG – When former Macao pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San was arrested in July 2025, his family and observers of politics in the Chinese special administrative region were shocked. A year on, little is known about his case, even by his daughter. Au is the first publicly known arrest under Macao’s national security law since its 2009 enactment and critics say his case signals Beijing’s emphasis on security and into
Associated Press
Oct 6
