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“Regardless of [whether it’s an] immediate or direct threat, we are going to be affected,” warned Ramon Beleno III, head of the political science and history department at Ateneo De Davao University in the Philippines. “Even if they just hit Taiwan, because of our proximity … we will be a target.”
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has weathered opposition challenges and pressure from China in his first 100 days in office, but will soon face more uncertainty when his government's first budget is tested in parliament.
“The angst, anxiety and anger that we are witnessing will be further stoked when the general election comes around,” said Eugene Tan, a law professor from the Singapore Management University.
Students of military history know the battle of Kursk in 1943 as the largest-ever clash of armored forces – a battle that would prove a vital turning point in the defeat of Nazi Germany. It was a battle that devoured the strength of the German armed forces and demonstrated the growing effectiveness of the Red Army and the maturity of its general staff.
Vijaya Lakshmi Gali, a 48-year-old Indian woman, vanished without a trace on Friday morning when the pavement beneath her feet suddenly gave way, plunging her into an 8-metre-deep chasm in the bustling Masjid India district of Kuala Lumpur.
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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's opposition is pushing back against a Ministry of Defense proposal to produce more home-built submarines, intensifying questions over the fate of an upcoming budget session in parliament.
Vannith Hay, 28, brother of activist Vanna Hay, was detained on August 16 as he attempted to cross the Cambodian border into Thailand, the latter told This Week in Asia. Vannith was trying to flee his homeland just days after Vanna managed to get seven members of his immediate family to Japan, where he has lived since 2008.