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Recent Developments and News in Asia
Brutal rape, murder taints Kolkata’s reputation as India’s safest city for women
Sudeshna Basu always considered Kolkata, the vibrant state capital of West Bengal, a safe haven for women like herself. But on a recent evening, the 52-year-old Sanskrit lecturer found her sense of security shattered when an autorickshaw driver brazenly catcalled her on her way home from work.
Malaysia swings away from shipping apes abroad in orangutan diplomacy rethink
Orangutans are critically endangered, according to the WWF, with habitat loss due to logging and agricultural expansion – particularly palm oil plantations.
Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024
SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as a monument to privacy.
Philippines and China say ships collided at new South China Sea flashpoint
Each blame the other for the early morning incident at Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands.
Japan, Tokyo governments target $4.7 billion valuation for Tokyo Metro in IPO, Reuters reports
Japan's national and Tokyo governments are seeking a 700 billion yen ($4.7 billion) valuation for Tokyo Metro as they prepare to list the subway operator as early as October-end, three sources said, in what would be the nation's biggest IPO in roughly six years.
Beijing says Philippine vessel 'deliberately collided' with Chinese ship in South China Sea
BEIJING — China's Coast Guard said a Philippine vessel that had ignored its repeated warnings "deliberately collided" with a Chinese vessel in an "unprofessional and dangerous" manner, according to statements on Aug 19.
Yoon’s Korea unification vision: liberation, not engagement
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered a dramatically different vision of Korean unification in his Liberation Day speech on August 15, an annual observance in South Korea that marks the end of Japanese colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.