Alessandra Tamponi

They are protesting over the increase in the number of students admitted to university faculties, a measure that has been talked about for some time in a country that has one of the lowest rates of doctors in relation to its population. But health workers claim that other deficiencies such as overcrowding in hospitals are not being addressed. Preceptions were ordered while the police investigated the protesters.

Jailed in 2021, she was convicted of “inciting to subversion of state power". Her real offence was speaking out against the arrest of her partner, Xu Zhiyong (who had accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of poorly managing the pandemic) and fought for the rights of migrant workers.

The North Korean leader outlined a radical change to inter-Korean relations in his latest address to the Supreme People's Assembly. The South is described as a hostile country, no longer home to countrymen. As a result, all bodies and agencies involved in relations between North and South will be scrapped.

The South Korean opposition leader hit yesterday morning remains in intensive care after delicate surgery to reconstruct his jugular. Meanwhile, South Korea is once again questioning the violence against political leaders, less than 100 days before parliamentary elections.

Residence permit for up to two years for those who choose to make South Korea the base for smart working. But to obtain it they will need to prove they can count on an annual income of 60,000 euro. A measure in line with the objective of attracting a desirable slice of consumers by counting on its technological infrastructure.

Mongolia signed a declaration with other countries in favour of the development of nuclear power to reduce greenhouse gases. This is one of the country's latest initiatives to promote its domestic mining industry, which represents an important part of the country’s economy. This will require a reassessment of relations with Russia.

The North Korean dictator recently addressed women asking them to counter the anti-socialist tendencies in their children, which are pushing many young couples not to have children. While the birthrate has fallen to 1.8 and the population is beginning to age, the real cause of the decline lies in the frequent famines.

The no-fly zone around the demilitarised zone will no longer be in force. The measure decreed by the Seoul government after Pyongyang put a satellite into orbit. For South Korea, the same missiles could also carry nuclear warheads. The sanctions packages decreed by the UN are ineffective with respect to the development of military technology.

Economic cooperation dominates North Korean-Russian talks in Pyongyang. North Korea is looking to Russian aluminium for its missile programme with its own mineral riches in the exchange.

To boost the birth rate, the Chinese president and the Communist Party are looking to women. The reasons for the plummeting birth rate are attributable to the one-child policy, the economic crisis China is going through, and a cultural change among the younger generations.

On 29 October 2022, more than 150 people, mostly young, were crushed to death during the festival. This year, security measures have been beefed up, while victims' families are seeking an independent inquiry.

At the Beijing Forum, the governor magnified Hong Kong's potential as a financial and logistical hub for countries involved in Xi Jinping's "new thirst road". An attempt to gather "results" to counter the decline that the harsh repression of the 2019 protests and the Covid season have brought with them.