Emanuele Scimia

The order was issued by Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. New response to the launch of propaganda flyers from the South. Seoul: we are monitoring the situation together with the United States. Analysts: the Kim family raises tension to obtain concessions.

The number of warheads dropped from 13,865 to 13,400 due to cuts in the US and Russia. China’s arsenal grows from 290 to 320. The stockpiles of Pakistan, India and North Korea are also up; Israel’s is stable. Differences between Washington, Moscow and Beijing could undermine decades of anti-proliferation action.

The two activists had been arrested on April 19. They had posted an interview with Ai Fen, the doctor who had launched the alarm on the coronavirus. New outbreak of the disease in Beijing. Ten residential areas of the capital are isolated and quarantined.

Due to the crisis, many expats have lost their jobs or had to accept wage cuts. The city-state risks losing 200,000 jobs, 60 per cent of which will affect foreign workers. Unemployment benefits and income subsidies are only for Singaporean citizens and permanent residents. Without work, low-income migrants cannot pay the debts they incurred with their recruiting agencies.

China has signed special agreements with South Korea and Singapore. Japan is vetting allowing air travel from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand. Cambodia plans to charge foreign visitors for the costs of anti-coronavirus checks. Indian borders remain closed.

The pro-democratic tycoon is accused of threatening a person during the 2017 Tiananmen vigil. Yesterday, the police charged Lai and three other Democrats for organizing this year’s commemoration. Beijing demonizes those who denounce the massacre of June 4, 1989, and praises the leaders who ordered it.

The three leaders of the pro-democracy movement and publishing magnate Jimmy Lai will be prosecuted for their role in a rally held in memory of the victims of the massacre of 4 June 1989. The main charge is inciting people to take part in an unauthorised assembly.

The pro-democracy tycoon believes that with the support of the US and Europe, Hong Kongers will be able to safeguard rule of law and freedom. Shanghai will not be able to replace Hong Kong as an international financial center: "In the Chinese city it is not possible to do business unless you bribe someone". Beijing's national security law will be the beginning of the end of Hong Kong. The United States must welcome those who flee Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom must issue passports for young people.

The response to Washington's "interference" in inter-Korean affairs. The United States criticized North Korea's decision to end communications with the South over defamatory pamphlets. Trump administration had aimed to use freezing of tensions on the Korean peninsula as a success ahead of presidential elections in November.

North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper highlights the anger whilst Pyongyang cuts off all inter-Korean communication lines because of anti-North propaganda leaflets. For some experts, Kim jong-un is giving his sister room to gain concessions later on. In South Korea, President Moon Jae-in is attacked by the opposition for his conciliatory policy.

European investors are calling for economic openings and liberalization. 43% of EU entrepreneurs feel oppressed; they criticize Chinese efforts to strengthen state-owned enterprises. The European Union wants greater reciprocity of treatment, but remains cautious about Hong Kong's status. Individual European countries align with Washington and distance themselves from Beijing.

Qurban Mamut disappeared in 2017, a few months after visiting his son Bahram Qurban in the United States. It is not clear whether he is in prison or in a concentration camp. For the United Nations, one million Uyghurs are arbitrarily detained. Often the Chinese authorities arrest the families of Uyghurs who live abroad.