Russia: South Korean missionary who helps Pyongyang workers arrested for espionage

Today's news: India wants to implement anti-Muslim citizenship law Pakistan police clashed with supporters of Imran Khan's party. In China, arrests increased by 47% in one year. Indonesia underestimates its methane emissions from coal production. Malaysia will reduce the number of migrant workers.

RUSSIA – SOUTH KOREA

A South Korean citizen accused of providing classified information to foreign intelligence agencies has been arrested in Russia. According to South Korean media, he is a missionary who supported North Korean workers living in the Russian Far East. The man, named Baek Won-soon, 53, was transferred from Vladivostok to Moscow, and had moved to Russia via China.

INDIA

India plans to implement the controversial law called the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which will allow non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to apply for Indian citizenship. The Home Minister, Amit Shah, yesterday announced that an online portal for receiving applications has already been set up. Several protest demonstrations were held in different states of the country.

PAKISTAN

Pakistani police have been accused of attacking supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), the opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been protesting against the election results for weeks. A demonstration in Lahore, where PTI members raised slogans against the government and called for its resignation, turned violent, with police officers attacking demonstrators with sticks and pushing people into cars.

CHINA

Chinese authorities arrested 726,000 people in 2023, marking an increase of 47.1% compared to the previous year, the country's chief prosecutor Ying Yong told the National People's Congress. Ying added that 2.4 million people have been "arrested or prosecuted" for crimes related to "national security", explaining that "hostile foreign forces" are behind many crimes.

INDONESIA

According to an analysis by a think-tank, Indonesia underestimates methane emissions caused by coal by up to six or seven times, of which the country is the third largest producer in the world after China and India. According to the study, emissions from underground reserves were not counted, thus jeopardizing commitments to reduce gas emissions by the end of the decade.

MALAYSIA - BANGLADESH

Malaysia will reduce the number of migrant workers allowed into the country, the Economy Ministry has said, amid growing intolerance and scams in the labor market. Workers from Bangladesh, in particular, have become the scapegoat for the country's economic and social ills but according to human rights groups, tens of thousands of Bangladeshis were tricked into Malaysia for job positions. non-existent jobs.

INDIA - ARMENIA

The IADN agency, which deals with air and cosmic defense, has released the news that India will open a special air corridor towards Armenia to guarantee the security of exports of strategic importance, and for the delivery of armaments, operated by the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited with the support of a logistics group.

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