Indonesia’s Parliament has passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code that criminalizes extramarital sex and applies to citizens and visiting foreigners alike. A parliamentary taskforce finalized the bill in November and lawmakers unanimously approved it this week.
China fines former NBA star Lin over quarantine comments
Former NBA star Jeremy Lin, who plays for a Chinese team, was fined 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for criticizing quarantine facilities, China’s professional league and a Dec. 2 news report said, as the government tries to stop protests against anti-virus controls that are among the world’s most stringent.
China virus protests hit Hong Kong after mainland rallies
Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest against China’s COVID rules on Nov. 28 after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.
China vows more ‘friendly consensus’ amid Vatican complaints
Beijing and the Vatican are once again tangling over the prickly issue of appointing Chinese bishops.
China sentences Chinese-Canadian star Kris Wu to 13 years
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu on Nov. 25 to 13 years in prison on charges including rape. Beijing’s Chaoyang District Court said Wu […]
Japan births at new low as population shrinks and ages
The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the top government spokesman described as a “critical situation.”
Japanese music stars form band ‘to make the world rock’
Four of Japan’s biggest rock stars formed a new band, The Last Rockstars, in a race against time to preserve the spirit of rock music.
Some like it hot: Eating spicy in China’s WWII shelters
The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China’s four “furnace” cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine—notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat.
Chinese leaders face anger over 2nd child’s quarantine death
Chinese authorities faced more public anger after a second child’s death was blamed on overzealous anti-virus enforcement, adding to frustration at controls that are confining millions of people to their homes and sparked fights with health workers.
IAEA: Decision on Fukushima wastewater release up to Japan
The head of a taskforce from the International Atomic Energy Agency said it is examining whether Japan’s planned release into the sea of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant meets international standards, but the decision on whether to go ahead with the plan is up to the Japanese government.
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