reuters.com/world/yellen-m… #US Treasury Secretary Secretary Janet Yellen (Archived) met with the #South #Korean #Finance #Minister to discuss #economic #trends, and the two will later hold a #trilateral meeting with the #Japanese #Finance #Minister #IndoPacific #SouthKorea #Japan

apnews.com/article/japan-… In a massive #victory for #Japanese #trans #activism, a #court in #Japan ruled that it is unconstitutional to require a #transgender person to undergo #surgery. This ruling is one of many which have pushed LGBT rights in Japan forward #transrights #lgbt

japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/1… A camp housing in northern #Myanmar was struck by an unguided aerial #bomb. An expert from Amnesty International international has suggested that the #MyanmarMilitary is responsible. The #MyanmarMilitary suggested that rebels were responsible. At least 29 people died.

reuters.com/world/china/le… #China holds the third #BeltandRoadInitiative #Summit. President #Putin, #Hungary PM #Orban, and a representative of the #Taliban are all in attendance. The focus is on #GreenTech

asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/… #Russia joins #China in restricting #Japanese #seafood #imports in response to the #release of the #Fukushima #wastewater

apnews.com/article/south-… #SouthKorea #UnitedStates and #Japan conducted their first ever #trilateral aerial #military #exercise this Sunday in response to #nuclear #threats from #NorthKorea

scmp.com/news/asia/sout… The #Philippines summoned the #Chinese #Ambassador and lodged a #diplomatic #protest over #collisions in the #SouthChinaSea near #SecondThomasShoal in the #SpratlyIslands

apnews.com/article/califo… #California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in #China this week to discuss #climatechange, meet with provincial leaders, and to visit various #GreenEnergy #projects across the country.

straitstimes.com/asia/blinken-w… #China's top diplomat Wang Yi is in #Washington this week to meet with Jake Sullivan Archived, Secretary Antony Blinken and President Donald J. Trump to discuss the upcoming US-China meeting on the sidelines of the #APEC summit in November. #Biden #XiJinPing

aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/2… #India has started to renew #visa services for Canadian citizens for the first time since the beginning of the #India-#Canada dispute following the murder of a #Sikh activist on Canadian soil

bbc.com/news/business-… #Australia's #PrimeMinister is visiting #China this weekend as both states seek to scale back #trade #restrictions and to #normalize #diplomatic #relations. This marks the first visit in 7 years by Australia's top official.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/3… The #Myanmar #resistance forces launched an offensive last week in the northern #Shan state for control over the border region. The #ThreeBrotherhoodAlliance entered the #Resistance operation, heavily shifting the power balance away from the government.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/5… #Singapore's #PrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loong will hand over leadership to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong by the PAP's 70th anniversary before the 2025 election.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/7… #Russia's Navy Chief and #Myanmar's coup leader meet as the two countries are hosting their first joint #maritime exercise this week since the coup in 2021.

reuters.com/technology/nep… #Nepal is attempting to #ban #tiktok in response to #content deemed harmful to #society. #Oppostion leaders oppose the ban, and suggest #regulations over #restriction. This follows several other states that have banned the app over #security concerns.

japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/1… #Australia has signed a #security #guarantee with #Tuvalu to protect the nation from #military #aggression and #climate #change, and to boost #migration.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/1… The #KMT and the #TPP have announced that they will have a joint ticket for the upcoming #election in #Taiwan this January. They have yet to announce further details.

reuters.com/world/asia-pac… The new #president of the #Maldives has stated that he will use #diplomacy to ensure there is no foreign #military presence on the islands.

reuters.com/world/asia-pac… #Vietnam upgrades ties with #Japan to the highest level to a #comprehensive #strategic #partnership. This comes as Hanoi seeks to solidify its role in the global #supplychain, and as companies relocate from #China.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/2… #NorthKorea restarts military activities in areas that were halted in the 2018 Comprehensive Military Agreement. This comes after #Seoul pulled out of parts of the agreement following the #NorthKorean launch of a #spy #satellite last week.