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TAB: Hong Kong Protests, Ontake Erupts, and ISIS in Malaysia
Good morning. It’s Monday, September 29, 2014, and this is The Asia Brief. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy rally heated up over the weekend as thousands took to the streets. Even breaking through barricades...
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TAB: Student-Government Talks in Hong Kong; Japanese Student Attempts to Join...
It’s Wednesday, October 8, 2014, and this is The Asia Brief. Despite dwindling numbers on the streets of Hong Kong, it appears both sides are inching closer to an agreement to hold meetings on...
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Nothing resolved with Hong Kong Talks, Australian IS Teen talks tough,...
October 22, 2014 The big news of the day, of course, was the highly anticipated talks between Hong Kong Officials and Student leaders. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s number two, represented...
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Taiwan Prison Standoff, Australian Terror Plot, TransAsia Pilots Fail, and...
Thursday, February 12, 2015 Inmates take hold of prison staff and Australia says it thwarted an imminent terrorist attack. Plus TransAisa pilots fail to pass a competency exam and Taiwan’s China...
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Komeito unsure of expanding Japanese SDF combat role
Thursday, March 5, 2015 Japan’s parliament debates expanding the role of the SDF while the Australian’s on Indonesia’s death row near execution. Plus a senior Daesh member is nabbed and fighting graft...
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ISIS in Hong Kong, Japan to aid US, Aquino in trouble
Audio Versions Download the MP3. Monday, March 23, 2015 Daesh or as it’s better known, The Islamic State, stirs up trouble in Hong Kong, China may have to face both the United States and Japan in the...
View ArticleToddler rapist caught, China stands firm, ISIS hacker captured, and Typhoon...
Another toddler was raped in India. The police swooped in quickly and apprehended the culprits. China says it won’t stop freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. Plus authorities arrest an ISIS...
View ArticleJapanese women call for comfort women apology, Korea nabs ISIS supporters,...
Women in Japan band together, asking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for Japan’s sexual enslavement of women to foster better relations with South Korea. Plus two people are nabbed in South...
View ArticleAceh’s caning for “gay sex” amounts to torture
ISIS continues to make inroads into Asia, but Indonesia has a plan that may stop recruitment. RAND Corporation’s Jonah Blank joins me and weighs in on how effective the program will be. Also, Aceh has...
View ArticleWhy Sex Slave Talks are Pointless
South Korea and Japan hold their 10th round of talks on the comfort women in Seoul. What were the results? The Maldives has revoked their state of emergency. Plus Afghans come out for and against the...
View ArticleISIS, Koreas to meet, US to sail again and more
In the wake of the Paris attacks, world leaders have banded together and have declared they will do everything in their power to end ISIS. The Koreas will meet this week, but will it prove a fruitful...
View ArticleCan the West defeat ISIS?
Does the West have what it takes to take on ISIS? Australia’s Prime Minister makes me doubtful. The day has arrived: The Philippines steps in front of judges at the International Court of Arbitration...
View ArticleRestructuring China’s military, will Suu Kyi ignore Rohingyas, Seoul...
What’s the significance of China restructuring its military? Seoul gets ready for what may be a massive anti-government rally this weekend. If Aung San Suu Kyi doesn’t help the Rohingyas in Myanmar,...
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