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    As sanctions bite, North Korean workers leave Chinese border hub

    Reuters North Korean workers have begun to leave the Chinese border city of Dandong, following the latest round of sanctions seeking to restrict Pyongyang’s ability to earn foreign currency income, local businesses and traders said in early October 2017. Almost 100,000 overseas workers, based predominantly in China and Russia, funnel U.S. $500 million in wages a year to help finance…

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    Tens of thousands march to defend Hong Kong’s rule of law against China

    Reuters Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on October 1, 2017, protesting an “anti-authoritarian rule” and calling for the resignation of the city’s top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists. The march, pictured, an annual fixture over the past few years on China’s October 1 National Day, comes at a time of nascent disillusionment…

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    Indonesia, Singapore mark 50 years of diplomacy

    Hamid Sellak Twenty F-16 fighter jets from the Singapore and Indonesian air forces roared above the Singapore skyline on September 4, 2017, in a formation shaped like the number 50, pictured, to commemorate five decades of diplomatic relations. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo attended the event, which saluted the enduring, collaborative ties that bind…

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    South Korea increases monitoring of North Korean military activities, sharing of surveillance with partner nations

    Felix Kim South Korea enhanced its monitoring of North Korean military assets and activities shortly after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook North Korea’s North Hamgyong province on September 3, 2017. The quake, which was determined to be the result of a North Korean underground nuclear bomb test, prompted the call for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of National Defense…

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    South Korea bolsters security for winter Olympics

    FORUM Staff South Korea has stepped up its security plans for the 2018 Winter Olympics in response to North Korea’s continued aggression and ongoing pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missiles weapons programs. Olympic officials are also working to allay security concerns worldwide, according to various media reports. In September 2017, South Korea announced that it will double the number of…

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    Southeast Asia farmers harvest nuclear technology to climate-proof rice

    FORUM Staff Drastic and diverse climate change can wreak havoc on crops, but farmers in Southeast Asia have successfully experimented with nuclear technology to create more resilient rice fields. Scientists spent the past five years deploying the technology in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, according to United Nations groups, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and…

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    India, U.S. bolster defense ties, join hands in terror fight

    FORUM Staff The first Cabinet-level meeting between a member of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and India produced pledges to jointly fight terror threats, share military technology and contribute to Afghanistan’s security. After U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in late September 2017, he said the United States welcomes India’s efforts to promote stability…

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    South Korea’s defense reform emerges

    Felix Kim South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s campaign promise of military reform is starting to take shape as defense officials write rules dealing with everything from corruption in military purchasing to the treatment of troops. An August 2017 announcement by the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of National Defense (MND) said the reforms will include changes in organizational structures as…

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    Timor-Leste stands as key example of U.N.’s capability to ‘restore peace’

    FORUM Staff The success of Timor-Leste as an independent nation shows that the United Nations can help establish peace and stability around the globe, the country’s president told the U.N. General Assembly in September 2017. “The recent history of Timor-Leste vividly reminds us that when civil values, on which the very existence of the United Nations is built, take the…

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    China pushing for cooperation on graft, terrorism

    Reuters China will push for greater international cooperation in the fight against corruption and terrorism when it hosts Interpol’s general assembly in late September 2017, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the matter. The move comes against a backdrop of concerns that China is using the body for its own goals. In 2016, the global police cooperation agency elected a…

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