Senkaku islands in the South China Sea. Japan controls the islands. The government maintains that they are an inherent part of japans territory. China and taiwan claim them. Officials in seoul have announced one of the highest profile defections in years from north korea. They say a senior diplomat in london has fled to south korea with his family. Thae yong ho had been serving as deputy ambassador at the north Korean Embassy in london. A south korean spokesperson said on wednesday that thae and his family are already in the country and under government protection. The official declined to provide details on the timing of thaes arrival. The incident is the latest in a string of defections from the isolated country. Earlier this year, over a dozen waitresses at pyongyangrun restaurants in china also fled to the south. Indonesia is stepping up its crackdown on Illegal Fishing in the South China Sea as chinese ships are operating in its exclusive economic zone. The indonesian government i
China sea. Japan controls the islands. The government maintains that they are an inherent part of japans territory. China and taiwan claim them. Officials in seoul have announced one of the highest profile defections in years from north korea. They say a senior diplomat in london has fled to south korea with his family. Thae yong ho had been serving as deputy ambassador at the north Korean Embassy in london. A south korean spokesperson said on wednesday that thae and his family are already in the country and under government protection. The official declined to provide details on the timing of thaes arrival. The incident is the latest in a string of defections from the isolated country. Earlier this year, over a dozen waitresses at pyongyangrun restaurants in china also fled to the south. Indonesia is stepping up its crackdown on Illegal Fishing in the South China Sea as chinese ships are operating in its exclusive economic zone. The indonesian government installed a new monitoring fac
Problem known as Economy Class syndrome. Tweaking the numbers. Japans Mitsubishi Motors admits it falsified test data for 600,000 vehicles. Japans nuclear regulators give the go ahead to extend the life span of two aging reactors throw the operator says it will be years before they come back online. Rescuers continue to scour a village in a mountainous part of southwestern japan even as people brace for more jolts. Authorities say the death toll from last weeks earthquakes in kumamoto rising to 48. Theyre digging through piles of dirt in a bid to find three people who are still missing. And they say the number of those with injuries exceeds 1,000. Officials with the meteorologist Logical Agency are warning people in the area to stay alert. Reporter the seismic activity is continuing. The chief seismologist forecasts heavy rain for thursday and says that means there could be more landslides. More than 100,000 people are taking refuge in cars and other temporary shelters. Translator im f
China over natural gas in the east china sea. Analysts in the u. S. May be building in a disputed area in the South China Sea. They are set for a final showdown over a key package of security bills. Members of the governing liberal Democratic Party may push for a Committee Vote on the legislation on wednesday. They want to make it law by the end of the week, but the Democratic Party is pledging to do erything possible to block the bills. Prime minister shinzo abe is attending the final question and answer session of the upper house committee, hoping for a possible vote soon after that. The legislation would expand the role of ja fans selfdefense forces abroad and allow personnel to come to the aid of a closely related countries under attack. They agreed to support the bills, and they met with the Prime Minister abe agreeing to ensure a greater role to send the selfdefense forces abroad, but democrats say theyll use various tactics to try to block the passage including submitting a no c
Heavy gunfire broke out Early Morning in saint denis in paris. The area is near the stadium where suicide bombers struck on friday. Prosecutorsay there were several people inside the building when police raided. One woman detonated herself. Five officers were injured. Afp news agency quotes sources that they are looking for abdelhamid abaaoud. He was sentenced by a court in july. He was at large. They have been searching for suspects linked to the terror suspectshich killed 129 people. Saint denis has a High Percentage of islam residents. Obama pointed out that russia mainly at first targeted moderate sources in order to support president ba shirt assad. The crash of a plane in egypt last month was an act of terror. Obama commented on the move by russian president vladimir putin. If in fact shifts his focus and the focus of his military to what is the principal threat, which is isil, then that is something we very much want to see. Obama also indicated if the u. S. And russia can deepe