The counterattack came after days of Myanmar military air strikes against Kachin Independence Army positions.
May 04, 2021
A Kachin Independence Army soldier stands guard near Laiza, Kachin State, with a Myanmar military camp in the background.
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Ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar said yesterday that they had shot down a military helicopter, the latest sign of the fighting that has intensified around the country’s periphery since the coup of February 1.
According to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the helicopter was shot down around 10:20 a.m. and fell near a village in Momauk township in Kachin State, following days of air raids by the Myanmar armed forces, or Tatmadaw.
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Hired thugs beat up Xiaotangshan inhabitants protesting against forced demolitions 05/03/2021 at 3:37 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White
Gangs hired by local authorities. Demolitions began in November. Some victims suffered serious injuries; others continued the protest. Similar cases of aggression also occurred over the demolition of sacred places.
Beijing (AsiaNews) – A group of thugs hired by local authorities beat up villagers who were protesting the forced demolition of their homes.
Radio Free Asia reports the incident took place on April 21 in Xiaotangshan (Changping district), just outside the capital.
The perpetrators of the attack (more than 10) were led by Wu Longli, the deputy head of the village. They left the scene before police and rescue arrived. Some victims of the beating were found unconscious and needed medical attention; others continued to protest.
3 May 2021
The Foreign Ministry of North Korea responded on Sunday, nearly a week later, to a passing reference President Joe Biden made to the country in his first speech to Congress as president, calling his words “intolerable.”
North Korea’s government-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published remarks by senior American relations diplomat Kwon Jong-gun in which he described Biden’s words as a “blunder” and a “slip of the tongue.” Given that Biden had allegedly threatened Pyongyang, Kwon argued, North Korea would have to retaliate and place the U.S. in a “very grave situation.”
North Korea and the United States have technically been at war since 1950, when the Korean War began. While active hostilities ended in 1953, no side ever signed a peace treaty. Tensions have remained high for decades, though Pyongyang has been notably quiet in its usual threats to America over the past year, which experts have attributed to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Philippine Senators sign resolution against China
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01 May 2021, 04:27 GMT+10
Manila [Philippines], April 30 (ANI): Philippine opposition senators signed a resolution accusing Beijing of creeping hegemony in the South China Sea, citing the illegal presence of Chinese ships in the Manila s exclusive economic zone.
The 11 senators, mostly critics of President Rodrigo Duterte, released Resolution 708 that hit out at the lingering presence of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the Spratly Islands, despite multiple diplomatic protests lodged by the Department of Foreign Affairs this month, reported Radio Free Asia. While China s increasing dominance as regional and world power cannot be denied, its open and serious contempt of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), as well as its expansion of influence in the area at the expense of legitimate interests and legally recognised maritime entitlements of smaller nations like the Philippines, must be firmly r
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