Key words : thailand organize
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200919_18/
Protestors in Thailand are holding a massive rally in the capital Bangkok, calling for constitutional revisions and reform of the country's monarchy.
The rally is the latest in a series of protests, mostly by young people, against the military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Earlier on Saturday, protesters entered the grounds of Thammasat University and gathered at a sports field in what appears to be the largest protest since the inauguration of the Prayut government.
The rally organizers called for Prayut to resign. They also asked why the King is living not in Thailand but overseas.
The protesters called for revisions to the country's Constitution that allows the military to retain its political influence, and for the dissolution of parliament.
Participants said that the law in Thailand only applies to poor people and not the rich. They said they hope changes will take place and the country will move forward again instead of moving backward.
Rally organizers expect more than 50,000 people, including university and high school students, will continue to protest late into the night.
They say they will march toward government facilities on Sunday morning and deliver a petition.
The Prayut government has deployed about 10,000 police officers at government facilities. It has also ordered the military to be prepared to mobilize.
Prayut led a military coup six years ago and served as head of the interim government. He remains in power following last year's general election.
People have criticized Prayut for taking what they call an authoritarian stance.
Key words : people in Taiwan
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People in Taiwan said a final farewell on Saturday to their first democratically-elected president. Lee Teng-hui died in July at the age of 97.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen paid tribute to Lee at the memorial service. Visiting officials included US Under Secretary of State Keith Krach, and former Japanese Prime Minister Mori Yoshiro. The ceremony was held at a Christian university chapel in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.
Tsai said Lee laid the foundations for the island's democratization.
She said Lee promoted "pragmatic diplomacy" and pushed the territory onto the world stage. She said it is thanks to Lee that Taiwan now "shines as a beacon of democracy."
Tsai added the Taiwanese people have a responsibility to build on Lee's achievements, continue to further define Taiwan's identity, and deepen its democracy and freedoms.
Lee's ashes will be interred in early October at a military cemetery in the north of Taiwan.
Key words : Taiwan met
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has met a US delegation led by a senior State Department official. She expressed hope for closer bilateral ties.
Tsai held a banquet for the delegation at her official residence in Taipei on Friday. She was accompanied by the foreign affairs and economic ministers, as well as the founder of major chipmaker TSMC.
Taiwan's presidential office quoted Tsai as saying, "Taiwan-US relations have made substantive progress over the past few years, with increasingly close interaction."
She expressed hope that they can "engage on even more issues" as "trusted partners."
The delegation was headed by US Under Secretary of State Keith Krach, who is in charge of economic policies at his department. It also included a high-ranking Commerce Department official and a former senior Pentagon official.
At the banquet, the two sides are believed to have discussed how to boost bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas.
On Saturday, Krach is scheduled to attend a memorial service for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, who died in late July.
Key words : Taiwan fighter jet
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China's military says it has begun drills near the Taiwan Strait as a high-ranking US official visits Taiwan.
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Ren Guoqiang told reporters the exercises kicked off on Friday.
Ren stressed that the drills are a legitimate and necessary step to protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity in light of the current situation in the strait. He did not reveal the scale of the exercises.
The announcement comes after US Under Secretary of State Keith Krach arrived in Taiwan on Thursday to attend a memorial service for Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui.
Krach is the highest-level official from the US State Department to visit the island since the two sides severed diplomatic ties 41 years ago.
Ren said the US and Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party have strengthened their ties, frequently causing disturbances, but that such attempts are doomed to fail. He added, "Those who play with fire will get burned."
China also stepped up its military activities last month around the same time that US Health Secretary Alex Azar traveled to Taiwan.
The Chinese military conducted exercises in waters including the Taiwan Strait and sent fighter jets across the strait's median line.
Beijing has repeatedly called on Washington to stop effectively upgrading relations with Taiwan. China has indicated it will take necessary measures depending on how the situation develops.
Key words : US supreme court
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. She was 87.
The top court announced on Friday that Ginsburg died of complications from cancer. She was the oldest member of the court.
Ginsburg was known as a champion of women's rights. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by then President Bill Clinton, becoming only the second woman ever named to the court.
Supreme Court justices have great influence on divisive US issues, such as gun control and abortion, because they make the final judicial judgment by majority vote.
The court had a 5-4 conservative majority after President Donald Trump appointed two conservatives. Ginsburg was one of the four liberal justices. Her health was being closely watched due to her illness and age.
Democrats say the successor to Ginsburg should be considered only after the presidential election in order to reflect the voices of the US public.
But the Republican Party has indicated the Senate, which is led by the Republicans, will swiftly vote on a nominee put forward by the president.
The political battle over who will replace Ginsburg is expected to intensify ahead of the November election, as the decision could determine the political leaning of the court for several years to come.
Key words : Trump available
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US President Donald Trump says a coronavirus vaccine will be available for every American by April next year.
Trump said at the White House on Friday that "hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month."
The claim contradicts the estimate by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Robert Redfield told a Congressional hearing on Wednesday that a vaccine would probably become generally available to the American public in the late second quarter or third quarter of 2021.
Trump said on Wednesday that Redfield had "incorrect information." He said at least 100 million vaccines could be distributed by the end of this year.
With less than 50 days to go before the presidential election, critics say Trump is using the promise of a vaccine to win over voters.
Key words : Abe visited twice
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has announced he visited Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday.
Abe tweeted that he told the souls of the war dead that he had stepped down as prime minister on Wednesday. He also posted a photo of his visit.
Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo honors Japan's war dead. Those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international military tribunal after World War Two.
Abe visited the shrine in December 2013, one year after he launched his second administration. That was his last visit there as prime minister.
But Abe offered ritual potted plants to the shrine twice a year, for the spring and autumn festivals. He also sent a cash offering under the title of the Liberal Democratic Party president every August 15, the day Japan marks the end of the war.
Key words : learned meet
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NHK has learned that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in Tokyo early next month for talks with his Japanese, Australian and Indian counterparts.
The four also met in New York in September last year. In October, they are expected to discuss China's increased maritime activities, and reaffirm their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific based on the rule of law.
Arrangements are also underway for new Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide to meet Pompeo.
It will be Suga's first face-to-face meeting with a senior foreign official since he took the helm of the government.
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