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Asian View

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Key words : myanmar political party
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230329_04/

Myanmar's military-appointed election commission has announced that the political party led by Aung San Suu Kyi will be dissolved as of Wednesday.

The election commission made the announcement on state media on Tuesday. It said the National League for Democracy, or NLD, will be invalidated and dissolved as it failed to meet a Tuesday deadline to re-register.

The military, which seized power in a coup in 2021, enacted a new law on the registration of political parties in January.

The law also requires political parties to field candidates in more than 500 constituencies in the country. The requirement made it impossible for the NLD to apply for re-registration as Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD executives have been detained and many other party members fled overseas.

The military staged a coup, claiming that there were irregularities in the 2020 general election, which the NLD won in a landslide victory.

The junta claims that it will conduct a fair election upon the completion of the state of emergency, which was extended in February. But the election's significance is in question now that the military effectively eliminated pro-democracy parties from elections.

Key words : north nuclear weapon inspected
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230328_09/

North Korea's state-run media say leader Kim Jong Un inspected the country's nuclear weapons program on Monday.

The media reported on Tuesday that Kim was briefed by Nuclear Weapons Institute officials on the development of the country's tactical nuclear weapons and the system for managing its nuclear arsenal.

Kim is said to have called for scaling up the production of weapons-grade nuclear materials to exponentially increase the country's arsenal.

The media also reported North Korea launched two ground-to-ground tactical ballistic missiles in a drill on Monday. It said the missiles were fired from Pyongyang toward an island in the country's northeast.

South Korea's military has said the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles near Pyongyang on Monday morning.

Key words : two-way highest
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230328_21/

US business magazine Forbes says Japanese two-way star Ohtani Shohei is now the highest-paid player in Major League Baseball, with total earnings for the 2023 season estimated at 65 million dollars, an MLB record.

The magazine has announced baseball's ten highest-paid players for this year.

It says nearly half of Ohtani's earnings come from the 30 million dollar one-year contract extension he signed with the Los Angeles Angels in October. He is also expected to collect at least 35 million dollars from 13 endorsement partnerships.

Ohtani's endorsement portfolio has grown significantly in just half a year. It was estimated at 20 million dollars last October.

In second place on Forbes' list was New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer, with 59.3 million dollars, followed by Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, the 2022 American League MVP, at 44.5 million dollars.

Ohtani's Angels teammate Mike Trout was in fifth place, with 39.5 million dollars.

Ohtani's endorsement number stands out at more than seven and a half times the 4.5 million dollars expected by Aaron Judge, the next highest off-the-field earner.

Forbes says Ohtani's continued popularity on both sides of the Pacific is the most significant factor in his endorsement earnings.

Key words : taiwan scepticism
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