Asian View
Key words : soft landing
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has asked China for help in its efforts to defuse the situation in Myanmar.
The foreign ministers of the ASEAN member countries and China met in the inland Chinese city of Chongqing on Monday.
Wunna Maung Lwin, the foreign minister appointed by Myanmar's military following the coup, also took part.
Indonesia's foreign ministry said they discussed a five-point consensus agreed on at the ASEAN summit in April.
The agreement calls for an immediate halt to violence in Myanmar and an envoy to be sent to mediate talks between the military and the pro-democracy camp, among other steps.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi later told reporters that it is ASEAN's duty to implement the agreement immediately.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Beijing will maintain close communication with ASEAN and support its mediation efforts in order to secure an "early soft landing" for the situation in Myanmar.
But a path to implementation of the five-point agreement remains uncertain, as Myanmar's military continues with its crackdown on citizens. The military has said it will consider accepting such an envoy, once the situation settles down.
Key words : lawyer
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Lawyers for Myanmar's ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi say they don't know where their client is being kept.
Her defense team spoke to reporters following a court procedure on Monday related to her case. Aung San Suu Kyi has been held by the military and charged with multiple offenses.
The team said she was moved to an unknown location from her home, where she was being held under house arrest. It said this happened right before she made her first physical appearance in court on May 24.
The lawyers said she has yet to return home, but that she is with members of her staff, who were living with her at her home.
The defense team said it was asked to arrange cash and medicine for Aung San Suu Kyi, as she is running out of them.
She is believed to be refusing food supplied by the military.
Key words : taiwan alert until Jun
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Taiwan has decided to extend coronavirus restrictions for two weeks, after a rise of more than 10,000 cases in less than a month.
Taiwan's Cabinet decided on Monday to keep the alert level at the second-highest on a four-tier scale until June 28.
The current restrictions are due to end on June 14. This is the second time the measures have been extended.
Taiwan had fewer than 100 domestic infections until May 10. But the infection count jumped to more than 10,200 by Monday.
Indoor gatherings will remain limited to four people and outdoor gatherings up to nine. Schools will continue to suspend face-to-face classes.
A holiday period, known as the Dragon Boat Festival, will start in Taiwan this weekend, but authorities are calling on people to refrain from travelling.
Railway officials say nearly 80 percent of the 136,000 reserved seat tickets for local trains during the period have been cancelled as of Monday morning.
Authorities are seeking to speed up vaccinations in Taiwan. They plan to distribute 1.24 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Japan and inoculate people with chronic diseases and those aged 75 or older, starting next week.
Key words : south court forced to work
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A district court in Seoul has dismissed a damages suit brought by South Koreans who say they were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War Two.
A total of 85 former workers and their relatives launched the lawsuit against 16 Japanese firms in 2015. They are demanding compensation of 100 million won, or about 90,000 dollars, each.
The Seoul Central District Court ruled on Monday that the plaintiffs cannot claim the legal right to damages from Japan as individuals.
This is the first time a South Korean court has rejected a lawsuit of this kind since a ruling in 2018. That's when the country's supreme court acknowledged individual rights to claim damages and ordered a Japanese company to pay.
Japan's government maintains that the right to claim compensation was settled completely and finally in a 1965 agreement, when the two nations normalized ties.
Monday's ruling said if the court upheld the claim, it would be against the principles of international law.
The plaintiffs say they intend to immediately appeal the ruling.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu told reporters on Monday that the government will continue to closely watch developments on the issue.
Kato said in order to solve bilateral pending issues, it's important that South Korea deal with them responsibly.
Key words : five thailand
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A Myanmar broadcaster critical of the country's military says five people, including three of its reporters, who were convicted in Thailand of illegal entry, have been granted asylum in a third country.
The Democratic Voice of Burma, or DVB, made the announcement on Monday.
The five people were arrested in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on May 9. They were sentenced to seven months in prison with one year suspended.
DVB had been urging the Thai authorities not to deport them to Myanmar, as their lives would be in danger.
DVB Executive Director and Chief Editor Aye Chan Naing in a statement thanked the Thai people and the world for ensuring the safety of the five people. He stopped short of disclosing which country had taken them in.
Myanmar's military has stepped up pressure on the media since toppling the country's democratically elected government in a February coup. DVB's license was revoked along with several other media outlets in Myanmar.
A Southeast Asian journalist organization says 87 journalists have been detained, including those who were later released.
Key words : japanese official
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Japanese officials say the country's economy shrank less than previously estimated in the first quarter of this year.
The Cabinet Office now says GDP contracted at an annualized pace of 3.9 percent in January to March from the previous quarter in real terms.
The preliminary figure issued last month was minus 5.1 percent. Still, it was the first fall in three quarters. The economy was hurt by the state of emergency declared in early January.
Consumer spending makes up more than half of Japan's GDP. It was revised down slightly to minus 1.5 percent from minus 1.4 percent. Business at restaurants and hotels was especially weak.
Corporate investment was revised up to minus 1.2 percent. That was a bit better than minus 1.4 percent previously.
Many analysts are pessimistic about the current April to June quarter as well.
Measures to curb the coronavirus and a slow vaccine rollout are standing in the way of a full recovery.
Key words : organizer about 8,000 contact
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Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have conducted a drill to check the operation of a security monitoring system for venues at the games.
The Tokyo organizing committee plans to set up security headquarters for each of the 48 venues, including the athletes' village. About 8,000 security cameras and 2,500 sensors will be installed in and around the sites.
The drill was carried out at one of the venues in Tokyo on Monday, based on the assumption that a suspicious person breached security by climbing over a fence.
Once a sensor installed in the fence was activated, people participating in the drill confirmed the presence of a suspicious person using a nearby camera.
A person at the headquarters contacted police for support and security guards were sent to the site to apprehend the suspicious person.
The Tokyo organizing committee says they have conducted drills using the security system since 2019. About 10 personnel are scheduled to operate the system around the clock during the games.
The organizing committee's security chief, Iwashita Tsuyoshi, said a security system using this kind of technology has never been used before.
He said all preparations are going smoothly and he is confident the system will offer adequate security during the games.
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