80% of the country is without power

Today’s news: panic among South Koreans over failed missile launch from Seoul that ended up crashing to the ground. The main gold supplying banks reduce their shipments to India. Since the military coup, 145 Burmese, mostly NLD members, have died in prison; Since the beginning of the war, the Russian oligarchs have lost more than 94,000 million euros.

BANGLADESH

Vast areas of Bangladesh remain without electricity after a power failure. Authorities are striving to gradually restore service to its 168 million inhabitants. The blackout occurred at 2:00 p.m. yesterday and affects almost 75-80% of the territory; the judiciary launched an investigation to find out the causes of the collapse.

KOREA

Seoul apologized to its citizens for the failed launch of a missile during a joint night exercise with the United States, in response to the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile that flew over Japan yesterday, fueling tension in the area. The South Korean rocket crashed into an uninhabited area, causing no damage but creating alarm among the citizens of Gangneung.

OMAN – JORDAN

Oman and Jordan strengthened their bilateral cooperation with the signing of seven memorandums of understanding (MoU) and two executive programs. The agreement signed at the level of foreign affairs ministers covers, among others, the following sectors: industry, mining, historiography, insurance and tourism. The leaders of both countries also reaffirmed the “centrality of the Palestinian cause.”

MYANMAR

Since the February 2021 military coup, at least 145 Burmese citizens died in the country’s prisons during detention or interrogation. Most of them are people close to the NLD democratic movement led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. According to activist groups, in many cases the deaths can be equated to genuine “war crimes”.

INDIA – CHINA – TURKEY

major banks gold suppliers – ICBC Standard Bank, JPMorgan and Standard Chartered – cut shipments to India on the eve of famous festivals where the precious metal is traditionally used, with imports falling 30% in September compared to a year earlier. The reference countries are China and Turkey. For Delhi, the world’s second largest buyer, there is a risk of a shortage.

RUSSIA

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index classification, the Russian oligarchs have lost more than 94,000 million euros since the beginning of the year, a third of this sum in the last month alone. The most affected is the director of Ševerstal, Aleksej Mordašov, who has seen almost 10,000 million euros disappear since the beginning of 2022: his assets have been reduced to less than 20,000 million euros.

NORTH KOREA – UKRAINE

Until now, Kim Jong-un is the only leader who has recognized Russia’s annexation of the four Ukrainian republics through referendums. According to the North Korean president, the referendums were held in accordance with the norms established by the UN statute. The result of the referendum, he added, expresses “the will of the population of the affected territories”, and Moscow “could not fail to welcome them”.