ASIA TODAY Myanmar, more than 6,000 civilians have died since the military coup in 2021

Other news today: A Japanese soldier opened fire on the instructors, leaving two dead and one wounded. Riyadh prepares an investment plan of 20,000 million dollars in the food industry. Tens of thousands of evacuees between India and Pakistan due to Cyclone Biparjov, which has already caused seven victims. Istanbul, doctors on alert for the measles epidemic: first victims among children. Taipei publishes a defense manual to “distinguish” Chinese soldiers from Taiwanese.

MYANMAR

The February 2021 military coup has left more than 6,000 civilian victims in Myanmar in the first 20 months. This is revealed by a Peace Research Institute report of Oslo, according to which the Junta (army and police) is “the main killer”, but the opposition forces also have “blood on their hands”. At least 6,337 civilians died “for political reasons” and 2,614 were injured.

JAPAN

Japanese police arrested an 18-year-old soldier who opened fire on his comrades at a shooting range, he killed two instructors and wounded a third. The incident, which did not involve civilians, occurred this morning in Gifu, in the center of the country, and is the first to have had victims in the Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) since 1984. The young man is in custody, accused of murder

SAUDI ARABIA

The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources wants attract investment worth 20,000 million dollars in the food industry by 2035. The budget will be used to support the development of the sector in the kingdom, especially dairy, bakery, sweets and beverages. The ministry also aims to double exports from 3.7 billion in 2022 to 10.9 billion.

INDIA – PAKISTAN

Delhi and Islamabad have prepared the evacuation of more than 40 thousand people before the arrival of biparjoy [catástrofe, en bengalí], which advances through the Arabian Sea with winds of more than 150 km/h. The cyclone is expected to enter the mainland between southern Pakistan and western India tomorrow. So far, at least seven victims have already been registered due to the collapse of walls and the flooding of land.

Türkiye

The Istanbul doctors’ association has sounded the alarm over the outbreak of a serious measles epidemic which is reaching “worrying” dimensions and has already caused the death of several children. The specialists alert families, urging them to join the vaccination campaign, and the Ministry of Health, to guarantee maximum transparency in the data.

TAIWAN – CHINA

The Taipei Army has released a updated defense manual which includes a section on how to distinguish Chinese soldiers from Taiwanese based on uniforms, camouflage, and insignia. Officials said they have received comments asking for “war scenarios” to be better illustrated. The Taiwanese soldiers are smiling, the Chinese with their mouths downturned and stern.

RUSSIA

In recent days, about 300 representatives of the Russian opposition elite abroad, including politicians, activists, economists, journalists and publicists, have met in Brussels, in the EU Parliament. Members of Navalni’s group, who argue with the other opponents, did not attend. They were joined by former Zelensky adviser Aleksej Arestovich to talk about the “Day After,” the transition to a democratic Russia.

KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan’s finance minister, Erulan Zhamaubaev, announced the abolition of the presidential chancellery, a body created by former president Nursultan Nazarbaev. It is a new measure to eliminate the previous regime, which “frees three billion tenge from the national budget” and further widens the gap with the Kremlin, closely linked to the old structure.