Today’s news: The New Zealand pilot captured by Papuan independence rebels has been released in Indonesia. Tens of thousands of people have also been evacuated in Japan. South Korea wants to revise laws regulating the work of underage singers. Cambodia withdraws from a regional economic development agreement.
LEBANON
Hezbollah confirmed the death Ibrahim Aqil, one of the group’s top military commanders, during the Israeli attack on Danieh, a neighborhood in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in which another 14 people were killed and 66 wounded.
JAPAN
In Japan, there is also a flood warning and tens of thousands of people in four cities (Wajima, Suzu, Niigata and Yamagata) have been ordered to evacuate due to heavy rains. the same area where a violent earthquake occurred on New Year’s Eve. According to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, at least 12 rivers have burst their banks.
SOUTH KOREA
Kim Jun-hyuk, a member of the opposition, proposed in recent days to revise a bill on Working hours and safety of underage singers and artistswho since 2010 do not receive the same guarantees reserved for other children and adolescents in the case of employment. The weekly working hours of adolescents between 15 and 18 years old would be limited to 40 and there would also be reductions for children of younger ages, in order to protect the development of K-pop idols.
INDONESIA
New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, 38, who had been captured by Papuan independence rebels 19 months ago, was released and evacuated by a joint team of Indonesian police and army. The rebels had called on Indonesia to recognise their independence. Jakarta and Wellington said the release was made possible by intensive diplomatic efforts.
CAMBODIA – VIETNAM – LAOS
Cambodia withdrew from a regional agreement The agreement, known by the acronym CLV-DTA, has been in force since 1999 and is intended to promote economic and trade development. Announcing the decision on social media, Prime Minister Hun Manet accused “extremists” of using the deal as a “political weapon” to attack his government, saying they had ceded parts of northeastern provinces to neighbouring Laos and Vietnam.
RUSSIA – Türkiye
In Turkey, only one bank, Emlak Katilim, is left to conduct transactions in roubles and Turkish liras with Russia and Belarus, and all others must transfer their services to the Russians in dollars and euros to avoid secondary sanctions. Several Russian-Turkish joint ventures are active in Turkey for trade between the two countries, which can use the services of local banks.
ARMENIA – AZERBAIJAN
On the anniversary of Azerbaijan’s aggression, a bill “On the reintegration of Artsakh assets” was introduced in the US Congress, providing a financial compensation mechanism for more than 100,000 refugees from what has been described as “an ethnic cleansing of the people of Artsakh” that led to a humanitarian catastrophe.
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