News of the day: North Korea modifies its Constitution to classify South Korea as a “hostile state.” Freedom of Internet access in Myanmar is as hampered as in China. Indian Samsung workers end their strike after a month. As Israel continues to attack Lebanon, the United States bombs Houthi weapons sites in Yemen.
JAPAN
According to the pollsthe ruling Liberal Democratic Party risks losing its majority in the House of Representatives, so it will probably be forced to rely on its coalition partner, the Komeito, linked to the largest secular Buddhist association in Japan and which until now has criticized the most aggressive measures of the Executive, such as equipping it with long-range missiles or sending weapons abroad.
NORTH KOREA – SOUTH KOREA
The North Korean media commented this morning on the explosion on the roads connecting the country with South Korea, stating that they had complied with the provisions of the Constitution, according to which South Korea defines itself as a “hostile state”. This suggests that Pyongyang has made changes that betray “hopes for unification,” the Seoul government commented.
MYANMAR – CHINA
According to the annual report “Freedom on the Net”, published by Freedom House, freedom of Internet access in Myanmar is as hampered as in China. It is “the first time in a decade that a country occupies a position as low as China,” says the research, but the 72 countries analyzed, where 87% of the world’s population lives, recorded deteriorations for the fourteenth consecutive year.
INDIA
Workers at the Samsung factory in the southern state of Tamil Nadu They have ended their strike after more than a month of protests. The main demand, the recognition of an internal union called Samsung India Labor Welfare Union, will be decided by a court, explained the organization that supported the strike of about 1,500 workers.
MIDDLE EAST
The Israeli army attacked yesterday Nabatiehkilling 16 people, including the mayor, and injuring more than 50. According to Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Israel “aimed at a municipal council meeting to discuss the situation of services and aid in the city” . Meanwhile, the United States bombed five Houthi underground weapons depots in Yemen to reduce their “destabilizing behavior” in international trade.
ARMENIA – AZERBAIJAN
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, declared during a meeting with the Belgian ambassador that he considers a peace plan with Armenia “completely unrealistic” without the resolution of outstanding issues, while the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pašinyan stated that “the current content is sufficient. The Azeris demand that the Europeans “maintain a neutral stance” so as not to create more problems.
RUSSIA
The Supreme Court of Russia processed more than 206 thousand bankruptcy cases in the first half of 2024, a record number for at least the last 10 years, according to the Sirena website, and almost 5 thousand were declared bankrupt, 40% more than in 2023. If last year 155 thousand had been granted in the same period, at the end of the twelve months they had risen to 337 thousand.
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