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Morrison government allowing rich foreigners in ahead of 28,000 stranded Australians

Labor has criticised a government decision allowing potentially hundreds of “privileged” foreign citizens paying for business investment visas to enter Australia, arguing they are taking hotel quarantine places away from 28,000 Australians stranded overseas. The comments from Penny Wong, the opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman, follow the Morrison government’s decision to allow holders of business innovation and […]

Isabella Kwai – Australia’s First Recession in Decades Signals Tougher Times to Come

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia’s economic engine has run without a major hitch for nearly three decades. Propped up by rich natural resources, fast-growing trade with Asia, a talented work force and vibrant immigration rates, the country even avoided stumbling during the 2008 global financial crisis. But the nation sometimes known as “The Lucky Country” could […]

Konstantin Asmolov. US Presidential Elections and the Korean Peninsula.

In the United States, participants in the presidential election that will be held on November 3, have been determined. The Republican nominee is the White House’s current head, Donald Trump, and the Democratic nominee is former Vice President Joe Biden. In this context, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea has launched […]

Huanqiu shibao (China): what is behind the «historical dispute» between the US, Europe and Russia

When European countries and the United States celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory over fascism in World War II, the US quarrel with Russia destroyed the atmosphere of «Western unity» that should have developed. At the center of the discussion was «the problem of status» The Soviet Union in World War II: during this […]

Ulson Gunnar. The COVID-19 Chronicles: ASEAN

The ten Southeast Asian states of ASEAN with a collective population of 622 million people has weathered the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) relatively well. A combination of quick reactions, a hesitation to overreact and strong preexisting economic fundamentals, the region looks well on its way to returning to normal, that is, if it is able […]

Konstantin Asmolov – DPRK’s Digital Potential

North Korea is considered to be one of the poorest countries and many believe that it is behind the rest of the world in the IT sphere. But is this true? Mobile phone and computer penetration As of November 2019, there were 6 million mobile phones (on average costing $100-200) in use in the DPRK. […]

Zuzana Makovská – The West is not satisfied with the historical truth about Russia.

Of all the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR suffered the greatest human losses. The West seems to have forgotten this. It is no secret that in the minds of most Americans, the United States was the only winner. But you can’t falsify history. Leonid Fedorov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Slovak […]

Camp Foster – Okinawa panel calls for reducing US bases, dispersing Marines.

A panel set up by Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki to study U.S. military posture in his prefecture recently recommended that the Japanese government speed up the process of reducing the number of U.S. bases there and disperse Marines throughout the region. The panel, which includes five security and U.S.-Japan relations experts, was set up in […]

North Korea Is Recycling Mac Malware. That’s Not the Worst Part

Lazarus Group hackers have long plagued the internet—using at least one tool they picked up just by looking around online. FOR YEARS, NORTH Korea’s Lazarus Group hackers have plundered and pillaged the global internet, scamming and infecting digital devices around the world for espionage, profit, and sabotage. One of their weapons of choice: a so-called […]

Vanessa Molter. Pandemics & Propaganda: How Chinese State Media Shapes Conversations on The Coronavirus.

The perception of China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been a significant challenge for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the past two months. The CCP has been attempting to control the narrative and deflect blame since the start of the outbreak, both domestically and abroad. It has done this by drawing on its […]