2016 Bombings Across the Globe: How ISIS Has Grown in Scope
Considering the sheer volume of these bombings, the details can get lost in the news cycle, here is the Envoy’s briefing on 2016 bombings with casualties above 20.
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Asia
Caste Protests in India Lead to Deaths, Water Shortages
The Jat community, an agricultural caste group, has been protesting in the north Indian state of Haryana against exclusion from caste-based quota systems.
Read MoreSecurity Council Adopts New Sanctions Against DPRK
The U.S. mission to the U.N. indicated that it would “make it much harder for the DPRK to raise funds, import technology, and acquire the know-how to continue its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs.” The resolution includes an extensive list of what cannot be exported into the country, such as arms in any capacity or technologies to further the nuclear arms race of North Korea.
Read MorePRC Credibility Takes Hit as Currency Overvaluation Surfaces
By Abby Shamray Editor-in-Chief The anti-corruption commission of China’s Communist Party announced on January 26 that it was looking into
Read MoreBank of Japan Implements Negative Interest Rates
This last effort aims to make banks issue more loans by allowing them to make money on their own interest rates as well as encourage growth of new businesses rather than hoarding sums in the central bank.
Read MoreAmerican Student Detained in Latest Arrest by North Korea
Despite these warnings, thousands of Westerners opt to take the risk and visit the Hermit Kingdom every year. Young Pioneer Tours alone has provided tours to about 1,000 people a year, of which 40 percent are Americans, according to the Chronicle Telegram.
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Taiwan Elects First Female President
Brookings: “The size of the DPP victory should induce Beijing to reconsider the hard-line stance that it has taken during the run-up to the election.”
Read MoreISIS Eyes Southeast Asia For Recruits
In Southeast Asia, the U.S. maintains a strong military presence to combat terrorist groups in the south of the Philippines, where 6,000 troops are stationed—twice as large as the deployment in Iraq, reports the Manila Times.
Read MoreIllegal Organ Harvesting Industry Grows in China
In China, where organs are harvested from death row inmates, whether or not it was voluntary is often debated.
Read MoreAung San Suu Kyi Determined to Lead Party Despite Constitutional Hurdles
Suu Kyi made it clear in an interview with Radio Free Asia that anyone elected to the office will be a figurehead, and that she would lead her party.
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