- 10 December 2019 APAC Alert – (Update) India: Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Bill; protests continue 20 December 2019
Location: Assam, India @26.0360072,90.6065749 Protests erupted across India after the Lower House yesterday passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) following a 12-hour debate. Assam state bore the worst brunt of the protests. In Guwahati, college students and activists from the All Assam Students’ Union staged protests against the bill. The protesters burnt tires and blocked roads. ...
Read More... - 10 December 2019 APAC Alert – Myanmar: Pro-Suu Kyi demonstrations set today 20 December 2019
Location: Myanmar (Burma) @18.8012385,87.6281816 Four demonstrations to show support for State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi are set in Myanmar today, reported Exera, APAC Assistance’s partner in the country. Suu Kyi is now in The Hague, Netherlands, to defend the country before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Public hearings at the court are scheduled ...
Read More... - 9 December 2019 APAC Alert – India: Train services disrupted between lower and upper Assam 20 December 2019
Location: Assam, India @26.0360072,90.6065749 Train services will remain suspended between lower and upper Assam for the next three days. The train services were disrupted yesterday after 13 wagons of a goods train derailed between Naharkatiya and Duliajan stations. The railway tracks will be under repair for the next three days. The cause of derailment will be ascertained after an enquiry, a ...
Read More... - 7 December 2019 APAC Alert – Australia: ‘Megafire’ rages near Sydney 20 December 2019
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia @-17.0302361,125.3557626 At least five bushfires in New South Wales have combined to form a “mega blaze” that is now raging one-hour drive north of Sydney, Australia’s largest city. At 5:00 AM today, fire authorities said the mega fire cannot be put out. It may take weeks to control the blaze. The ...
Read More... - 6 December 2019 APAC Alert – (Update) Hong Kong: New protests set today and Dec. 8 20 December 2019
Location: Hong Kong @22.3531176,113.8474986 Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have set new demonstrations for today and on December 8. At noontime today, the city will have its fifth lunchtime protests in its business districts. A rally is also planned this evening to protest the use of tear gas by police. On December 8, the Civil ...
Read More... - 4 December 2019 APAC Alert – Malaysia: Flooding continues in Kelantan and Terengganu 20 December 2019
Location: Malaysia @4.111243,100.561886 Flooding has continued in Malaysia’s eastern states of Kelantan and Terengganu. To date, the floods have affected more than 15,000 people in the two states and have claimed two lives in Kelantan. The two states have seen intermittent rains since the end of October. The weather improved this morning, but the rains ...
Read More... - 3 December 2019 APAC Alerts – (Update) Hong Kong: Lunch-time protests on as Lam to announce relief 20 December 2019
Location: Hong Kong @22.3524825,113.8474966,1 Office workers in Hong Kong’s business district are set to hold lunch-time protests this week. They started the demonstration yesterday, with hundreds of workers gathering for two hours at the city’s central business district. No untoward incidents were reported. They are expected to come back at lunch time today. Further protests are ...
Read More... - 3 December 2019 APAC Alert – Indonesia: Explosion in National Monument complex in Central Jakarta 20 December 2019
Location: National Monument Complex, Central Jakarta, Indonesia An explosion occurred at the National Monument complex in Central Jakarta at 7:05 AM today. The complex is located in front of the Home Ministry building on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara. Two Indonesian Military personnel were injured in the blast. The cause of the explosion is unknown at this early stage. ...
Read More... - 3 December 2019 APAC Alert – (Update) Philippines: Strong Typhoon Kammuri lashing southern Luzon 20 December 2019
Location: Philippines, @11.5559856,113.5663388 Strong Typhoon Kammuri is now lashing with violent winds and torrential rains in parts of Luzon south of Metro Manila and parts of Visayas. It made landfall in Sorsogon province at 11:00 PM last night, with maximum winds of up to 175 kph and gusts of up to 240 kph. It slightly weakened this morning and is moving westward ...
Read More... - 3 December 2019 APAC Alert – Philippines: Strong Typhoon Kammuri lashing southern Luzon 20 December 2019
Location: Philippines, @11.5559856,113.5663388 Strong Typhoon Kammuri is now lashing with violent winds and torrential rains parts of Luzon south of Metro Manila and parts of Visayas. It made landfall in Sorsogon province at 11:00 PM last night, with maximum winds of up to 175 kph and gusts of up to 240 kph. It slightly weakened this morning and is moving westward at ...
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