Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
China, South Korea, and Japan met in Seoul for the first time since 2012. Was the meeting anything to celebrate? Plus new evidence suggests significant activity near North Korea’s nuclear test site, another murder in Bangladesh, and conflicting reports in the Maldives as seven more are arrested in the Presidential assassination plot.
Contrary to popular belief, there are no celebrations after East Asia Summit
Reading the headlines coming out of Seoul, you would think the East Asia Summit, the first high level meeting between South Korea, Japan, and China was a huge success. In some ways it was, after all, it was the first meeting since 2012, but is this the big win everyone is reporting?
New tunnels at North Korean nuclear test site
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency said North Korea has stepped up activities at Punggye-ri nuclear test site. This is where they’ve previously conducted nuclear tests and are expected to carry out a fourth. Yonhap’s anonymous source is reporting the DPRK is building a new tunnel. The source added: the latest excavation work does not appear to be the sites of previous tests.
An additional hacking murder in Bangladesh
The attacks on secular writers in Bangladesh continue. This weekend, two separate attacks were carried out at publishing houses in Bangladesh's capital. Both of the publishers involved in Saturday's attacks had published works by Bangladeshi-American blogger and writer Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death on the Dhaka University campus while walking with his wife in February. This latest attack claimed the life of one publisher and three others were injured.
Seven more arrested in Maldives presidential assassination plot
Hot on the heels of the Maldives arresting its Vice President for alleged involvement in a presidential assassination attempt last week, police have not rounded up seven more following acquisition of a hidden weapons cache on the ocean floor. Officials say they collected two hand grenades, a rifle, a pistol, and more than 100 bullets wrapped in carrier bags. These were found on the ocean floor at a depth of 45 meters in the remote Baa Atoll, 130 km northwest to capital Male.
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China, South Korea, and Japan met in Seoul for the first time since 2012. Was the meeting anything to celebrate? Plus new evidence suggests significant activity near North Korea’s nuclear test site, another murder in Bangladesh, and conflicting reports in the Maldives as seven more are arrested in the Presidential assassination plot.
Contrary to popular belief, there are no celebrations after East Asia Summit
Reading the headlines coming out of Seoul, you would think the East Asia Summit, the first high level meeting between South Korea, Japan, and China was a huge success. In some ways it was, after all, it was the first meeting since 2012, but is this the big win everyone is reporting?
New tunnels at North Korean nuclear test site
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency said North Korea has stepped up activities at Punggye-ri nuclear test site. This is where they’ve previously conducted nuclear tests and are expected to carry out a fourth. Yonhap’s anonymous source is reporting the DPRK is building a new tunnel. The source added: the latest excavation work does not appear to be the sites of previous tests.
An additional hacking murder in Bangladesh
The attacks on secular writers in Bangladesh continue. This weekend, two separate attacks were carried out at publishing houses in Bangladesh's capital. Both of the publishers involved in Saturday's attacks had published works by Bangladeshi-American blogger and writer Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death on the Dhaka University campus while walking with his wife in February. This latest attack claimed the life of one publisher and three others were injured.
Seven more arrested in Maldives presidential assassination plot
Hot on the heels of the Maldives arresting its Vice President for alleged involvement in a presidential assassination attempt last week, police have not rounded up seven more following acquisition of a hidden weapons cache on the ocean floor. Officials say they collected two hand grenades, a rifle, a pistol, and more than 100 bullets wrapped in carrier bags. These were found on the ocean floor at a depth of 45 meters in the remote Baa Atoll, 130 km northwest to capital Male.
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