China’s National People’s Congress says it has created new channels for gathering public input in lawmaking; a lawyer for former Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai makes closing arguments in his national security trial and spars with judges about the scope of free speech rights in Hong Kong; Japanese police arrest 29 citizens who were extradited from Cambodia on suspicion of running telephone scams directed at the Japanese public; more than 12,000 South Koreans sue former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife for emotional distress caused by his December 2024 martial law declaration.
August 17, 2025-August 23, 2025
China’s National People’s Congress says it has created new channels for gathering public input in lawmaking; a lawyer for former Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai makes closing arguments in his national security trial and spars with judges about the scope of free speech rights in Hong Kong; Japanese police arrest 29 citizens who were extradited from Cambodia on suspicion of running telephone scams directed at the Japanese public; more than 12,000 South Koreans sue former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife for emotional distress caused by his December 2024 martial law declaration.