ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇮🇩 INDONESIA ✅ Largest party expels former president Jokowi after he backed Prabowo ❎ Joko Widodo spurned the party’s own candidate in the February elections. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇯🇵 JAPAN / USA 🇺🇸 ✅ US Marines relocate from Okinawa to Guam ❎ after years of complaints by local residents over issues caused by the US' military presence. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🌐 SOUTH CHINA SEA ✅ Why 🇵🇭 Philippines’ new legal case against 🇨🇳 Beijing may fall flat. ❎ analysts suggest Manila use alternative strategies. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇹🇼 TAIWAN ✅ US actions trump words on Taiwan ❎ Last week, D. Trump said he would “never say” if the US 🇺🇸 is committed to defending Taiwan against China 🇨🇳. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇲🇲 BURMA ✅ War has forced doctors & nurses into Prostitution ❎ 4 years into the civil conflict, economy is in ruins, & people (even professionals) desperate. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇰🇷 S. KOREA ✅ Impeachment has cost Washington a staunch ally ❎ President Yoonshifted his country closer to Washington and stood up to Beijing. And now? 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇰🇷 S. KOREA ✅ Military faces leadership void ❎ as commanders of key units caught up in the sweeping investigation into president Yoon’s Dec 3 martial law decree 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇵🇰 PAKISTAN ✅ Military struggles to solve ‘Imran Khan problem’ ❎ Jailed former prime minister remains hugely popular and capable of mobilising support. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇨🇳 TIBET / CHINA ✅ EU 🇪🇺 expresses concern about deteriorating situation in Tibet ❎ highlighted ongoing concerns about human rights abuses in China. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🌏 PACIFIC ISLANDS ✅ Multilateral approaches to maritime security challenges ❎ Outlook and opportunities for partnerships. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇨🇳 CHINA / JAPAN 🇯🇵 ✅ Trump a good reason for a thaw ❎ Crisis of trust between 2 countries with fragile economies has to be overcome for both their sakes. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇮🇳 INDIA / PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 ✅ India wields cricket as a geopolitical tool against Pakistan ❎ A spat over a big tournament highlights how bad relations have got. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇮🇳 INDIA ✅ How India’s soft power led to a border deal with China 🇨🇳 ❎ contrasts sharply with Beijing’s assertive stance in the South China Sea. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇦🇫 AFGHANISTAN ✅ Islamic Emirate denounces extension of UN sanctions monitoring mission ❎ all 15 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the extension 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇰🇷 S. KOREA ✅ Prosecutors again summon Pres. Yoon to appear for questioning ❎ a day after he defied their earlier request. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇰🇵 N. KOREA ✅ State media relishes ‘foolish’ Yoon’s downfall in S. Korea 🇰🇷 ❎ gleefully eviscerating S.K.’s impeached pres. over his failed martial law decree . 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇨🇳 CHINA ✅ President Xi calls on party to ‘turn knife inward’ to end corruption ❎ in a new call to hunt down corrupt officials and those who corrupt them. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇰🇷 S. KOREA ✅ Court begins review of Pres. Yoon’s impeachment ❎ starting a process to decide if he will be removed from office. 🛜

ASIA INTELLIGENCE by Monitoring conflicts & tension Dec. 16 🇹🇭 THAILAND ✅ 2 detained after bomb kills 3 at festival in Tak province ❎ an IED went off on a dance floor. One suspect is a KNU member (a Burma's ethnic army). 🛜