Bloomberg Hong Kong media tycoon and a prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, who has long denounced as a traitor by Chinese state media, was among activists swept up in a fresh wave of arrests in the Asian financial hub. Lai, 72, was arrested on suspicion of participating in an unlawful assembly last year and intimidating a reporter in 2017, Hong ...

Bloomberg Thailand’s military-backed government said pro-democracy protests risk spreading the coronavirus and asked people to avoid rallies. People gathering in crowds could make it harder to control the spread of the disease known as Covid-19, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a briefing on Saturday. Confirmed infections in Thailand have climbed by one to 42, the ministry said. “Big crowds ...

Bloomberg The next showdown between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may need to wait until after the virus scare. The US said that it would postpone joint military exercises planned for the coming weeks, as its ally South Korea copes with one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. The decision removes for now a looming ...