Bloomberg South Korea suspended some commercial flights and scrambled military assets to shoot at drones from North Korea that crossed their heavily armed border on Monday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the military detected multiple “unidentified objects” in the country’s airspace presumed to be unmanned aerial vehicles crossing the border from 10:25 am in Gyeonggi province, ...

  Bloomberg China may remove quarantine requirements for cross-border travellers between Hong Kong and the mainland as early as January 3, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing mainland official sources. A policy known as “0+3” is being considered, under which travellers to the mainland would no longer be required to undergo five days of quarantine and instead only ...

Bloomberg Several aid groups are suspending operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban imposed a new ban on women working in non-governmental organisations, potentially disrupting humanitarian assistance to millions during the harsh winter months. “If we are not allowed to employ women, we are not able to deliver to those in need,” said the International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of Afghanistan’s ...