Kashmiri Freedom Fighters conducted drone strikes on India Air Force’s Jammu Air Force Station | Lashkar-e-Taiba commander captured

By | June 28, 2021

According to a tweet by Aerospace & Open Source Intelligence Board (Pakistan Strategic Forum), Kashmiri Freedom Fighters utilised two drones to drop improvised explosive devices onto the India Air Force’s Jammu Air Force Station (Jammu AFS) at around 1am local time on 27 June 2021 The drones reportedly flew 14.5km from the border to the…

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Apple Daily published it’s final issue

By | June 24, 2021

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily published it’s final issue – a million copies of the last print. #Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy the very last issue of the 26 years old tabloid-type newspaper. Apple Daily is forced to close down after their bank accounts were frozen by the Hongkong government for infringing the Beijing-enacted National Security…

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UN General Assembly voted 199-1 (36 abstain) to call for an end to arms sales to Myanmar’s military junta.

By | June 19, 2021

UNGA adopted resolution with an overwhelming vote to denounce arm sales to Myanmar’s military in the light of the military coup and violence. “The risk of a large-scale civil war is real. Time is of the essence. The opportunity to reverse the military takeover is narrowing.” UN special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, told…

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Defunct Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) reappeared on social media to pledge fight against the Military regime

By | June 15, 2021

The Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), a political organisation founded in 1982, which armed branch had merged into the Rohingya National Army (RNA) in 1998, had reappeared on social media, pledging to fight the “facist military” and fight for the human rights of the Rohingya people. Formerly designed as a terrorist organisation, fighters from RSO were…

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The National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar designates State Administration Council (SAC)’s Tatmadaw as terrorists organisation.

By | June 13, 2021

Accusations by NUG on SAC’s Tatmadaw and affiliated organisation includes: Killing of more than 800 civilians using lethal weapons Arbitrary detentions of over 5000 people Torture and sexual abuse of imprisoned people Decimation of economy Disregard for food crisis Abandonment of COVID CERP program Collapse of healthcare system Massive money laundering operations The designation and…

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Revamping DPA

By | June 11, 2021

Defense Politics Asia (DPA) started out in November 2017 as a community funded think tank, headquartered in Singapore, dedicated to provide vital insights into military, geopolitics, internal politics and economic developments in Asia and around the world, from an Asian perspective. After our co-founding Chief-Editor, Timothy Soh decided to go separate ways in late January…

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Federal State of New China?

By | June 5, 2020 |

Disclaimer: Defense Politics Asia is in no way endorsing or supporting this movement, or acknowledging the legitimacy of such a proclamation. However, given the gravity of the people involved that are giving a face to this grouping/declaration – and the lack of reporting in any English language media – we deem it necessary to report…

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6 Feb 2020: Speculation of the Actual 2019-nCoV Numbers in China

By | February 7, 2020

I personally dont think anyone knows the actual number of death, with exception of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) leadership and the point people who are consolidating reports from all over China. Usually in this kindda “China-numbers” cases, I will just x10 whatever “bad-news” number was officially reported by China, as a mental conditioning. Being…

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