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Every Saturday, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.
This week, the following hot news you should know:
Top 1 | US Ambassador to UN: DPRK 'begging for war'
Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) remained divided on Monday over possible new sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its latest nuclear test.
In an emergency meeting Monday, the United States, France and Britain, as well as Japan, were in favor of new sanctions, while countries like Russia advised diplomacy.
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, called for "strongest possible measures" by the council against the DPRK.
Top 2 | Kim Jong Un inspects DPRK's nuclear weaponization : KCNA
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) guided the work for nuclear weaponization on the spot, and watched an H-bomb to be loaded into new ICBM, reported KCNA on Saturday.
The Korean Central News Agency quoted Mr Kim as saying that "all components of the H-bomb were 100% domestically made".
It said the hydrogen bomb's power is adjustable to hundreds of kilotons and can be detonated at high altitudes.
Last month, US media reported that US intelligence officials had concluded Pyongyang had successfully miniaturised a nuclear weapon.
Top 3 | Hurricane Irma kills eight on Saint Martin as it pounds Caribbean
Hurricane Irma killed eight people on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin and also caused devastation on other islands on Thursday as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took aim at Florida.
Television footage of the Franco-Dutch island of Saint Martin showed a damaged marina with boats tossed into piles, submerged streets and flooded homes. Power was knocked out there and on Saint Barthelemy.
“It is an enormous disaster, 95 percent of the island is destroyed, I am in shock,” Daniel Gibbs, chairman of a local council on Saint Martin, told Radio Caribbean International.
Top 4 | Xi: BRICS should jointly usher in second ‘golden decade’
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that BRICS countries should work together to usher in the second "golden decade" of cooperation. He urged the member countries to work together, with the growth benefiting the people of the member nations, and ultimately reaching people around the globe.
Xi made the remarks in a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum in the coastal city of Xiamen, reviewing progress made by the five BRICS countries in the past decade and looking to the future.
The cooperation among the BRICS nations has reached a key point that serves as a link between the past and future, the president pointed out. “The bloc has become a bright spot in the global economy in the past decade and now looking into future, the five countries have major tasks to accomplish, which are to grow economies and to strengthen cooperation.”
Top 5 | Kenya election: President Kenyatta blasts court after vote annulled
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has branded judges in the country's Supreme Court "crooks" after they annulled his win in presidential elections.
He earlier called for calm and said he would respect the ruling but struck a more combative note at a Nairobi rally.
The court cited irregularities in last month's election and ordered a new one within 60 days.
Top 6 | 4 more THAAD launchers enter military base in S. Korea amid protests
Four more rocket launchers for the US-backed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system were deployed on Thursday morning in Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, amid local protests.
It marked that the deployment of the controversial defense system was completed, about 14 months after Seoul and Washington made the deal.
Dozens of protesters were injured in clashes with police as demonstrators took to the streets of Seongju to oppose the deployment.
Top 7 | Myanmar's Suu Kyi slams 'iceberg of 'misinformation' over Rohingya
Global outrage over Myanmar's treatment of its Rohingya Muslims is being fuelled by "a huge iceberg of misinformation", Aung San Suu Kyi said on Wednesday, after the UN led calls for her government to end violence that has forced 125,000 to flee to Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugees have poured over the border with Bangladesh, fleeing a massive security sweep in western Rakhine state by Myanmar forces following a series of deadly ambushes by Rohingya militants on August 25.
Suu Kyi's government has faced growing international condemnation for the army's response with refugees bringing with them renewed stories of murder, rape and burned villages at the hands of soldiers.
Top 8 | Trump is 'not my bride,' Russian President Vladimir Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin today called it “naive” to ask him whether he is disappointed with the presidency of Donald Trump, saying the relationship between the two leaders, often described as bromance, isn’t personal.
“He’s not my bride,” Putin told reporters at an economic summit in Xiamen, China.
“I am also not his bride nor his groom,” he went on, according to remarks carried by Russian news agencies.
Top 9 | Facebook uncovers Russia-funded misinformation campaign
Facebook says it has discovered a Russian-funded campaign to promote divisive social and political messages on its network.
The company said $100,000 (£77,000) was spent on about 3,000 ads over a two-year period, ending in May 2017.
The ads did not back any political figures specifically, but instead posted on topics including immigration, race and equal rights.
Facebook said it was co-operating with a US investigation into the matter.
Top 10 | Trump, Moon agree to boost S.Korean missile capabilities
The United States and South Korea agreed Friday to strengthen Seoul's defenses and Washington gave a nod to billions in arms sales to the country, the White House said, days after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) fired a missile over Japan and threatened further launches.
In Seoul, the presidential Blue House spokesman confirmed that US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in agreed to enhance the country's deterrence against DPRK by boosting its missile capabilities.
Pyongyang fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 over Japan early on Tuesday, which it said was a mere "curtain-raiser" for DPRK's "resolute countermeasures" against ongoing US-South Korean military drills.
Related:
APD Review | Trump facing grim reality on U.S.-Russia relationship
APD Review | Three mistakes Trump made and is still making on DPRK
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
