Singapore to propose law to enable virtual marriage solemnizations amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Straits Times / Asia News Network 04/26/2020

SINGAPORE – Couples may have their marriages solemnized virtually from next month amid the coronavirus outbreak, if a coming Bill gets passed by Parliament. Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee wrote on Facebook that a…

First for Asia: Taiwan parliament approves same-sex marriage

AFP 05/19/2019

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s parliament legalized same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation. Lawmakers comfortably passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to form “exclusive…

Cops, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid Apec bonuses

AFP 11/20/2018

Papua New Guinea PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country’s parliament Tuesday, assaulting staff, smashing windows and demanding unpaid Apec bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up,…

PNG police, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid APEC allowances

Agence France Presse 11/20/2018

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country’s parliament Tuesday, smashing windows and furniture and demanding unpaid APEC bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up, police and witnesses…

Former Australian prime minister quits Parliament

AP 08/31/2018

Canberra, Australia — Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigned from Parliament on Friday, triggering a by-election that could bring down the unpopular conservative government. Disgruntled lawmakers in Turnbull’s conservative Liberal Party replaced him as prime minister…

Parliament allows Xi to rule for life

AFP 03/11/2018

China abolishes presidential term limit China’s Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a path to rule indefinitely as parliament abolished presidential term limits, handing him almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation into an…

S. Korean lawmakers order probe on Park

11/18/2016

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s parliament on Thursday passed a law that would allow a special prosecutor to investigate a corruption scandal threatening the presidency of Park Geun-hye. The opposition-controlled National Assembly also voted for a…

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