What just happened in North Korea?
The supposedly short march to denuclearization lengthens as Pompeo-North meeting goes awry. Economic sanctions on North Korea will remain in place until the country achieves…
South Koreans, Japanese doubt N Korea denuclearization
Polls suggest the public in both countries do not believe true denuclearization will take place. Eighty-three percent of Japanese respondents and 66 percent of South Korean…
North Korea update: Hiding nuclear program and cozying up to China
Reports are that North Korea is trying to hide key elements of its nuclear weapons program. Not even a month after the Trump – Kim summit in Singapore, reports suggest that…
West’s failure to reform threatens world order
China and Russia take advantage of economic crises, weak governance and populism to challenge US-led international order. Two years ago, China and Russia issued a joint…
Pakistan placed on terror-funding grey list
Pakistan has been placed under a watch list for not doing enough to stop terror financing. Pakistan was officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog’s grey list on…
Rohingya Crisis: Where are we now
Over a year after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, no end is in sight for the Rohingya crisis. The United Nation’s High…
N. Korea warns Japan not to intervene in denuclearization
A North Korean diplomat said at a UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament that Japan should refrain from intervening in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea…
Nepal hails rail pact with China
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has hailed the pact on railway connectivity with China. Upon arrival from Lhasa at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday, PM Oli remarked that…
After Kim-Trump summit, concrete actions needed.
The summit is over and done, now comes the hard part. With the summit now consigned to history books, leaders from across the globe are now looking to the President of the United…
Joint effort needed to combat climate change
ASEM calls for joint efforts by Asia, Europe to combat climate change. Vietnam wants to enhance co-operation with the international community to promote renewable energy, invest…