Xi vows active role in NK security, Korean Peninsula issues
Xi is currently in Pyongyang for a state visit. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday began a two-day state visit to North Korea, fanning speculation about changes in the…
Hong Kong leader apologises for protest response
I offer my most sincere apology to all the people of Hong Kong: Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam offered her personal apology to every Hong…
Xi to pay state visit to DPRK at end of week
Kim Jong-un invited the Chinese leader ahead of G20 summit. President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Thursday and Friday,…
Millions take to streets of Hong Kong against extradition bill.
Hong Kong government offices remain closed on Monday amid call for strikes. The Hong Kong government on Monday declared that central government offices would be closed for the day…
Beijing slams unrest and backs HK govt’s use of lawful means to tackle it
Protests have shut down Hong Kong for the past several days before a government crackdown. Beijing yesterday condemned the unrest that broke out in Hong Kong over the city’s…
Hong Kong protests turn violent
At least 72 people taken to hospital during clashes with police. At least 72 people were injured and taken to hospital during clashes between police and protesters on Wednesday…
Abe to visit Iran to mediate with U.S.
The Japanese Prime Minister is due in Tehran today. The government is making arrangements for Abe to meet with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan…
Hong Kong leader defiant despite protest over extradition bill.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says extradition Bill has to be passed as opponents call for fresh protests. A day after what organisers touted as an unprecedented protest with a…
Mass protest in Hong Kong over extradition law
Proposed changes to extradition law in Hong Kong draws record number to the streets. In what organisers described as the biggest protest seen in the territory since it was…
Hong Kong lawyers hold silent march in protest against extradition Bill
The bill will allow extraditions to China. With less than a week to go before the divisive extradition Bill goes through a second reading,the pressure on the Hong Kong government…