S. Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin reaffirms confidence in Indo-Pacific strategy
The plan has boosted S. Korea's relations with US, Japan while resetting China ties, he notes.
North Korean sports broadcast labels South Korea ‘puppets’
While North Korea has used derogatory and sharp-worded expressions to describe the South on political and military issues, the use of a derogatory term in relation to a sporting…
Most Taiwanese want DPP ‘taken off the shelf’, says ex-president Ma Ying-jeou
He also did not dismiss the possibility of a combined bid in which Kuomintang candidate Hou Yu-ih contests as the presidential candidate with Taiwan People’s Party’s Mr Ko…
Japanese foreign minister to visit Vietnam
Vietnam and Japan are celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2023, and since the start of the year, almost 500 events have been held to commemorate this.
‘No Japan?’ Korea swings from extreme rejection to selective embrace
The consumer-led nationwide boycott arose as a reaction to Japan’s imposition of trade sanctions on South Korea in July 2019.
Taiwan’s first homegrown submarine cannot stop the tide of reunification: Chinese defence ministry
National defence ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian also said that the Taiwan authorities will not be able to stop the trend of national reunification, regardless of the…
New Cambodian investment law entices Hong Kong investors
For the first eight months of 2023, bilateral trade between the two nations totalled $270.2 million, down 65.2 per cent from $776.6 million in the same period in 2022.
S&P economist tells South Korea to brace for worst-case scenario with China
The economist has also said that growing uncertainty in the Chinese financial market could drag down South Korea's economic growth by a total of 0.35 per cent, from now to the…
Japan PM Kishida leans closer to Taiwan with hawkish Cabinet picks
Tokyo has also reportedly elevated security ties with Taipei by appointing an active government official – instead of a retired officer as per tradition – as its de facto…
Japan wants China’s buoy removed from EEZ near Senkaku Islands
The recently discovered buoy is thought to be used to collect data, including wave heights and currents, for the operations of China Coast Guard vessels navigating around the…