Nepal Foreign Minister Khanal to visit China after India trip in push for diplomatic balance
Talks in China will focus on infrastructure, trade deficit, connectivity, tourism, and Belt and Road projects to strengthen bilateral ties, officials said.
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Chinese President Xi, North Korean leader Kim vow to carry forward friendship
Leaders pledge to maintain memorial facilities dedicated to martyrs and promote youth education programmes.
President Xi calls for deeper China-North Korea ties
President Xi Jinping made the remarks in Pyongyang during his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Japan’s standoff missile unveiled for 1st time during Fuji Power Exercise
About 2,100 personnel participated in the exercises, including responding to enemy forces landing in Japan’s insular regions.
‘Trusted and resilient’: Taiwan’s bid to position itself as a China-free drone hub
Across Taiwan, drone manufacturers are seeing explosive export growth as they increasingly expand overseas to achieve economies of scale that the domestic market alone cannot…
‘This isn’t about politics’: Young Koreans push for election rerun
A crowd had gathered outside the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, where ballot boxes from Jamsil 7-dong’s second polling station were brought for vote counting after a ballot…
China holds ‘special operation’ near Taiwan after Philippine-Japan talks
Tokyo and Manila said last month they would start formal talks “to delimit the maritime boundary” of an economic zone and continental shelf between them, angering Beijing.
Renewed scrutiny over legality of endangered elephants’ move from Malaysia to Japan
The elephants – Dara, Amoi and Kelat – are currently housed at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, but campaigners are calling for their return, arguing that the animals should never have…
China firmly opposes US’ unilateral restrictive measures
Commerce Ministry spokeswoman He Yongqian urged the US side to align with China in maintaining stable bilateral economic and trade relations.
US considers $1.85bil naval shipbuilding plan with South Korea, Japan
According to a recent report by US-based Breaking Defence, the initiative is part of a proposed $1.85 billion naval funding request within the Pentagon’s $350 billion…