What can Seoul do to resolve the forced labour issue with Tokyo?
South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol administration has been striving to find a solution as it is caught in the middle between Tokyo and the Korean victims.
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China slams US approval for $1.1 billion Taiwan arms sale, vows ‘countermeasures’
Reiterating that Taiwan is an "inalienable part" of China, Beijing called on Washington to "immediately revoke" the arms sale.Reiterating that Taiwan is an "inalienable part" of…
Lessons from Ukraine and Taiwan: Be vigilant against nuclear threat from China
According to a report last year, the number of nuclear warheads held by China is expected to increase from 350 in 2021 to 1,000 in 2030.
US urged not to shirk responsibility for escalating cross-Straits tension
A Foreign Ministry spokesman also urged the US to abide by the one-China principle and stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques.c
Taiwan shoots down drone, showing risk of escalation with China
Taiwanese troops shot the drone down near Kinmen Island around noon on Thursday after attempts to repel it failed.
Japan govt calls Russian military drills ‘totally unacceptable’
Japan has asked Russia to exclude the northern islands from the area where the exercises will be held.
Taiwan fires warning shots at Chinese drone
It was the first time warning shots have been fired in such an incident amid a period of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan.
After heavy rains, North Korea stops reenabling tunnel at nuclear test site
Previous commercial satellite imagery suggested that North Korea had resumed reactivation activity at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site since early March.
South Korea asks Japanese coast guard vessel to stop survey in Japan’s EEZ
A similar case had occurred in the same waters in Jan 2021.
What does the media’s framing of the Rohingya tell us?
Media reports are failing to reflect an underlying problem that the Bangladesh government and the international community must take into account and claim responsibility for.