Taiwan president to visit frontline islands with China for battle anniversary
Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, and the Matsu islands to the north, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao…
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Preparing for Chinese blockade, Taiwan reveals wartime food plans, enough rice for months
China’s latest war games around the island, carried out last week, included blockading key ports and areas, and assaulting maritime and ground targets, Beijing said.
UN Command finds S. Korean cross-border broadcasts trigger trash balloons: Joint Chiefs of Staff memo
The UN Command, tasked with enforcing the armistice ending the Korean War, also said South Korea entering the Demilitarised Zone, installing the loudspeakers there and playing the…
China to carry out live firing operation in Taiwan Strait
Over the weekend, a US and a Canadian warship passed through the 180-kilometre Taiwan Strait, part of regular passages by Washington and its allies meant to reinforce its status…
Japan’s PM Ishiba meets with families of N. Korea abductee
Ishiba said he planned to open a liaison office in Tokyo and Pyongyang to help resolve the abduction issue. However, Takuya Yokota, representative of the association, strongly…
NK’s gradual unveiling of constitutionalizing ‘2 hostile Koreas’ exposes dilemma: experts
More notably, North Korean state media characterized the severance as a follow-up action aligned with the constitution.
Taiwanese Mission chief stresses AI strategy on National Day
Liang Kuang-chung, the representative of the Taipei Mission in Korea, highlighted Taiwan's focus on smart technologies, space and international trade in his address.
North Korea exploding inter-Korean roads ‘symbolic move’: JCS
Tuesday’s move is a “dramatic visualization” of the previously announced closures of the roads paved by South Korea in a previous time of inter-Korean exchanges and…
South Korea, Philippines join forces to improve water management, address shortages
At the heart of this expanding cooperation is the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), a public enterprise specializing in water development and management. Since 2014,…
Border tensions heighten as North Korea builds up drone incursion claims
Seoul won’t confirm Pyongyang’s account of drone crossing border.