Lee–Xi summit a measured win after years of stagnation
According to academics, the meeting must be viewed against the backdrop of years of diplomatic stagnation, with the real measure of success being the improved tone—marking…
Geopolitics
China – Vietnam freight train volume hits record
Cargo on this route currently accounts for 73 percent of the total volume exported to Vietnam by rail and 86 percent of the container volume shipped by this means of transport, up…
Are we entering an era of ‘might is right’?: The Daily Star
US action may embolden other powers and destroy global stability.
Seoul needs strategy over toughness
The writer says: "Resolving problems through dialogue and negotiation should not be dismissed as appeasement. Rather, it should be understood as a creative exercise in…
South Korea’s foreign policy challenges pulled into domestic politics
There has been a growing pattern in which diplomacy — and public sentiment toward foreign countries — is being weaponised in partisan conflict, with ripple effects for policy…
Amid Indus Waters Treaty suspension, Indian minister reviews power projects across Chenab basin
Union Minister for Power Manohar Lal visited three project sites in Kishtwar on Monday and directed officials to ensure the timely completion of the hydropower projects on the…
Cambodia again requests Thailand to convene joint border committee meeting
The meeting, originally proposed by the JBC (Cambodia side) on December 28, 2025 was intended to address pressing border issues.
China to maintain cooperation with Venezuela
China supports the United Nations Security Council in convening an emergency session over the US' military strike on Venezuela, and backs the Security Council in playing its due…
Pakistan, China call for more ‘visible, verifiable’ actions to eliminate terrorist groups based in Afghanistan
Both countries also expressed the readiness to continue leveraging the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue and the China-Bangladesh-Pakistan…
South Korean President Lee, Chinese counterpart Xi agree to thaw cultural ties with gradual reopening: presidential office
Whether China will lift an unofficial Hallyu ban on Korean content — imposed after South Korea’s 2016 deployment of the US THAAD missile defense system — has drawn renewed…