Japan confirms China’s new facility in East China Sea
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has confirmed the installation of drilling equipment on the platform, the 17th such structure, in waters west of the Japan-China median line,…
Geopolitics
Ukraine on course for EU candidacy at summit, EU says
After several days of internal European Union discussions on the candidacy, no opposition among the 27 member states has surfaced, three diplomats have reported.
Cambodian PM thanks Vietnam for help in defeating Pol Pot regime
Hun Sen, then a 25-year-old lieutenant colonel, with Vietnamese volunteer soldiers defeated the genocidal regime on January 7, 1979, bringing back peace to Cambodia and the people.
Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows
Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands have all signalled that coal-fired power plants could help see the continent through a crisis that has sent gas prices surging.
Will Rohingya repatriation remain a myth?
In order to resolve the current stalemate, the paper says both Bangladesh and Myanmar should hold regular meetings through their Joint Working Group and Technical Working group.
Japan’s Kishida doctrine
For Southeast Asia, the rising military power of Japan can create a new balance to the tense military and economic rivalries in the region.
For lasting peace, India and Pakistan need to choose engagement over perpetual confrontation
In the long term, engagement is the only way to achieve regional peace, with the alternative being perpetual confrontation.
Kishida mulls summit with South Korea, Australia, New Zealand on sidelines of NATO talks
The Asia-Pacific leaders are expected to express their unity in opposing unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas, with Beijing in mind.
China unveils Global Development Initiative amid power tussle with US
The Global Development Initiative is an initiative to support the development of developing countries, promote global economic recovery in the post-pandemic era and strengthen…
Bangladesh, India for strengthening cooperation in water management, cyber, food security
A joint statement said the two countries reiterated the importance of safe, speedy and sustainable return of "the forcibly displaced persons (Rohingya refugees) from the Rakhine…