SEOUL — The isolation brought on by international sanctions has driven North Korea’s leader to abandon his country’s long-standing goal of achieving normal diplomatic ties with the U.S., one of the world’s leading experts on the country’s nuclear program said on Tuesday. Siegfried Hecker, a prominent scientist with direct experience in North Korea’s nuclear facilities, […]
Read MoreForeign ministers of seven global powers along with the European Union are gathering in Japan for two days of talks that will centre on Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Top diplomats of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the EU – which make up the Group […]
Read MoreMANILA: The Philippines hopes to reach an agreement with Japan “at the soonest possible time” on allowing the deployment of military forces on each other’s soil, the Philippine defence secretary said on Monday (Nov 6). The two close US allies have agreed to negotiate a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) amid growing tensions in the region. […]
Read MoreBy Ananda Teresia and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) -A judicial panel in Indonesia on Tuesday found the Constitutional Court’s chief justice guilty of a conflict of interest over his part in a ruling that allowed President Joko Widodo’s son to run for the vice presidency. Anwar Usman, who is the president’s brother-in-law, was ordered to […]
Read MoreBy Erin Hale Taipei, Taiwan – The China Project, an independent media company known for its influential coverage of Chinese politics and society, has announced that it will shut its doors due to funding problems caused by “politically-motivated attacks”. Editor-in-chief Jeremy Goldkorn said on Tuesday that the site’s coverage of China had become more important […]
Read MoreIslamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s decision to expel more than 1.5 million allegedly undocumented Afghan refugees and migrants has once again triggered tensions with the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Since October 31 when a government deadline for the refugees to leave Pakistan or face detention ended, more than 200,000 Afghans have crossed into Afghanistan, officials said, amid stringent […]
Read MoreMyanmar coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has met Russia’s navy chief as the two countries prepared to hold their first ever joint maritime exercises off Myanmar’s Andaman coast. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, in a front-page report, showed Min Aung Hlaing saluting an honour guard of Russian sailors from Moscow’s Pacific […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan has officially confirmed it has blocked the Coinbase website in the country. The authorities of Kazakhstan have been blocking local IP addresses from accessing Coinbase since September at least. According to a Nov. 7 report from a local news outlet, Kursiv, access to the […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia and Vietnam have shared their mutual appreciation for the progress of their defence ties, noting that their closeness stems from recent visitor exchanges between the two militaries. Both sides believe that the visits have made a significant contribution to strengthening and expanding their bonds of friendship, cooperation and solidarity. […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government does not recognise the unilateral sanctions or actions taken by any countries, including the United States for the decision to pass a bill regarding restrictions on foreign entities that support Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government remained firm in […]
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