By David Hutt It’s unclear what reform Prime Minister Hun Manet announced – or whether there was an announcement at all. He’s adamant on what hasn’t happened: his government isn’t about to start selling land to foreigners. But it sounds a lot like that’s exactly what is happening. As things stand, the Constitution doesn’t allow […]
Read MoreTAIPEI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s opposition parties, which seek closer China ties, registered separate presidential candidates on Friday after a dramatic split, potentially easing the way for the ruling party, which has defied Beijing’s pressure, to stay in power. The Jan. 13 election is taking place as China, which views Taiwan as its own […]
Read MoreNorth Korea marked its newly established Missile Industry Day on Saturday with silence in state-run media, as leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of the public spotlight for nearly a month. The new holiday to commemorate the Nov. 18 launch last year of its massive Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile was announced earlier this month […]
Read MoreIn an interview with China Media Group (CMG), Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn said that the building of a China-Laos-Thailand railway will boost economic and trade relations between China and Thailand. “I think the building of the China-Laos-Thailand railway is of great significance. Many Thai fruit vendors I personally know told me that they have […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida committed to pursuing mutually-beneficial relations in their first face-to-face talks in a year, a sign that Asia’s two largest economies are looking to patch up strained ties. The two leaders also discussed China’s ban on Japanese seafood and the high-profile case of a Japanese businessman […]
Read MoreHalf a million South Koreans sat for the annual nationwide college entrance exam on Thursday, the first time in four years that the exam, often considered life-defining in the highly competitive society, has taken place free of pandemic rules. This year, nearly 505,000 high school students, graduates and others signed up to take the single-day, […]
Read MoreDefence ministers and officials from the United States, China, Russia and Southeast Asia gathered in Indonesia on Thursday for a meeting where they are expected to discuss geopolitical crises in and outside the region. Defence ministers in Southeast Asia’s regional bloc ASEAN called on Wednesday for a ceasefire in Gaza and a durable solution in […]
Read MoreU.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on Wednesday to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production, showing tangible progress in their first face-to-face talks in a year. Biden and Xi met for about four hours on the outskirts of San Francisco to discuss issues that […]
Read MorePhnom Penh has over the past year increased the relocation of families living within the sprawling UNESCO world heritage site to a new community being built on former rice paddies 25 kilometres (15 miles) away since last year. Officials have long maintained that families are moving voluntarily, but in a report released Tuesday Amnesty says […]
Read MoreThe White House said on Monday President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss strengthening communication and managing competition when they meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this week. The face-to-face meeting in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday will be the first between Biden and Xi […]
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