North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered accelerated production to strengthen the country’s nuclear force more rapidly, on the same day he oversaw a test of tactical ballistic missiles with new guidance system, state media KCNA said on Saturday. While visiting an arms factory on Friday, Kim made the production order “to cope with …the […]
Read MoreBy Keoni Everington TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The new governement plans to build science parks in countries where Taiwanese businesses operate such as Japan, Mexico, and the U.S. The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA) on Wednesday (May 15) invited Economic Minister-designate J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) to discuss the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, […]
Read MoreRussian leader Vladimir Putin was in the northeastern city of Harbin on Friday, the final day of a visit aiming to promote crucial trade with China and win greater support for his war effort in Ukraine. Putin arrived Thursday on his first trip abroad since his March re-election, meeting President Xi Jinping for talks in […]
Read MoreBy William A. Stanton Taiwan News, Contributing Columnist Although I am a non-voting resident of Taiwan, I have lived and worked here since 2009, and it is clearly a country I care very much about. I deeply respect and appreciate all that Taiwan has accomplished. With little more than its highly skilled and hard-working population […]
Read MoreChina on Friday announced some of its most sweeping measures yet to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, allowing local governments to buy “some” apartments, relaxing mortgage rules and pledging further efforts to deliver unfinished homes. Earlier in the day, fresh data showing the fastest drop in new home prices in more than nine years highlighted […]
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin is visiting China. He will stay in Beijing from Thursday (May 16) to Friday. Both countries confirmed the visit on Tuesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement that this is Vladimir Putin’s first foreign trip since he was re-elected as president in March this year. And his […]
Read MoreRegardless of the political conflict, China has overtaken the US as India’s largest trading partner. The US was India’s largest trading partner in the previous two fiscal years. According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce of India, the trade between India and China in the fiscal year 2023-24 was 118.4 billion or 11 […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping recently visited Europe He started his tour through France and went to Serbia and Hungary Bartram Lang, a researcher at Frankfurt’s Goethe University and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, said Beijing has a “special bilateral relationship” with the three European countries. He believes that the Chinese leadership has gradually divided […]
Read MoreThere is a great need for female soldiers in Japan to build a strong military. But the country’s policy makers are having trouble filling that gap. Because most of the country’s women have lost interest in working in the military. Many do not want to join the army because of sexual harassment. Women’s applications to […]
Read MoreIn a bid to bolster its presence in the global nuclear energy sector, South Korea’s Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) is reportedly in talks with the British government to spearhead the construction of a nuclear power station off the coast of Wales, as per a report by the Financial Times. According to the report, KEPCO […]
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