Russia and North Korea will have closer relations in 2025 than in 2024. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrote a New Year’s greeting to Russia on Tuesday, the last day of the year. In it, Kim described Russian President Vladimir Putin as his closest friend. The two countries have come closer after several important […]
Read MoreEarlier this month, China launched a cyber attack on the US Treasury Department. This is what US intelligence has claimed. In addition to the attack, they have alleged that Chinese hackers also stole several important documents. The British media outlet BBC reported this news on Tuesday. US intelligence has claimed that Chinese hackers searched important […]
Read MoreIn an exchange of New Year greetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi also said that mutual trust and strategic coordination between both countries continues to reach higher levels under their leadership. China’s President Xi Jinping said China and Russia have always moved forward “hand in hand” along the right path of non-alliance, non-confrontation, and […]
Read MoreNo one can stop China’s “reunification” with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s speech on Tuesday, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces within and outside of the island of 23 million people. In the past year, Beijing has stepped up military pressure near Taiwan, sending […]
Read MoreJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion budget for the next fiscal year, while limiting new bond issuance to the lowest in 17 years on the back of record tax revenue. However, Ishiba’s minority government faces a tough political battle with opposition parties to pass the budget through parliament […]
Read MoreSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, several cabinet ministers, military commanders and police officials face indictments and criminal investigations over the president’s short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3. Yoon, who has been impeached, also faces a trial in the Constitutional Court that will decide whether to confirm his ouster from office or restore his […]
Read MoreApplicant numbers, which surged by over 400,000 from last year and have tripled since 2014, reflect the huge demand for stability from disillusioned Gen Z Chinese and the lack of attractive options in the private sector even though local governments are struggling to pay wages due to a fiscal crisis. A record 3.4 million young […]
Read More2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant. But when one of the company’s jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, it brought to a close an especially unfortunate year for Boeing. A machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has announced a very tough response strategy to the United States at a session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The plenary session, held from December 23 to 27, summarized the political results of the year and determined the areas of work for the next year, according to […]
Read MoreSouth Korea has got a new president again. This is the third time in less than a month. However, this time the interim president has been given the responsibility of running the country. Earlier this month, the country’s newly-elected president, Yoon Suk-yul, was embroiled in controversy by recommending the implementation of martial law in the […]
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