Yoon’s presidential powers are suspended but he remains in office. He has not complied with various summonses by authorities investigating whether martial law, which he declared late on Dec. 3 and rescinded hours later, constituted insurrection. Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul […]
Read MoreJapanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak. Japan’s probe at the Yokota Air Base followed a US notice two months ago that water containing PFOS — classified by the World Health Organisation as […]
Read MoreThe United States and Western countries have long claimed that North Korea is supplying troops to Russia in the Ukraine war. Washington released a statement on Monday in this regard. North Korea strongly condemned this. They called this US-led criticism reckless behavior. The United States issued a statement on Monday that North Korea’s increasing involvement […]
Read MoreThe heavy losses are attributed to the lack of experience by North Korean troops in drone warfare and unfamiliarity with the open terrain where they are taking part in the battle, a member of parliament Lee Seong-kweun told reporters. At least 100 North Korean troops deployed to Russia have been killed with another 1,000 injured […]
Read MoreChatGPT is not available in China and the country’s regulatory requirements mandate that generative AI services obtain government approval before public release. Apple is in talks with Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence models into iPhones sold in China, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The US firm started […]
Read MoreA US ban imposed on advanced chip exports to China has kept many global investors on the sidelines. Some Asian hedge funds are betting on leading Chinese tech companies such as Xiaomi and Baidu, buoyed by their artificial intelligence innovations, despite the threat of further US curbs that could take effect next year. A US […]
Read MoreAt a rare joint news conference for foreign media, Cho and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok sought to reassure Seoul’s allies and calm market jitters since the martial law attempt that shocked the nation and triggered the biggest political crisis in decades. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Wednesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s […]
Read MoreThe new deficit plan compares with an initial target of 3% of GDP for 2024, and is in line with a “more proactive” fiscal policy outlined by leading officials after December’s Politburo meeting and last week’s Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC), where the targets were agreed but not officially announced. Chinese leaders agreed last week […]
Read MoreThe eight villages in Bhutan’s western sector, close to Doklam, are all strategically located in a valley or a ridge overlooking a valley that China claims. China has built at least 22 villages and settlements over the past eight years within territory that has traditionally been part of Bhutan, with eight villages coming up in […]
Read MoreAs the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas and a major consumer of Middle Eastern oil, Japan and its basic energy plans are drawing global attention from oil, gas and coal producers. Japan wants renewable energy to account for up to 50% of its electricity mix by fiscal year 2040 with nuclear power taking […]
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