Recent military cooperation initiatives between North Korea and Russia pose a major security risk to the international community, South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol said on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting in Seoul. Earlier, Yun said, based on South Korea’s intelligence assessment, North Korean troops could be seen on the battlefield in Ukraine sooner than previously […]
Read MoreTyphoon Kong-Rei could hit Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, prompting the country’s meteorological department to issue warnings of heavy rain and winds in several parts of the island. The US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said on Wednesday that the storm, with winds of about 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour) at its […]
Read MoreThousands of kindergarten schools are closing in China due to the continuous low birth rate and the resulting decrease in the number of children. This information was reported in the latest bulletin issued by the country’s Ministry of Education. The bulletin said that in 2022, there were 289,200 kindergarten schools across China, but in 2023, […]
Read MoreNorth Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hee left Pyongyang on Monday for a visit to Russia amid the ongoing debate over sending troops. He left Pyongyang for the trip. The country’s state-run media outlet KCNA reported this on Tuesday. Choe Son-hee’s visit to Russia comes amid concerns from Western countries that Moscow and Pyongyang are strengthening […]
Read MoreThe rule covers technologies like “cutting-edge code-breaking computer systems or next-generation fighter jets,” added Paul Rosen, a senior Treasury official. The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalising rules that will limit US investments in artificial intelligence and other technology sectors in China that could threaten US national security. The rules, which were proposed […]
Read MoreThe ministry said it had uncovered devices that had been hidden on the ocean floor and were sending back information that could “pre-set the field for battle,” in an article on its official WeChat account, China’s most popular social media app. China’s Ministry of State Security said on Tuesday that it had retrieved spying devices […]
Read MoreOf the 14 crewed missions, eight were visits to China’s independently built space station Tiangong, or “Celestial Palace” in Chinese. China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday in the country’s 14th crewed mission to space, where dozens of scientific experiments will be conducted. Of the 14 crewed missions, eight were visits to […]
Read MoreThe United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international supporter and arms supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties. A senior US diplomat who helps manage ties with Taiwan has arrived in Taipei, the de facto US embassy said on Tuesday, as Taiwanese officials sought to downplay Donald Trump’s latest attacks of the island’s […]
Read MoreA trend for Adidas’s “terrace” shoes, retro models inspired by soccer fans’ footwear in the 1970s and 80s, have driven sales at the German sportswear company. Adidas on Tuesday said it saw strong underlying growth in Greater China in the third quarter, while sales in North America excluding the Yeezy collection were up on the […]
Read MoreZhang, 41, who stepped down as chief executive of ByteDance in 2021, becomes the 18th individual to be crowned China’s richest person in the 26 years since the Hurun China Rich List was first published. ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China’s richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed on […]
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