The Pentagon and the Western military alliance NATO have confirmed that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia for training. On Monday (October 28), Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed this information to reporters, Reuters reported. Although Washington last week reported that North Korea had deployed […]
Read MoreThe South Korean military has sent drones to the border with North Korea. The country’s defense ministry has made this allegation. Condemning the South Korean military’s actions to achieve political objectives, Pyongyang said it was a serious violation of sovereignty. Reuters reported on Monday, citing North Korea’s state media KCNA. A statement released by the […]
Read MoreA Chinese national who fled to Thailand for allegedly defrauding her of 1.5 million yuan has been arrested. Thai immigration police detained her based on a tip-off. The 30-year-old accused woman, identified as Shi, is accused of taking 1.5 million yuan (US$210,000) from six people between 2016 and 2019 under the pretext of offering them […]
Read MoreThe supreme court in July upheld a high court ruling that a same-sex partner was eligible for spousal benefits from the National Health Insurance Service, a move hailed as a win for LGBTQ rights in a country that has lagged others in the region. Hundreds of thousands of members of South Korea’s Christian groups held […]
Read MoreThe uncertainty sent the yen currency to a three-month low as analysts prepared for days, or possibly weeks, of political wrangling to form a government and potentially a change of leader. The make-up of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition, leaving no party […]
Read MoreThe closures are part of a long-proposed plan pushed by Dalian to relocate the refinery, which is in a densely populated area near downtown. PetroChina is set to shut its largest refinery in north China’s Dalian around mid-2025, marking the first major closure at a state-run oil plant, part of a long-mooted project to replace […]
Read MoreProfits in September fell 27.1% from a year earlier, following a 17.8% fall in August, while earnings slipped 3.5% in the first nine months versus a 0.5% rise in the January-August period. China’s industrial profits plunged in September, recording the steepest monthly decline of the year, official data showed on Sunday, as policymakers ramp up […]
Read MoreNada Choueiri, the IMF’s Japan mission chief, also urged Japan to raise interest rates at a gradual pace and compile supplementary budgets only when a big shock hits the economy. A weak yen is beneficial for Japan’s economy as the boost to exports exceeds the increase in the cost of imports, a senior International Monetary […]
Read MoreHuawei is restricted from buying the technology to protect US national security. Reuters could not determine how the chip ended up on the Huawei product. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after a chip it made was found on a Huawei AI processor, according to two people familiar with the […]
Read MoreThe Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for almost all of its post-war history, and junior coalition partner Komeito were set to win between 174 and 254 of the 465 seats in the lower house of Japan’s parliament. Japan’s ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday’s general […]
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