Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the military to prepare for war after large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. The country’s state media reported that he made the call last week. News from AFP. President Xi Jinping called for war preparations last Thursday (October 17) while visiting a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force. […]
Read MoreSouth Korea claims North Korea has started sending troops to fight Ukrainian forces on behalf of Russia. The South’s president Yoon Suk-yul called a security meeting to discuss the matter on Friday. All high-ranking officials, including the army chief, are expected to be present there. The country’s intelligence agency claimed that 1,200 troops from the […]
Read MoreNorth Korea’s recent launch of waste balloons towards South Korea goes beyond a mere act of provocation, representing a multipurpose strategy aimed at political and psychological effects. In other words, it is intended to incite unrest within South Korea, stir internal conflicts (especially over North Korea policy), and send a political message to the international […]
Read MoreOfficials express confidence the economy can achieve the government’s full-year growth target of around 5%. China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the third quarter, and though consumption and factory output figures beat forecasts last month a tumbling property sector remains a major challenge for Beijing as it races to revitalise […]
Read MoreChina said the one-day drill, designated “Joint Sword-2024B”, was a warning against “separatist acts” after a national day speech last week by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te that Beijing had denounced. Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had detected a record number of 153 Chinese military aircraft participating in China’s war games around the island […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has declared South Korea as an ‘enemy state’. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country made this announcement on Thursday after amending the constitution in the Supreme Constituent Assembly of the country last week. Millions of young North Koreans have applied to join the army amid ongoing tensions with South Korea. According […]
Read MoreChina will expand the amount of financing available for housing projects on a “white list” to 4 trillion yuan ($562 billion), officials said Thursday in Beijing’s latest moves to reverse a slump in the property industry. Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong said during a news conference Thursday in Beijing that measures will […]
Read MoreChina, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, staged a day of large-scale drills around the island on Monday it said were a warning to “separatist acts” following last week’s national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. China will not promise to renounce the use of force over Taiwan but this is […]
Read More“Last year’s supplementary budget was 13 trillion yen, and I would like to ask for a larger supplementary budget than that, and have it deliberated and passed by the parliament,” Ishiba was quoted as saying on Tuesday during a stump speech as the campaigning for the lower house election kicks off. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru […]
Read MoreAt around midday, some northern parts of the roads and rail lines connected to the South were blown up, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a message sent to the media. North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the […]
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