Severe flooding has occurred in northwestern North Korea near the Chinese border. Military helicopters have been deployed to evacuate residents. The news agency Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that President Kim Jong Un has come to the ground to monitor the rescue operation. Released photos show Kim Jong Un monitoring the situation with officials […]
Read MoreSevere flooding has occurred in northwestern North Korea near the border with China. Thousands of people have been stranded in the country due to floods, according to state media reports. Meanwhile, the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, has declared a state of emergency to deal with the disaster. Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the […]
Read MoreEleven people have died after a landslide triggered by floods in central China’s Hunan province collapsed a local guesthouse. Six more people were injured in this incident. The country’s state broadcaster CCTV said 18 people were trapped under the ground when a single-storey guest house collapsed due to the disaster. So far 11 dead bodies […]
Read MoreThe United States and China on Saturday renewed their mutual grievances as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart held their sixth meeting since last year amid an uncertain political situation in the US and growing concerns about China’s increasing assertiveness in Asia and elsewhere. Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi […]
Read MoreChinese diplomats are pressuring lawmakers from at least six countries not to attend a China-focused summit in Taiwan, participants told The Associated Press. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one other Asian country that declined to be named, say they are getting texts, calls and urgent requests for meetings that […]
Read MoreThe United States will unveil a major revamp of its military command structure in Japan and other measures to deepen defence ties with its Asian ally at high-level security talks in Tokyo on Sunday, a US official said. The overhaul comes as Tokyo looks to establish a new joint headquarters to oversee its armed forces […]
Read MoreKim visited memorials honouring the veterans of the 1950-53 war on Friday including the Tower of Friendship remembering the Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers who fought with the North Koreans, KCNA state news agency reported North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it was a sacred mission of the current generation to build a “paradise […]
Read MoreThe United States deployed its Typhon missile system to the Philippines as part of joint military drills earlier this year. It was not fired during the exercises, a Philippine military official later said, without giving details on how long it would stay in the country Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned the Philippines over […]
Read MoreThe gold mine of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan has been added to the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. The Japan Times reported that UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in New Delhi on Saturday (July 27) began discussions on listing the mines on Sado Island in Niigata district based on Japan’s recommendation. The […]
Read MoreThe US has chased four Chinese and Russian warplanes out of Alaska’s international airspace. Canada also joined the country. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement that Chinese and Russian military aircraft were chased away from Alaska’s airspace on Wednesday. NORAD says the Russian fighter jets were two Tu-95 models. The […]
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