Severe 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 MoreIndonesia launched the “Golden Visa Program” to attract foreign investors and ease their immigration process. Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched the visa program on Thursday (July 25). At the opening ceremony of the program in Jakarta, Widodo said that the golden visa will provide an opportunity to invest in Indonesia and increase the country’s productivity. […]
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 MoreA fierce sectarian conflict has erupted in a region of northwest Pakistan over land disputes between tribes. Members of two local tribal groups were seen retaliating with machine gun fire and mortar fire. At least 35 people have been killed in the country so far. On Sunday (July 28), the French news agency AFP reported […]
Read MoreBangladesh State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that all social media including Facebook-TikTok will be closed if the government cannot give a logical explanation to the letter. On Sunday (July 28), the three spoke to journalists in the conference room of BTRC building in Agargaon of the capital. Earlier, […]
Read MoreASTANA – Why does regionalism matter in the region? How do countries implement multilateral dialogue? Which country is an informal authority in the region? These are the topics we discussed with Filippo Costa Buranelli, Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, in a recent interview. As an expert, Costa Buranelli published […]
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 MoreUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Vietnam on Saturday to pay his respects following the death of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, underlining warmer ties between the countries a half-century since they fought a brutal war. Blinken arrived in Hanoi late on Saturday after attending a regional summit in Laos and visited the […]
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