Chinese President Xi Jinping - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung Urges China to Mediate With North Korea as Seoul Floats Nuclear Freeze Proposal Amid Rising Missile Tensions

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday, January 7, that he had urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to play a more active role in curbing North Korea’s nuclear programme, arguing that a negotiated freeze on Pyongyang’s weapons of...
Japan - China

Japan Urges China to Withdraw New Export Controls Amid Fears Rare Earth Supplies Could Be Restricted Following Prime Minister Takaichi’s Taiwan Remarks

Japan has formally urged China to revoke new export controls on products with potential military applications, including concerns over rare earth minerals, in a further escalation of tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday (Jan...
Type-88 missile

China Bans Exports of Dual-Use Goods to Japan in Escalation of Taiwan-Linked Tensions, Raising Fears Over Rare Earth Supply Chains

China has announced an immediate ban on exports of certain dual-use items to Japan that could be employed for military purposes, marking a new escalation in already strained relations between Asia’s two largest economies. The move, revealed in a statement...
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung and his wife Kim Hea-kyung take a selfie with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan

Selfie Diplomacy: Lee Jae Myung Uses Xiaomi Gift from Xi Jinping to Show Warm Ties and Strengthen China Relations

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung shared a lighthearted moment with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (Jan 5), posting selfies on social media that captured the leaders and their spouses smiling together during Lee’s official visit to China. The...
Venezuela

Southeast Asian Nations Voice Alarm Over US Military Raid in Venezuela, Urge Immediate Release of President Maduro

Several Southeast Asian countries have voiced serious concern over the escalating situation in Venezuela following a high-profile U.S. military operation targeting President Nicolás Maduro. The unprecedented pre-dawn raid, in which U.S. commandos reportedly detained Maduro and his wife while air...
Chinese President Xi Jinping - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung Visits China to Strengthen Economic Ties Amid Regional Tensions

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to depart for Beijing on Sunday (Jan. 4), marking his first visit to China in six years. The four-day trip aims to bolster economic cooperation with South Korea’s largest trading partner while...
Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, which targeted what it described as foreign military support to UAE-backed southern separatists, in Yemen's southern port of Mukalla

Saudi Arabia Backs Yemen Talks to Resolve Southern Battle, Calling Rival Factions to Riyadh Amid Escalating Violence

Saudi Arabia has moved to contain a rapidly escalating power struggle in southern Yemen, welcoming a request by the country’s Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) to convene rival southern factions in Riyadh for talks aimed at defusing the crisis. The...
Donald Trump - Xi Jinping

China Targets 20 U.S. Defense Firms in Retaliation for Historic Taiwan Arms Sale: Impact or Symbolism?

China has announced sanctions against 20 American defense companies and their top executives following Washington’s historic weapons sales package to Taiwan last week. The latest round of countermeasures raises the question: do these sanctions carry any real weight, or are...
China-India border dispute

China’s Strategic Shift on Arunachal Pradesh to India in 1959: Pentagon Report Warns Beijing Now Considers the Northeastern State a ‘Core Interest’ as Part of Its ‘National Rejuvenation’ Ambitions

A new Pentagon report submitted to the U.S. Congress on December 24 has raised alarm in New Delhi, asserting that China considers India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh a “core interest,” placing it alongside Taiwan and other contested territories such...
Vladimir Putin - Kim Jong Un

Putin Hails ‘Invincible Friendship’ with North Korea Amid Pyongyang Troop Deployments to Ukraine

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has lauded the “invincible friendship” between Moscow and Pyongyang in a New Year letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday (Dec. 25). In the letter, which reached Pyongyang last week, Putin...
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