U.S. diplomat’s parting shot: China and Japan must cool off
The Obama administration’s ambassador to China, Gary Locke, left Beijing for good on March 1, with a stern departing statement urging China and Japan to “lower the temperature” in (more…)
Report: Saudi acquisition of Chinese missiles should worry Israel
TEL AVIV — Saudi Arabia’s procurement of Chinese ballistic missiles could raise concern in Israel, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Saudi Arabia was (more…)
China demands that U.S. correct mistakes on Tibet
The surprise meeting by President Obama in the White House with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has infuriated China, as expected and the Chinese government is demanding that (more…)
N. Korea’s reliance on China marked by record increase in trade
While the trade volume between North and South Korea reached the lowest level in 8 years, Pyongyang’s commerce with China last year reached a historic high, according to an (more…)
N. Korea poised to conduct another nuclear test, ICBM launch
Intelligence sources from major regional countries have concluded that North Korea is poised to conduct its fourth nuclear test and likely another ICBM launch. U.S.-based satellite monitoring facilities have (more…)
Poll finds S. Koreans equally dislike Japan’s Abe and N. Korea’s Kim
The Tokyo-Seoul relationship has reached a nadir and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is rated as low as North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-Un in a recent survey conducted in (more…)
S. Korean Christians killed by Islamic terrorists in the Sinai
A bus carrying South Korean Christians who were spending their life’s savings to visit Biblical sites in Egypt was blown up by Islamic terrorists, killing three tourists, the bus (more…)
Japan’s Abe: Constitutional amendment not needed for ‘proactive pacifism’
Does Japan have the right to use its Self Defense Forces to defend allies and friendly nations under a third country attack? That has been a tough question for (more…)
N. Korea withdraws invitation to U.S. official seeking Bae’s release
Hours before his trip to take place, Robert King, a U.S. State Department human rights official, was disinvited by Pyongyang to a trip seeking the release of the jailed (more…)