Effective at the end of September, North Korean diplomats serving abroad may be accompanied by only one child on their mission. North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-Un issued the (more…)
The Hanoi government is incensed by China’s recent issuance of a set of postal stamps themed “the Beautiful China,” one of which depicts the Paracel Island as Chinese territory. (more…)
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Japan’s “nationalization” of the Senkaku island chain, China sent a military unmanned aerial vehicle to the Senkaku islands, which China calls (more…)
A Chinese passenger cruise ship, the Henna, was detained in South Korea pending the resolution of a hostile legal dispute between the investors and the company that operates the (more…)
With weekly provocations from China against both the Philippines and Japan, Manila and Tokyo are more actively seeking a common response to Beijing’s challenges. Last week, such coalescence gained (more…)
A military hotline connecting military commands on either side of the DMZ was resumed on Sept. 6 after being disconnected unilaterally by Pyongyang 163 days earlier. On March 27, (more…)
In a move that will surely anger China, the Japanese government announced last week that it would proceed with naming more than 200 offshore islands within Japanese maritime territory (more…)
The governments of Japan and Ukraine, the only countries with devastating nuclear accidents, i.e., the Chernobyl and Fukushima meltdowns, inked an agreement last week to jointly monitor and test (more…)
With China escalating its military presence in and near the Senkaku islands waters, Japan is planning to beef up its defensive amphibious capability. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet has (more…)
