Geostrategy-Direct North Korea dramatically increased its export of mineral materials to China in 2016, clearly pointing to China’s collusion with Pyongyang in violation of UN sanctions resolutions against North (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct James Mattis chose Seoul and Tokyo as his first ever overseas visits days after he was sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense. He arrived in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Xiao Jianhua, a 46-year-old multi-billionaire was kidnapped by Chinese plainclothes secret agents at Hong Kong’s Four Season Hotel on Jan. 17 and disappeared into the communist country nearby (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China’s government-controlled Internet and official online media outlets are fuming over throngs of Chinese tourists who are said to have “betrayed” their motherland by pouring into Japan for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In her first interview with the media after her presidential powers were stripped away by an impeachment procedure, South Korea’s President Park Geun-Hye warned on Jan. 25 of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct To prevent a surprise attack by the Chinese communist government, Taiwan’s military went on high alert on the eve of the Chinese New Year which fell on Saturday, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Washington and Tokyo are operating in high gear this week to get ready for a crucial summit on Feb. 10 in Washington between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct It would have been unimaginable only ten years ago that Japan, the world’s most pacifist nation, would be playing a leading role in the Asia/Pacific’s military affairs to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The ground, air and sea elements of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces will conduct a large-scale war game at the end of January to simulate a Chinese attack on Taiwan (more…)