How times have changed. Only a year ago, Beijing and Seoul seemed united on a major strategic partnership, threatening to break up the pivotal Washington-led mutual defense alliance system (more…)
At least two senior North Korean diplomats stationed in Beijing fled with their family members to the Japanese embassy to seek political asylum, according to South Korean newspaper reports (more…)
Japan’s Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, a hardline female defense hawk, has visited the U.S. in recent weeks in what was a consequential trip. She achieved an unprecedented and unambiguous (more…)
On Oct. 2, the U.S. Navy’s USS Frank Cable, a submarine tender, and the USS John S. McCain, an Arleigh Berke class guided missile destroyer, made history by becoming (more…)
Although China was forced to go along with the UN Security Council resolutions against North Korea, there had been no record of any official Chinese media outlet criticizing Kim (more…)
President Park Geun-Hye of South Korea said that the nuclear threat against her country posed by the North Korean regime is like a dagger hanging over one’s neck and (more…)
The tiny city-state of Singapore has become China’s favorite target in a propaganda war that is both surprising and expected. China’s official media, especially the jingoistic Global Times, are (more…)
Tokyo and Hanoi have reached a deal for the export of dual-use satellites for space imaging and surveillance in all-weather conditions. The ASNARO-2 satellites are jointly developed by Japan’s (more…)
On Sept. 17, a 50-year-old Chinese male tourist entered a Catholic church in the tourist resort of Jeju island, South Korea. He saw a 61-year-old South Korean woman who (more…)
