This week, South Korean government officials expressed strong displeasure over China’s inability inside Chinese territory to protect North Korean defectors or South Korean citizens who have helped the defectors. (more…)
On April 29, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi issued a joint statement objecting to the contemplated deployment in South Korea of the U.S. (more…)
President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he will visit Hiroshima on May 27 stunned the world with its highly opaque symbolism and significance. (FULL STORY) (more…)
On the eve of President Obama’s visit to Vietnam, the U.S. government is inching closer to lifting a decades-old ban on arms sales and shipment to Vietnam. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Bilateral military tensions spiked this week after China unceremoniously denied an American request to allow the USS John Stennis, and its four accompanying warships to make a port call (more…)
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Beijing on April 29 for the first Japanese high-level visit in at least 4 years, and was granted a rare red-carpet treatment (more…)
A Chinese citizen, who is ethnic Korean, was found dead in a rural area inside China, and South Korea intelligence officials believe he was assassinated by a North Korean (more…)
Australia’s decision to abandon what seemed to be a done deal with Japan for the acquisition of advanced diesel electric submarines worth close to $40 billion has stunned the (more…)
A Taiwanese fishing vessel was detained by the Japanese maritime authorities last week. The Japanese ordered the vessel’s owner to pay a stiff fine before it could be released. (more…)
