SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch.
SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement.
For decades, Hong Kong was the only place in China where people held large-scale commemorations about the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in which tanks rolled into the heart of Beijing and hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people were killed.
SINGAPORE (AP) — American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict.
BEIJING, June 2. /TASS/: China believes a prompt settlement of the Ukrainian crisis will benefit all interested sides and that’s the starting point in China’s position on the issues, China’s Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui said on Friday.
"A prompt resolution of the crisis would benefit all sides. It would also be the starting point for helping with the peaceful settlement" of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, he said at a news conference at the China Public Diplomacy Association after he wrapped up his international tour.
PHNOM PENH, Jun 2 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, today donated a humanitarian aid of 300,000 U.S. dollars, to cyclone-hit Myanmar, said a foreign ministry’s press statement.
The statement said, the humanitarian package would support Myanmar’s ongoing efforts to alleviate the impact of Cyclone Mocha, which tragically resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and extensive damage to properties and infrastructure in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
BEIJING, Jun 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, took effect today for the Philippines, confirming that the RCEP agreement is now in effect for all 15 members.
The full RCEP implementation reflects the determination and actions of its 15 members – 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand – in supporting an open, free, fair, inclusive and rules-based multilateral trading system, China’s commerce ministry commented.
PHNOM PENH, Jun 2 (NNN-AKP) – Two decades after its inclusion on the list of the least developed countries, Cambodia met the graduation criteria for the first time in 2021, with plans to graduate as early as 2027, said an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report today.
“This is a major achievement, as graduation from the least developed country status means, a country has achieved significant economic and social development goals,” the report said.
SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - Asia's top security meeting opened on Friday, with intensifying competition between the United States and China expected to dominate a weekend of high-level speeches, backroom military dealings and delicate diplomacy.
The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts senior military officers, diplomats, weapons makers and security analysts from around the globe, is taking place June 2-4 in Singapore.
SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - Asia's top security meeting opened on Friday, with intensifying competition between the United States and China expected to dominate a weekend of high-level speeches, backroom military dealings and delicate diplomacy.
The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts senior military officers, diplomats, weapons makers and security analysts from around the globe, is taking place June 2-4 in Singapore.
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