BEIJING, August 6 (APP): China is seriously concerned about the current situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir and the relevant military actions, said Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, according to local media here on Thursday.
PYONGYANG, Aug 6 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) yesterday, to establish a new division and improve the party’s functions, official media reported today.
The Fourth Meeting of the Executive Policy Council of the Seventh WPK Central Committee, discussed the issue of setting up a new department within the Central Committee, and ways to improve the party’s personnel affairs system. It did not give further details about the new department.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The 33rd US-ASEAN Dialogue held on Wednesday highlighted the broad range of cooperation across political-security, economic and socio-cultural pillars between the two sides while underscoring the importance of their Strategic Partnership in securing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
SEOUL (Reuters) - A massive search was under way in South Korea on Thursday for five rescue workers swept over a dam when their boats overturned in surging floodwaters, while President Moon Jae-in raised concerns about North Korea releasing excess water without notification.
Parts of South Korea have seen 44 consecutive days of rain, the longest monsoon since 2013, and continued showers across the Korean peninsula are threatening to bring new floods and landslides.
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China on Thursday threatened to take countermeasures over a trip to Taiwan by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, as the Chinese-claimed island geared up for its highest-level U.S. official visit in four decades.
The visit, which begins on Sunday, adds to tensions between Beijing and Washington over everything from trade and human rights to the novel coronavirus pandemic. China calls Taiwan the most sensitive and important issue in its bilateral ties with the United States.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two dozen people in Hong Kong, including pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, have been charged with participating in an illegal assembly at a vigil on June 4 commemorating the crackdown on protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen square in 1989.
BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday the Chinese side is ready to enter into candid, effective consultation with the U.S. side and make cool-headed and sensible response to the impulsive moves and anxiety of the U.S. side.
Wang made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on China-U.S. ties.
COOPERATION RATHER THAN DECOUPLING
BEIJING (AP) — China has sentenced a third Canadian citizen to death on drug charges amid a steep decline in relations between the two countries.
The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court announced Xu Weihong’s penalty on Thursday and said an alleged accomplice, Wen Guanxiong, had been given a life sentence.
Death sentences are automatically referred to China’s highest court for review.
(AP) --- Stocks were mixed in Asia on Thursday despite strong gains overnight on Wall Street, where the rally just kept on rolling.
Investors are watching to see if lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index shed 0.4% to 22,438.61 while the Shanghai Composite index gave up 0.3% to 3,367.65. Hong Kong lost 1.2% to 24,779.07. South Korea’s Kospi added 1% to 2,333.86 and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.7% to 6,043.00.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is quarantining thousands of people and shipping food and other aid to a southern city locked down over coronavirus worries, officials said, as the country’s response to a suspected case reinforces doubt about its longstanding claim to be virus-free.
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