Seoul and Tokyo hold nuanced but crucial differences regarding North Korea’s potential weapons dismantlement, it emerged Saturday. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual Singapore summit that draws security officials from across the globe, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and South Korean Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo appeared to clash over the urgency in […]
Read moreU.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis blasted Beijing on Saturday for the militarization of artificial features in the South China Sea, warning the Asian giant of potential penalties ahead. If China does not find a way to work more collaboratively with countries who have interests in the disputed region, there could be large consequences, the […]
Read moreIndia does not consider the Indo-Pacific region an exclusive club, the nation’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, said Friday. “India’s vision of the Indo-Pacific region is a positive one,” the 67-year-old said in his keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue — an annual meeting of global defense officials in Singapore. “By no means do we see […]
Read moreNorth and South Korea agreed Friday to hold military and Red Cross talks later this month on reducing tensions and resuming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. The rivals also agreed at a meeting of senior officials at the border village of Panmunjom to establish a liaison office at the North Korean […]
Read moreA top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting “good progress” in talks between the two sides to revive an on-again, off-again nuclear summit. “I am confident […]
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The term “karoshi” translates to “death by overwork” in Japanese, and is a legal term recognized as a cause of death. An employee of Japan’s largest advertising firm, Dentsu, jumped to her death in 2015. The cause was said to have been depression caused by overwork. The case generated widespread attention and renewed calls to […]
Read moreClose to 230 China A shares debuted on index provider MSCI’s emerging markets benchmark on Friday, a move investors expect will attract billions of dollars in inflows to the mainland market. The partial inclusion of the A shares — yuan-denominated stocks traded on the mainland — to MSCI’s Emerging Markets Index takes place in two […]
Read moreJapan called on the United States to join forces in stopping China from taking market-distorting investment practices in a bilateral finance leaders’ meeting, a senior Japanese finance ministry official said on Thursday. During the meeting with his U.S. counterpart Steven Mnuchin, Finance Minister Taro Aso also repeated Tokyo’s request for Washington to give Japanese steel […]
Read moreA closely watched measure of China’s economy is expected later on Friday morning as Caixin and IHS Markit release their manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the world’s second-largest economy. Economists polled by Reuters expect the Caixin/IHS index to fall slightly to 51.0 in May from 51.1 in April. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, […]
Read moreChinese bike-sharing company Mobike entered the Latin American market in Mexico City this year drawn by its millions of potential clients. Now it has run into a problem increasingly plaguing the country: street crime. Theft has been so widespread that in the past few days, dozens of the app’s customers have complained on social media […]
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