A speaker for Taiwan’s Eighth Army Corps said previously that the drills were already scheduled plus were not being held in response to China’s workouts.Continue Reading
Malaysia’s ban on chicken exports to Singapore has allowed Indonesia to participate the competitive chicken export market, but in the long run, Indonesia will be able to compete only if it may find a way to transport reside chickens to Singapore, say these authors.Continue Reading
TAIPEI: China’s military announced fresh military drills in the seas and airspace around Taiwan on Monday (Aug 8), a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week’s visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China’s Eastern Theatre Command said itContinue Reading
Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin was supposed to meet Mr Ismail Sabri last Thursday to discuss the execution of the agreement terms, but the prime minister cancelled the meeting at the last minute, according to Free Malaysia Today. Barisan Nasional (BN) and PN make up the current federal ruling alliance. PN,Continue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea’s education minister on Monday (Aug 8) said she would step down amid a backlash over her proposal to lower the school entry age, presenting President Yoon Suk-yeol with another in a series of personnel setbacks that have ruined his approval rating. Minister Park Soon-ae’s resignation comes twoContinue Reading
Hua’s tweet on Sunday appeared to backfire, as thousands of users on Twitter – a site banned in China and only accessible via special VPN software – piled on to poke holes in the top official’s logic. “There are over 100 ramen restaurants in Taipei, so Taiwan is definitely aContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports rose in July on sustained demand for technology products with shipments to China picking up, and while the government said the outlook was good for semiconductors it warned of growing uncertainly for the global economy. Exports rose 14.2 per cent in July from a year earlier toContinue Reading
They will include the deployment of hundreds of troops and about 40 howitzer guns, the army said. Defying calls for it to end days of military exercises encircling the island, Beijing continued joint air and sea drills on Monday after a visit by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toContinue Reading
HONG KONG: The list of Chinese companies facing delisting risks in New York in a long-running dispute over Chinese audits of their accounts continues to expand with the addition of three more on Friday (Aug 5) after e-commerce giant Alibaba’s July inclusion. As talks between Beijing and Washington in searchContinue Reading
Air traffic around Taiwan is gradually returning to normal after airspace surrounding the island reopened, Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications said on Monday (Aug 8), although China later announced fresh military drills in the area. China last week deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near during militaryContinue Reading