National Vietnam War Veterans Day, which falls on Mar 29 every year, honours the soldiers who served in one of the longest wars in American history, and the tens of thousands who lost their lives.Continue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens’ human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday (Mar 30). South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, based the 450-page report on testimony collectedContinue Reading
“We are seriously concerned that the exclusion of the NLD from the political process will make it even more difficult to improve the situation,” Japan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Japan strongly urges Myanmar to immediately release NLD officials, including Suu Kyi, and to show a path toward aContinue Reading
The United States, Britain, Japan and Australia on Wednesday (Mar 29) expressed their concern over the dissolution of Myanmar’s former ruling party and urged a more inclusive process to return the country to democracy. Myanmar’s ruling junta on Tuesday disbanded Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) andContinue Reading
“We are seriously concerned that the exclusion of the NLD from the political process will make it even more difficult to improve the situation,” Japan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Japan strongly urges Myanmar to immediately release NLD officials, including Suu Kyi, and to show a path toward aContinue Reading
BEIJING: China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday (Mar 29) if United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit of the US next month, saying that any such move would be a “provocation”. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, hasContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Despite tensions between them, President Joe Biden has so far avoided an acrimonious public confrontation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while trying to make clear he opposes a judicial overhaul that has shaken the close US ally. In the last three months, Biden and senior members of hisContinue Reading
Russia has held such exercises before, firing test Moskit missiles in a similar drill last year. But Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that as Moscow’s Ukraine offensive continues, “the Russia military is increasing activity in the Far East, including areas near Japan”. “We will continue to monitor Russia’s militaryContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan is part of a democratic alliance and can work with many friendly countries, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said after welcoming a large Czech delegation to the island on Monday (Mar 27), one day after Honduras switched diplomatic allegiance to China. While the number of countries that retain formalContinue Reading
TAIPEI: There are no signs of any unusual military deployments by China’s military ahead of President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the United States and Central America this week, a deputy Taiwanese defence minister said on Monday (Mar 27). China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, staged war games aroundContinue Reading