China should not underestimate Taiwan’s determination to defend itself, and military threats will only make the people of Taiwan even more resolute, the island’s defense ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats. China has escalated military activity around the island, where the losing nationalists formed their …
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Kim Jong Un issued a full-blown warning to the North Korean economy amid reports that he had delegated some power to his sister, including responsibility for relations with the US Kim told a meeting of ruling party leaders that the country was “facing unexpected and unavoidable challenges in various aspects” …
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South Korea’s intelligence agency believes Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his “de facto second-in-command” but has not been named as his successor. Ha Tae-keung, a lawmaker from an opposition party in the South Korean parliament’s intelligence committee, told reporters on …
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Indian and Chinese officials are holding talks to try to resolve a months-long standoff along its controversial border, where the two countries deployed tens of thousands of soldiers. More than a dozen rounds of talks so far have failed to break the border stalemate. Experts say India’s stripping part of …
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China and the United States have agreed to hold trade talks “in the coming days” to evaluate the progress of their single-trade phase six months after it went into effect in February, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. Ministerial spokesman Gao Feng made the remarks at a weekly …
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