SEOUL, June 8 - Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was China's unwavering policy to upgrade ties with North Korea, and the two countries would work together to fight hegemony and attempts to revive militarism, according to comments published in North Korea's state newspaper
Beijing is trying to reassert influence over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.
The issue of public transport infrastructure and congestion will likely be on the minds of voters ahead of the upcoming Johor state elections, analysts say.
For all the attention on inflation, the bigger surprise this year may be how resilient the region has been, says DBS chief economist Taimur Baig.
YEREVAN, June 8 - Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party is leading in a parliamentary election with 54.44% of the vote, according to early voting results from Armenia's electoral commission that were broadcast on public TV.
President Prabowo Subianto's rivals are using economic pain to build their 2029 profiles early.
June 7 - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that regional governments were \"not in a position to demand reparations\", responding to what he said were reports that the U.S. could use Iranian assets to compensate regional allies for war-related
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire from critics around the world this weekend after he turned his speech at a Saturday event marking the D-Day anniversary into a “racist rant” against migrants. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in
June 7 - The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a rare visit to North Korea on June 8 – his first international trip this year – weeks after hosting US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. The sequencing has revived a scenario that seemingly grew less
Wouldn’t you like as a member of your club an applicant who has just humiliated your most dangerous enemy through an audacious attack? That is what Ukraine did last week with its drone strikes on an oil terminal at St Petersburg, sending clouds of smoke into the air just as
The House of Councillors passed the Takaichi government’s JPY 3.11 trillion budget on Friday, June 5, as expected, with the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), Team Mirai, and the Conservative Party of Japan (CPJ) joining the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Ishin no Kai
The melanoma doctor's brain cancer treatment experiment has sparked hope for a breakthrough.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to North Korea will be delicate and difficult. The relationship no longer resembles that of “lips and teeth” from the Korean War era — Korean lips and Chinese teeth. It has evolved into far more complex and contradictory ties, not
State media said the ships were carrying out a “special maritime traffic law enforcement operation”.
TAIPEI, June 7 - Taiwan's coast guard said on Sunday that its ships had \"expelled\" four Chinese government ships that entered restricted waters off the island's south after the two sides broadcast testy warnings to each other, in an escalation of tensions.
The Starbucks Korea promotional event evoked memories of the military crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy movement.
The prosecution and police would be involved in the investigation.
SEOUL, June 7 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Sunday that he called for a thorough probe into a ballot shortage that impacted recent local elections, adding that the prosecution and police would be involved in the investigation.
The "Signal Shala", or traffic signal school, caters to dozens of children who have been left out of the formal education system.
High costs and lack of battlefield experience, however, pose challenges to its ambition.
Around 12.9 million students nationwide registered for this year's "gaokao", according to the Ministry of Education, which for most is the sole determining factor in admission to a Chinese university.
Indigenous Malaysians found a battered Jaslinda Saludin late on June 6 in a forested area near Tapah.
The turtle was successfully freed before being released back into the sea.
China wants slimmer electric vehicles after years of bigger batteries.
For most, the multi-day exam is the sole determining factor in admission to a Chinese university.
June 7 - The Israeli military said it intercepted two projectiles that crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Sunday, after sirens sounded in the areas of Yiftah and Ramot Naftali.
The Johor state assembly was dissolved on June 1, paving the way for the election to be held.
It said the Chinese operation "violates international law".
SEOUL, June 7 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has chosen Han Seongsook, the country's minister for small and midsize businesses and startups, to be prime minister, the presidential office said on Sunday.
She is currently Minister of SMEs and Start-ups.
Jaslinda Saludin was rescued on Saturday (Jun 6) by local villagers after going missing during an expedition to Gunung Batu Putih in Perak.
A stretch of beach several hundred metres long appeared reddish-pink.
Atmospheric conditions are likely to remain highly unstable across western Japan.
The two allegedly trespassed into the enclosure and disrupted the zoo’s business on May 17.
YEREVAN, June 7 - Armenians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the government's efforts to forge a peace deal after a crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan three years ago.
Police are now awaiting further instructions.
She could make a prime ministerial bid in the next federal election in Australia.
The reconstruction of a wooden keep could cost as much as $157 million.
The purported leader of Sydney’s so-called “Coconut Cartel” was killed in May in Vietnam.
The country is facing threats and allegations of interference from former imperial ruler Russia.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state.
