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BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The Chinese government said on Wednesday (April 26) that a Taiwan rights activist detained on suspicion of endangering national security was in good health, and had reassured his family in a letter. Li’s case is still being investigated and processed, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, told a regular news briefing. Li’s family and the Taiwan government have been frustrated at not being told where Li is being held, […]
POCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean and United States troops held a joint live-fire exercise on Wednesday (April 26) amid mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula. The two countries staged the live fire drill featuring a wide array of army aviation, artillery, and armored vehicles at an artillery range in Pocheon, about 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) northeast of Seoul. The South Korean defense ministry said about 2,000 troops from both countries participated in […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s two main presidential candidates Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo spoke about security and diplomatic issues including the deployment of the controversial United States Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in a TV debate on Tuesday (April 25) night. Frontrunner Moon has said the decision to deploy the THAAD should be made by the next president and that cooperation amongst South Korea, the US and China are necessary […]
Northeast China (Reuters)– China launched its second aircraft carrier Wednesday morning at the Dalian shipyard, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. The new carrier, the first built in China, was moved from a dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony that started at about 09:00. It is China’s second aircraft carrier after “Liaoning,” a refitted Soviet Union-made carrier that was commissioned to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in 2012. China began building its second […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s disaster reconstruction minister resigned Wednesday after remarking it was lucky the catastrophic 2011 earthquake-tsunami had hit a largely rural region rather than Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to apologize to residents of the devastated northeastern region of Tohoku, which is still recovering more than six years on, after Masahiro Imamura sparked outrage with his comments. “It was good that it (the disaster) occurred over there in Tohoku,” he […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — United States troops began delivering a missile defense system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. Washington is urging Beijing — Pyongyang’s sole major ally — to do more to rein it in, but the Asian giant has reacted with fury to the planned installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The US and ally […]
LIAONING PROVINCE, China (Reuters) — China on Wednesday (April 26) launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. China’s state broadcaster CCTV aired the footage of the carrier at the launching ceremony on Wednesday morning. State media said the carrier, designed in China and built in the northeast port […]
BALTA SARATA, Romania (Reuters) — A two-year-old boy was rescued from a 16-meter (52 feet) deep well in Romania on Tuesday (April 25) after a nearly 12-hour rescue operation by the emergency services. Daniel Pascu was playing with his siblings when they removed the cover of the well while their mother was briefly inside their house. The child apparently fell into the well, which was only 30 centimeters wide and caused the rescue services severe problems. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — There are no quick solutions to the Syria issues, which means relevant parties should focus on the easy problems first, and then take step by step efforts to solve these with political measures and peace talks, China’s special envoy to Syria, said on Tuesday. In a press conference, Xie Xiaoyan said that the top priority now is to avoid any escalation and deterioration of the current situation. He said all parties should make […]
By Jean-Louis Doublet Agence France Presse Trade tensions spiked between Washington and Ottawa on Tuesday as United States President Donald Trump accused Canada of being “very rough” on America and threatened to retaliate against restrictions on US dairy products. Trump also touted his administration’s surprise decision late Monday to rekindle an old trade conflict with America’s second-largest trading partner by slapping new tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber. “People don’t realize, Canada has been very rough […]
PYONGYANG, DPRK (Reuters) — Gasoline supply in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been limited since the past week and the gas price has almost doubled, causing long lines to form at the few opened gas stations on Tuesday. The gas supply shortage in Pyongyang the capital started from April 19, when a gas station mainly serving foreigners closed in the morning. Only vehicles with diplomatic plates can get fuel. Most gas stations remained […]
