North Korea’s state media chided America’s “good-for-nothing military moves” and “gunboat diplomacy” in a column Tuesday about an unconfirmed military exercise, the same day Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis confirmed that the Pentagon has no plans to cancel any other exercises with Seoul to show goodwill.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Pyongyang next week for the next step in denuclearization talks with North Korea, the State Department confirmed on Thursday. State Department officials said Pompeo is not expected to meet dictator Kim Jong-un during his visit, the second such occasion where he will not do so.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte threatened violence against any Catholic bishop or priest present at remarks he delivered Tuesday, described by local media as “another directionless speech that targeted his usual enemies.”
North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a column Wednesday urging North Koreans not to be enticed by other cultures or ways of life, insisting instead that the brutally repressive communism of the Kim family regime is the “best in the world.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Indo-Pacific Business Forum on Monday that business engagement and “free and open” trade are major elements of the Trump administration’s strategic vision for the region. Although he mentioned China only in passing, Secretary Pompeo’s remarks included a clear warning to regional powers about the perils of partnering with Beijing.
North Korea’s state newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, warned readers Monday the country may soon face a significant economic downturn that will require “belts tightened” to secure the future, the South Korean news service Yonhap reported.
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed on Wednesday that South Koreans are clamoring for the government to shut down dissident conservative voices, particularly the vocal conservative newspaper Chosun Ilbo.
North Korea’s communist regime announced Monday that beginning August 1, it would enact a general amnesty for “those who had been convicted of the crimes against the country and people.”
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that North Korea’s criticism of the United States is merely a negotiating tactic, and plans to denuclearize the Korean peninsula remain “on track” for a successful outcome.
Authorities in the eastern are targeting a prominent human rights activist and critic of President Xi Jinping for psychiatric treatment for a “mental illness,” Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
The question of whether Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity could survive anything the colorful chief executive says appears to have been answered, as a survey by independent pollster Social Weather Stations published on Tuesday found Duterte sinking to his lowest approval rating since he assumed the office in 2016.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un sent a letter and exchanged “wholehearted greetings” with Cuban leader Raúl Castro as the regime seeks to bolster relations with its traditional communist allies, state media announced on Monday.
American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has landed in Pyongyang, North Korea, for discussions on filling in details deliberately left vague in the declaration U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un signed following their first meeting in Singapore.
Contents: Sec of State Pompeo visits North Korea amid reports that sanctions will be softened; Pompeo’s visit will test Trump’s negotiating strategy; Commentary: The US imposes tariffs on Chinese imports
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen asked the world to help Taiwan “constrain China” in an interview with Agence-France Presse (AFP) on Monday, warning that the world’s “democracy, freedom and freedom to do business” were imperiled by the Communist Party. She repeated these warnings on Tuesday, prompting a stern rebuke from Beijing.
Filipino strongman Rodrigo Duterte has sparked anger in the majority Catholic country after repeatedly calling God “stupid” and criticizing the concept of forbidden fruit within in the garden of Adam and Eve.
Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a two-hour speech at a foreign policy conference in Beijing over the weekend touted by Chinese media as promoting world harmony through China’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure project.
The Chinese state newspaper Global Times made the argument Monday that Western-style multi-party democracy has no place in Asia, citing numerous examples of Asian heads of state arrested for corruption. The newspaper does not mention the tens of thousands arrested on corruption charges under Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in China.
Around 192 people are presumed dead after an overcrowded tourist ferry drowned in Indonesia on Tuesday in the province of North Sumatra.
Kim Jong-un departed China on Wednesday after an extensive meeting and lavish banquet with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, who, according to North Korean state media, congratulated Kim for “steering” the conversation during his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump this month.
Kim Jong-un made his third trip to China this year, and since assuming the position of supreme dictator of North Korea, on Tuesday, meeting Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and briefing senior Chinese officials on his meeting last week with U.S. President Donald Trump.
North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun and its Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) condemned the West’s “reptile media” on Monday for promoting capitalism, which the propaganda outlets described as “a corrupt society rushing headlong into its doom.”
China’s state media announced Friday that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had executed a military drill in the South China Sea testing target drones in an aerial attack simulation.
Representatives of both Koreas began preliminary discussions Thursday on the potential denuclearization of Panmunjom, the “peace village” on the Korean border that hosted the first meeting between two Korean heads of state.
The American economy is accelerating while economies from Europe and Asia slow, casting doubt on claims that recent strength was due to “global” factors or that Trump trade policies would hurt the U.S.
South Korea’s presidential office said Thursday that leftist President Moon Jae-in would consider ending joint military exercises with the United States if North Korea “implements denuclearization measures and sincere dialogue continues.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured reporters in a joint press conference with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Seoul Thursday that the United States is not considering removing sanctions on North Korea until its nuclear program verifiably ceases to exist.
State television broadcast an extensive 40-minute documentary-style feature on dictator Kim Jong-un’s meeting with “supreme leader” U.S. President Donald Trump two days after Kim returned to North Korea, announcing that Trump treated Kim with “respect and endless admiration.”
China’s state media expressed concern over growing “nationalism” by “a few Vietnamese radicals” Tuesday after a weekend of anti-Chinese protests swept the nation.
Contents: Vietnam government surprised by widespread anti-China and anti-government protests; Anti-government protests grow in Vietnam along with anti-China protests
Chinese state media sought to reinject Beijing into the conversation following Tuesday’s historic summit between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, suggesting Americans “borrow some wisdom from Eastern philosophy” and abandon “unrealistic ideas” that the U.S. will not need China to mediate with Pyongyang.
News organizations across Asia responded to the Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un with a mixture of cynicism and guarded optimism on Tuesday.
North Korea’s state media outlets extensively covered dictator Kim Jong-un’s departure to Singapore on Sunday to meet President Donald Trump, calling the meeting “historic” and telling readers the two leaders will share “wide-ranging and profound views” on everything from denuclearization to ending the Korean War.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is prepared to take actions to provide North Korea with “sufficient certainty” that denuclearization “is not something that ends badly for them.”
American officials are reportedly taking precautionary measures to prevent Chinese intelligence from spying on Americans during the upcoming potentially historic denuclearization summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, U.S. officials declared.
Chinese authorities have blocked internet searches for all words and articles deemed critical to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, a report from South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency revealed Thursday.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he would resign if all the women in the Philippines sign a petition calling for him to quit in response to widespread outrage after he forced a married woman to kiss him on stage in South Korea.
Multiple South Korean newspapers reported on Monday that North and South Korea seek to declare an official end to the Korean War, perhaps as soon as on the date of the scheduled summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un, June 12.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly sent a letter last week to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un inviting him to participate in the 4th Eastern Economic Forum, set to occur in Vladivostok, Russia, in September.
The Chinese Communist Party, under Xi Jinping, has expanded its religious crackdown on Islam and Christianity to Taoism. In a column Friday, the Global Times cites a “patriotic” Taoist priest who insists the native Chinese religion is not Chinese enough without “core socialist values.”
