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Taiwan calls China 'out of control' as it looses El Salvador to Beijing
Taiwan vowed on Tuesday to fight China's "increasingly out of control" behavior after Taipei lost another ally to Beijing when El Salvador became the third country to switch allegiances to China this year. Taiwan now has formal relations with only 17 countries worldwide, many of ...
Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China
Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan. Late last year, China effectively banned tour groups to the idyllic tropical archipelago, ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries. Moon — who plans to visit Pyongyang next month for his third ...
Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes
Seasoned diplomats are much subtler and more prudent than badgers of the same stripe.
The rival Koreas announced Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang sometime in September, while their envoys also discussed Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament efforts and international sanctions. The push for what would be the leaders' ...
Turkey's central bank announced a series of measures on Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic policies and a trade and diplomatic dispute with the United States. The ...
Ascending China seen trying to tap Japan to help challenge U.S. influence in region
Japan and China on Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of a treaty of peace and friendship between the two countries amid a period of warming ties and a changing dynamic in bilateral relations due to Beijing becoming a superpower. Recently, China has ...
On 40th anniversary of signing of Japan-China treaty, Abe and Li exchange congratulatory messages
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang exchanged congratulatory messages Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of their countries' signing of a peace and friendship treaty, the Prime Minister's Office said. Highlighting Li's visit to Japan in May, his first since becoming premier ...
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian envoy, recalls its own over 'interference'
Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and had recalled its envoy while freezing all new trade, in protest at Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists. The kingdom gave the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to leave the country, in ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono meets with North Korean counterpart in Singapore
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday that he briefly spoke with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho in Singapore in an apparent attempt to pressure Pyongyang on the abduction issue. As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is willing to hold direct talks with North Korean ...
With abduction issue unresolved, Japan at odds over allowing North Koreans to attend Tokyo Games
The government is unsure whether to allow North Korea's delegation to attend the Olympics in 2020, given the lack of clear prospects for resolving the decades-old abduction issue. Some want a political decision to permit the delegation's entry for the sake of holding a successful ...
Progress in South China Sea feud and Koreas stir ASEAN, though rifts remain
Southeast Asian nations are expected to welcome an initial negotiating draft of a nonaggression pact with China on the South China Sea, but critics warn that the protracted talks provide a diplomatic cover for Beijing's tenacious aggression in the disputed waters. Top diplomats of the ...
