US State Dept. considers waiving sanctions and travel bans for humanitarian aid to N. Korea
WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 16, 2019, Hankyoreh. The US State Department announced that it was considering…
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Koreas to field joint teams in 4 sports at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
LAUSANNE, Feb 16, 2019, Yonhap. South Korea and North Korea will organize unified teams in…
Abe nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. leader reveals
WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 16, 2019, Kyodo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald…
Malaysian PM will head to China to discuss ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15, 2019, MalayMail. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he will…
Tokyo mulls visa-free short-term travel for Russians
TOKYO, Feb 15, 2019, TASS. The Japanese government is studying the possibility of scrapping visa…
Japan-backed bridge project begins in Yangon
YANGON, Feb 15, 2019, Myanmar Times. Construction of a Japan-funded bridge in Myanmar, seen as…
India’s PM Modi on two day visit to South Korea from Feb 21
NEW DELHI, Feb 15, 2019, Asian Age. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit South Korea…
Huawei confident of 5G role in Vietnam
HANOI, Feb 15, 2019, VN Express. Huawei Technologies says it has a good chance to…
China punishes 12.77 million discredited entities as of 2018
BEIJING, Feb 15, 2019, Global Times. The big picture in the construction of China’s social…
[Analytics] US could possibly drop 10 per cent tariffs in trade war talks
China also is proposing parallel talks aimed at resolving Huawei CFO’s extradition case, according to…
Putin to visit Beijing on April 26-27 for One Belt, One Road summit
BEIJING, Feb 14, 2019, TASS. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit the Chinese…
Kakao’s 2018 profit plummets 56%
SEOUL, Feb 14, 2019, Korea Herald. Kakao, the operator of South Korea’s top messenger app,…