[Analytics] Kim’s ‘new path’ and the failure of Trump’s North Korea policy
US President Donald Trump’s attempt to denuclearise North Korea has failed. No less an authority…
USA
The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
Legendary basketball star Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna among 9 dead in helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES, Jan 27, 2020, Los Angeles Times. Kobe Bryant, 41, the legendary basketball star…
S. Korea reports 3rd confirmed case of Wuhan coronavirus
SEOUL, Jan 26, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea on Sunday reported its third confirmed case of…
Trump lawyers offer surprisingly un-Trumpy defense to impeachment
WASHINGTON D.C., Jan 26, 2020, Reuters. Just before his lawyers stepped into the U.S. Senate…
Third US case of coronavirus confirmed in California: Health officials
LOS ANGELES, Jan 26, 2020, CNBC. The third U.S. case of the new coronavirus has…
Boeing’s huge 777-9X airplane takes its first flight
WASHINGTON D.C., Jan 26, 2020, CNN. The world’s longest and largest twin-engine airliner, the Boeing…
Malaysia’s PM says coronavirus not at critical stage to stop tourism from China
KLANG, Jan 26, 2020, Malay Mail. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said the…
[Analytics] Indonesian nationalism and international law
“Internationalism cannot flower if it is not rooted in the soil of nationalism, and nationalism…
China temporarily bans wildlife animal trade as death toll rises to 56, more than 2,000 infected
WUHAN, Jan 26, 2020, AFP, Reuters, Bloomberg, NY Times. More than 2,000 people have been…
[Analytics] Korean Peninsula peace prospects unravelling in 2020
After US President Donald Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ threats of late 2017 gave way to…
Major Russian travel companies suspend sales of tours to China
MOSCOW, Jan 25, 2020, TASS. Russia’s biggest travel companies suspended sales of tours to China…
[Analytics] ASEAN’s RCEP and sustainability challenges and achievements
As the end of 2019 drew near, Thailand hosted two ASEAN summits under the theme…