
Rising dollar puts Asian Central Banks on defence
The dollar’s relentless advance to a two-year high is roiling Asian currencies and pushing policymakers into action to curb losses
The dollar’s relentless advance to a two-year high is roiling Asian currencies and pushing policymakers into action to curb losses
Last night, the DPRK once again launched an unknown projectile in the direction of the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reports with a reference to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Republic of Korea. This is the 15th missile …
Allied Defenses Against North Korean Nuclear Weapons Are Poor – North Korea just put on another military parade, asserting once again a belligerent posture on the use of its nuclear weapons
After a spate of North Korean missile tests in the first three months of this year – and fears of an impending nuclear test – South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-Yeol wants a redeployment of US strategic assets in …
EU’s push for Persian Gulf LNG set to worsen energy price inflation
According to TASS, since the beginning of March, the spread of coronavirus in the world has increased by 20%. This week, 12.5 million cases of infection were confirmed. It is 1 million more than last week (plus 20%) …
President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that South Korea would join with other countries by imposing economic sanctions on Russia over its military operations in Ukraine. At a National Security Council meeting in Seoul, Moon said that …
Global conflict seems to be soaring, but arms exports in recent years have remained flat after a two-decade surge
India, Japan, Russia, and South Korea will also launch their respective moon missions in 2022
Fears mount over the newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron - the new mutation, which is potentially more transmissible, was first discovered in South Africa and has since been detected in Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, …
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has only six months left to reactivate his peace process and bring the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un back to the negotiating table
Think the time is nigh for a declaration to formally end the Korean War
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that North Korea launched a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. According to its data, the missile was launched not far from the coastal …
North Korea test-fired a newly developed hypersonic missile this week, state news media KCNA reported on Wednesday, joining a race headed by major military powers to deploy the advanced weapons system
North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, September 15 according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff
Since the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban (banned in Russia) have taken control of power more quickly than expected. Chaos reigned at the Kabul airport as Afghans desperately tried to flee the country
Japan’s sovereignty disputes with Russia (Southern Kurils/Northern Territories), the Koreas (Dok-do/Takeshima) and China (Diaoyutai/Senkakus) are resurfacing and rising to the fore. As Asia Times …
The Russian anti-coronavirus crisis center is lifting restrictions imposed on regular and charter air travel from Russia to the Dominican Republic, the Czech Republic and South Korea on August 27, the crisis center said in a statement on …
Ever since the Korean War ended in a truce, the U.S. and South Korea have conducted joint military exercises to protect against a possible North Korean attack on the South’s territory
from AI-powered suicide drones to machine guns that choose their own targets