S.Korea’s Moon promises final push for N.Korea peace

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SEOUL, Jan 3 (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite public silence from Pyongyang over his attempts for a declaration … Read More

North Korea Has Big Plans For Its Special-Operations Forces (Biggest On Earth)

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North Korea: Just How Good Are Their Special Forces? – North Korea frequently taunts its rivals with nuclear destruction, and despite its own dire economic and social situation, Pyongyang certainly has the military capabilities to instigate a war that could … Read More

China to allow couples to have 3 children, step ‘leading to fertility-friendly society’

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China on Monday announced to further lift its family planning policy to allow each couple to have up to three children after the number of the country’s newborns declined for four years straight, a major policy shift from the current … Read More

Protests over post-vaccination deaths spread across South Korea

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One of the most vaccinated nations on earth is seeing increased public pushback over COVID-19 jabs, as demonstrators in South Korea are demanding accountability for deaths that they blame on the shots. Protesters gathered in Busan on Sunday after a … Read More

S. Korea holds emergency meeting over Japan’s Fukushima water release plans

South Korea has expressed deep concern to Japan after its electrical company Tepco on Tuesday requested regulatory approval to release treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. South Korea held an emergency Vice Ministerial meeting and … Read More

Japan’s Shinzo Abe warns China: Invasion of Taiwan would be ‘suicidal’

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned China that an invasion of Taiwan would incur incalculable costs as the senior Japanese politician and U.S. officials spoke up for the island democracy’s autonomy. “When there is a threat over Taiwan and … Read More

China Warns U.S. Will ‘Pay a Price’ for Boycotting Olympics

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(Bloomberg) — China has threatened the U.S. with retaliation against its decision to declare a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics, warning that ties between the world’s two largest economies may suffer. “The U.S. is standing opposed to athletes and … Read More

Japan’s Covid-19 deaths lowest in 16 months as cases plummet

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TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – In the world’s oldest nation, less than one person a day is dying from COVID-19. The six confirmed deaths in Japan over the past week is the lowest it’s been in the country since July 2020, before … Read More

US in Hypersonic Weapon ‘Arms Race’ With China -Air Force Secretary

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The United States and China are engaged in an arms race to develop the most lethal hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Air Force secretary said on Tuesday, as Beijing and Washington build and test more and more of the high-speed next-generation … Read More

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