Analysts say the new plant could potentially allow the Hermit Kingdom to add 1,000 new centrifuges. North Korea has been relatively quiet since President Trump last met with Kim Jong Un at the DMZ in June 2019. It has carried out no major weapons tests, and focused largely on dealing with COVID, droughts and keeping…
JAPAN, U.S. PLEDGE DEEPER TECH, AND SUPPLY CHAIN TIES: Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga capped off their first in-person meeting on Friday by announcing a partnership focused on technology, climate change, and global health. Tucked into the joint announcement is a vague goal to “cooperate on sensitive supply chains, including semiconductors,” a pledge…
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga prepare to hold a joint press conference after their talks at the White House in Washington on April 16, 2021. –Kyodo China accused the US and Japan of “ganging” up on them Saturday, following discussions by the two nations on a range of geopolitical issues, including China’s global expansion….
The Taiwan Strait is a “powder keg” that has the potential to trigger a world war, a military analyst said on Tuesday as a panel of experts gathered to discuss U.S. foreign policy from a Taiwanese perspective. A Chinese aircraft carrier task group led by Liaoning is currently conducting what Beijing has called a “routine” combat exercise east of Taiwan,…
Communist Party newspaper says Japan faces “grave” consequences—including countermeasures by Beijing—if it sides with the United States over the question of Taiwan‘s security in the face of an increasingly assertive China. Japan‘s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden will together stress the importance of stability in the Taiwan Strait following their summit in Washington next month, reports Nikkei Asia,…