International Relations

Taipei releases satellite record of fishing boat route, refuting Manila’s claim

21 May 2013

Taiwan on Tuesday released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguards, flatly rejecting Manila’s allegations that the boat intruded into Philippine waters...

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Taiwanese investigators quit shooting probe, calling Philippine officials 'dishonest'

19 May 2013

The 17 Taiwan investigators, led by Chen Wen-chi, a senior justice ministry official, returned to Taipei yesterday empty-handed a day after arriving in Manila for what was originally meant to be a...

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Japanese envoy's secret Pyongyang trip more worrying than missile launches

18 May 2013

The firing of the missiles follows recent rhetoric from the Kim Jong-un regime threatening nuclear strikes against the US and moving the medium-range Musudan missiles to North Korea's east coast....

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Understanding the origins of war can pave a path to peace for North Korea

6 May 2013

As North Korea maintains its belligerence, the world is caught in a dilemma. Ignoring it as just another round of empty threats would run the risk of North Korea test-firing missiles with longer...

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A changing North Korea will prove a headache for China

21 Apr 2013

It is not an unknown unknown but, of all the world's known unknowns, the future of North Korea is perhaps the hardest to predict and hence presents China with unknown difficulties ahead.

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Negotiations with North Korea may restart, but to what end?

17 Apr 2013

North Korea has stepped gingerly to the brink of a dreaded second Korean war. Now the question is whether there's a face-saving way to bring about dialogue so the North can, in effect, declare a...

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Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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China's caution to Kim is no empty threat

After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Korea's brinkmanship and suddenly roaring its disapproval of its ally...

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Beijing rethinks its North Korea policy priorities

Paradoxically, in order for Beijing to achieve its current objectives in the Korean Peninsula of stability and, moreover, a downsizing of the United States' presence, it must concede to displays...

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China caught in a dilemma over crisis with North Korea

Beijing has recently toughened its rhetoric towards Pyongyang as tensions in the Korean Peninsula rise following provocative moves by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but analysts say the Chinese...

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KOREAN PENINSULA

Britain urges calm response to North Korea tensions

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says Pyongyang has shown no signs of repositioning its armed forces despite “paranoid rhetoric”.

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LEADER

Talks essential in North Korea stand-off

North Korea has found a new way of getting attention that stands out from its increasingly threatening rhetoric. Denying access to its joint industrial zone with the South may be shooting itself...

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Forging friendship between China and Mexico

The future of the global economy in the 21st century will be largely defined by what happens in the Asia-Pacific region. Consequently, as president of Mexico, it is a priority and an honour to...

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