New Zealand Seeks to Boost Trade in Asia
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leading a delegation to rejuvenate trade with Vietnam, New Zealand’s 14th-largest export market. Ardern has traveled to the Southeast Asian nation with a…
November 16, 2022
Chinese President Confronts Trudeau at G20
Chinese President Xi Jinping chastised Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-20 summit on Wednesday for leaking details of a prior meeting during which Trudeau expressed concern about Chinese interference…
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea, South Korea Says
North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, hours after the North threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering…
N. Korea warns Japan of ‘high price’ for ‘persecution’ of pro-Pyongyang Koreans in Japan
SEOUL– North Korea warned Wednesday that Japan will “pay a high price” if it continues to unduly persecute and oppress a group of pro-Pyongyang ethnic Koreans in Japan, mentioning its…
S. Korea’s kimchi imports hit new high in Oct
SEOUL– South Korea’s imports of kimchi touched an all-time monthly high in October amid runaway inflation in the country, government data showed Wednesday. Inbound shipments of the spicy Korean traditional…
Air Busan to resume flights on 3 Southeast Asian routes next month
SEOUL– Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., said Wednesday it will resume three Southeast Asian routes next month as travel demand recovers amid eased virus…