SINGAPORE — Japan and India started their first joint fighter-jet exercise on Monday near Tokyo, as the countries ramp up defense and security relations to counter China’s rising military ambitions. Although...
The ongoing talks will encompass discussions on China’s “economic coercion,” as Taiwan needs to diversify its trade away from China. ...
SINGAPORE — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on January 14 that he told Western powers that East Asia could be the next Ukraine, as he called for a united front...
SINGAPORE — Indonesia has sent a warship to its North Natuna Sea to keep tabs on a Chinese Coast Guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area that...
SINGAPORE — Taiwan is open to aiding Ukraine in overhauling its digital infrastructure in areas such as remote learning as part of reconstruction efforts after the war, the island’s Digital Minister...
SINGAPORE — Taiwan, which won a bid to host WorldPride, an international LGBT event in 2021, has been at the helm of a rising pro LGBT movement in Asia and was...
Friction along the Asian nations’ contested border has risen since the June 2020 confrontation that resulted in at least 20 Indian and four Chinese casualties. That fighting was mainly around the...
Indian LGBT advocates are hoping that their country’s Supreme Court will follow in the footsteps of the U.S. and legally recognize same-sex "marriage." ...
SINGAPORE — Germany will not supply Taiwan with weapons and has not been requested to do so, as the circumstances are not similar to Ukraine’s, a senior German lawmaker said on...
SINGAPORE — South Korea will bolster nuclear power generation and curtail its plans for “renewable” energy as the nation revamps its electricity mix to achieve emissions-reduction targets. Nuclear plants are now...
SINGAPORE — South Korea and the United States will conduct tabletop exercises in February 2023 in a bid to tackle the North’s nuclear threats, South Korea’s defense minister said on Wednesday....
Amid threats from Russia, China, and North Korea, powers like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have been courting European help to counter regional threats. ...
SINGAPORE — Taiwan detained three active-duty officers and a retired Air Force officer suspected of spying for China, the Central News Agency (CNA) in Taipei reported. This case illustrates the degree...
The trade and industry minister said that post-Cold War free trade and economic interdependence have fueled the rise of authoritarian regimes, and hence the U.S. and its allies should tackle them...
Anders Fogh Rasmussen admitted that although sanctions by democracies worldwide could lead to a global economic collapse, Beijing would be the most affected. ...