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9 September, 2024
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol has told China’s Wang Yi that having an acting leader will not change his government’s position on developing a South Korea-China strategic cooperative partnership. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto
China-South Korea relations

Chinese, South Korean foreign ministers in first call since martial law crisis

Foreign ministry says China won’t interfere because ‘South Korean people have the wisdom and ability to properly handle domestic issues’.

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North Korea

Revolution, elections and a baby hippo, this was the year in Asia

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Diplomacy

Opinion | China can win Japan and South Korea over from a US under Trump

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Diplomacy

Opinion | China should seize the moment to promote peace on Korean peninsula

The weakening of the Russia-North Korea alliance, political change in South Korea and Trump’s return create a conducive environment for denuclearisation talks.

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Japan

Will ties between Japan and South Korea worsen if Yoon Suk-yeol is ousted?

Japan is concerned that South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung might take over Yoon given his stance against Tokyo, analysts say.

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War and conflict

Opinion | US presidential transition is the thread tying world’s crises together

As US allies face mounting challenges and tensions rise with adversaries, Joe Biden and Donald Trump must work together to manage uncertainties.

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North Korea

Will North Korean party plenum offer signs of renewed dialogue with US?

Analysts say Kim has used previous plenary meetings to announce diplomatic strategies, including messages aimed at the US and South Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of a defence exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea, in November. Photo: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
Ukraine war

How Trump’s push to end Ukraine war tips his hand on China, Russia

US president-elect likely to encounter difficulties given the three countries’ aligned interests in challenging the West, analysts say.

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North Korea

Could a Trump-Kim summit be on the cards again?

It’s unlikely in the short term, but observers suggest the return of a key figure behind past summits hints at a possible revival.

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Donald Trump

Trump team weighing direct talks with North Korea’s Kim, insiders say

Pyongyang has ignored four years of outreach by Biden and has been emboldened by a much closer relationship with Russia’s Putin.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump prepare to shake hands at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone, South Korea, in June 2019. Photo: AP
North Korea

Kim says ‘hostile’ US pushing Korean peninsula to brink of nuclear war

The North Korean leader said his previous experience of talks with Washington only highlighted its ‘aggressive’ policy against Pyongyang.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (front centre) visits a defence exhibition in Pyongyang on November 21. Photo: KCNA via KNS/AFP
US-China relations

How Xi’s warning over Korean peninsula highlights Beijing’s diplomatic headache

A statement by Xi Jinping over the volatile Korean peninsula signals China’s growing concern in the region, observers say.

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Ukraine war

North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia

Pact seals deepening security cooperation between the nations as North Korea becomes one of most vocal backers of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong’s working class deserve world-class medical care

Readers discuss proposed reforms to Hong Kong’s outpatient services, the city’s aspirations to be an education hub, Trump’s MAGA movement and North Korea’s continuing missile tests.

Patients visit the general outpatient clinic in Hong Kong’s Sai Wan Ho district in September last year. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Diplomacy

Opinion | South Korea may find itself stranded as North Korea’s sole adversary

Pyongyang is being emboldened by its defence pact with Moscow while US support for Seoul is expected to be diluted under Trump.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol gives a speech in Seoul on March 1. Photo: Kyodo
North Korea

My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | US-China war diplomacy vital as North Korea complicates Ukraine fray

The scale and speed of Pyongyang’s reported troop deployment to Russia strongly suggests premeditation. The US and China must act to prevent escalation.

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North Korea

Trump’s victory is ‘good news’ for North Korea. But will Kim denuclearise?

Trump and Kim met twice in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi in 2019 but the summits failed to yield a commitment by Pyongyang to denuclearise.

Then-US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea on June 30, 2019. Photo: Reuters
North Korea

How rise of Kim Jong-un’s daughter raises questions on North Korea’s leadership

Kim Jong-un’s daughter is emerging in the public eye, but her future leadership role in North Korea remains a mystery.

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US-China relations

US accuses Russia and China of ‘shamelessly’ shielding North Korea

UN ambassadors trade barbs over North Korea’s test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week.

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North Korea

US nuclear bomber joins drills with S. Korea, Japan after Pyongyang missile test

South Korea’s military said the drills showed the resolve of the ROK and the US to strengthen their deterrence against North Korea.

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The US deployed a B-1B nuclear bomber in joint drills with South Korean and Japanese fighters following the North’s missile test last week. File photo: AFP
US presidential election 2024

Opinion | North Korea’s missile test days before US election sends powerful message

No isolated act of aggression, the missile test was a calculated show of a strengthened alliance and a preview of mounting challenges.

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This picture taken and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 31 shows the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a test-fire conducted by the Missile Administration at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photo: KCNA via KNS/ AFP
North Korea

North Korea says South’s president has raised risk of nuclear war

A white paper from Pyongyang lays the blame for tensions squarely with South Korea’s president.

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North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 ICBM

North Korea lauded the Hwasong-19 that was test-fired Thursday as ‘the world’s strongest strategic missile’.

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North Korea

Amid Ukraine war tensions, Pyongyang’s ICBM test may be sign of things to come

Missile test is Pyongyang’s way of showing its deepening ‘nuclear alliance’ with Russia and a message to the US ahead of the election, analysts say.

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An image released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday shows the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a test-fire at an undisclosed location in the country. Photo: KCNA via KNS / AFP
North Korea

North Korea’s Kim says longest ICBM test is a warning to enemies

Missile on Thursday recorded a flight time of 87 minutes, longer than the last ICBM test launch in December 2023.

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A test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photo: KCNA via AFP
Ukraine war

China and Russia reaffirm close ties in Andrey Rudenko-Wang Yi talks

Rudenko discusses the war in Ukraine and the Korean peninsula with Chinese officials but authorities offer no details.

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China-South Korea relations

Empty ambassador chair highlights complications in China-South Korea relations

While Seoul this month announced its new envoy to Beijing, China has been without an ambassador to South Korea for over 3 months.

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