Senior US, South Korean and Japanese officials met on Monday to discuss how better to enforce international sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs. The Washington talks came shortly after United …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning North Korea’s “irresponsible and provocative” attempts to evade United Nations sanctions. Council members emphasized “the importance of full compliance” with the six rounds of …
TOKYO (AP) — Negotiators from 16 Asian countries are meeting in the Japanese port city of Kobe this week for talks on a regional trade pact seen as a rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership …
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he was not sure why China’s commerce minister had canceled a trip to his country, and that Beijing misunderstood his foreign minister’s comments about its militarization in …
By TREFOR MOSS Feb. 22, 2017 11:13 p.m. ET 0 COMMENTS SHANGHAI—A Shanghai shipyard will build the first oceangoing cruise ships ever constructed in China, as the global cruise industry chases surging Chinese demand …
By ANDREW BROWNE SEONGJU, South Korea—It is no small irony that U.S.-China rivalry at the outset of the Trump era is playing out on—of all places—a golf course hidden in pine-covered mountains around here. …
By Rick Gladstone and Rogene Jacquette When North Korea tested a missile that fell harmlessly into the sea this month, it was more than just an attempt by its 33-year-old leader, Kim Jong-un, to …
Reuters / Friday, February 17, 2017 First-graders, some of Japanese ancestry, pledge allegiance to the American flag at the Weill public school in San Francisco, April 1942. The children of Japanese ancestry would be …
China is closely following U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to create more domestic jobs by encouraging U.S. companies to bring home or “reshore” their overseas production, but the government will not change its overall …
By CHUIN-WEI YAP Jan. 30, 2017 9:07 a.m. ET BEIJING—After a five-year effort, one Chinese company recently achieved a mission of national interest: helping develop the first fully Chinese ballpoint pen. What’s not clear …