Category: Asia-Pacific
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met in Beijing on Monday (Sep. 29), pledging to deepen ties and oppose what they described as “all forms of hegemonism.” – China and North Korea Key points:• Wang said strengthening relations with Pyongyang remains a “strategic policy” for Beijing.• Choe stressed…
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China has inaugurated the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, now the world’s highest bridge, standing 625 metres above a gorge in Guizhou province. The bridge surpasses the nearby Beipanjiang Bridge (565m), which now ranks second. – China opens the worlds highest bridge Key points:• Opened to traffic on 28 September 2025, after over three years of…
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President Xi Jinping has announced that China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, will reduce emissions by 7–10% by 2035, with the goal of “striving to do better.” The pledge, delivered in a video statement to the UN in New York, marks China’s first absolute reduction target. China will expand wind and solar power sixfold…
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Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2025, made landfall in Yangjiang, southern China, on Wednesday (Sep. 24), after killing 17 people in Taiwan and bringing Hong Kong to a standstill. The storm is now moving towards Maoming, a major oil refining hub in Guangdong province. Impact:• Over 2 million people evacuated in Guangdong.• Storm…
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Kim Jong Un has indicated readiness to resume dialogue with US President Donald Trump, provided Washington abandons its demand for North Korea to give up nuclear weapons. Speaking to the Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim said Pyongyang “will never lay down” its arsenal. The remarks follow Kim’s recent meetings with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, highlighting…
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that recent US tariffs risk cutting nearly 20% of Vietnam’s exports to America, equal to more than $25 billion annually. Vietnam, the sixth-largest exporter to the US in 2024, shipped $136.5 billion worth of goods last year, largely from multinational firms and suppliers. According to Philip Schellekens,…
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that recent US tariffs risk cutting nearly 20% of Vietnam’s exports to America, equal to more than $25 billion annually. – Vietnam hardest hit Vietnam, the sixth-largest exporter to the US in 2024, shipped $136.5 billion worth of goods last year, largely from multinational firms and suppliers.…
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Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with police in Lima on Saturday (Sep. 20), as discontent grows in Peru over corruption, organised crime, and a new pension reform. The demonstration, led by the youth group Generation Z, saw stones and sticks thrown at officers, who responded with tear gas. At least three police officers were injured,…
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Thousands gathered in Manila and surrounding areas on 21 September to protest alleged corruption in government flood-control programmes. • Scale: Around 30,000 near the main highway; 20,000 elsewhere in the city. • Participants: Students, church leaders, civil society groups, lawmakers, and militant organisations. • Demonstration: Reported as largely peaceful; law enforcement on alert. President Ferdinand…
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Thousands of citizens gathered in Manila and other regions on Sunday (Sep. 21), protesting alleged corruption in government flood-control programmes. The demonstrations follow President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s admission in July that some state projects had become a source of kickbacks. • Protest scale: Over 30,000 expected near Manila’s main highway; 20,000 elsewhere in the city.…
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