The firing of two short-range missiles followed the launch Saturday of an intercontinental ballistic missile, prompting U.S. joint military drills with South Korea and Japan. SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward Japan on Monday in its second...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia plans to intensify talks with China and other Southeast Asian countries to finalize a code of conduct (COC) for the disputed South China Sea, its foreign minister said Saturday, amid escalating tensions in the strategic waterway. Foreign Minister Retno...
China made a fresh call for a cease-fire and peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, seeking to cast itself as a neutral mediator in a one-year-old conflict during which Beijing has struggled to maintain its close partnership with Moscow while not further inflaming tensions with the...
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that international law should be followed amid the tension in the South China Sea. According to a “24 Oras” report by JP Soriano, Baerbock issued the remark following the laser-pointing incident of the Chinese coast guard on a...
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said anti-China elements in foreign countries were ‘playing with fire’ on the issue of Taiwan’s independence. China has renewed its longstanding threat to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are...
