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FM Lin underscores Taiwan’s importance in Foreign Affairs op-ed

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung said it is important for members of the free world to deepen cooperation with Taiwan to ensure global...

NDC Minister Yeh outlines plan for 2026

National Development Council Minister Yeh Chun-hsien said Taiwan will accelerate economic growth and strengthen competitiveness in 2026 amid global political and economic uncertainty and...

President Lai pledges to enhance health on World Cancer Day

President Lai Ching-te said Feb. 4 that the government is committed to improving people’s health in Taiwan during a prerecorded video released on World...

Russia responds to EU call for ‘fresh Arctic policy’

Moscow is ready for cooperation in the region, but confrontation will not have “any positive effect,” the Kremlin has said ...

Iran escalation could blow up entire Middle East – Lavrov

Moscow is offering to play a role if Washington and Tehran strike a deal, the Russian foreign minister has said ...

UK threatens Air India with regulatory action over Boeing incident – Reuters

The British regulator has reportedly sought an explanation on how a 787 took off from London with a possibly faulty fuel switch ...

Ukraine treating ethnic Hungarians like ‘cannon fodder’ – Orban

The EU country’s leader has vowed to expel those responsible for forced conscription ...

US investigates Nike over anti-white discrimination claims

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has requested the clothing giant turn over documents related to DEI ...

Rodong Sinmun makes rare photo placement error

North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun made an unusual editorial mistake by placing the same photograph on both pages 2 and 3 in its Feb. 3...

North Korean youth “see party congress slogans in dreams” as weekly lectures intensify

North Korea has dramatically increased the frequency of ideological indoctrination lectures for young people ahead of the Ninth Party Congress. However, young people are...

Falling asleep during propaganda now a political offense in South Hamgyong province

So-called documentary study sessions praising the greatness of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are underway in South Hamgyong province, with authorities harshly criticizing...

Amnesty International: N. Koreans executed for watching S. Korean TV

North Koreans caught watching South Korean television face public executions or years in labor camps, with the harshest punishments reserved for those unable to...

North Korean police use undercover spies to entrap merchants in foreign currency stings

North Korea is intensifying crackdowns on person-to-person foreign currency transactions under its foreign exchange control law, with police in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, recently...

Prof. Schlevogt’s Compass No. 40: The global reserve ratchet – How dollar rule locks trade deficits

Why supplying the world’s money pressures the US to import more than it exports, and why the imbalance is so hard to reverse ...

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