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MOFA welcomes US Reps. Boyle, Salinas, Kennedy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for Reps. Brendan Boyle, Andrea Salinas and Tim Kennedy of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 7 in Taipei City,...

Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office...

Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....

MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...

US using Trump threat to secure aid for Ukraine – FT

G7 members are “warming” to the idea of borrowing money against profits from seized Russian assets, the newspaper reports ...

EU state recalls envoy after Argentina’s Milei slurs PM’s wife

Spain reacted angrily after the South American leader branded Begona Gomez “corrupt” ...

South Hwanghae Province’s rural areas are facing serious electricity shortages

South Hwanghae Province, North Korea’s main grain-producing region, is facing a severe power shortage, Daily NK has learned. “The residents of rural counties such as...

A glimpse into the future of surveillance technology in North Korea

North Korea may be infamous for being “decades in the past,” but its technology is not nearly so far behind. North Korea has trained...

Lai, Hsiao sworn in as 16th-term ROC (Taiwan) president, vice president

Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim were sworn in as the 16th-term ROC (Taiwan) president and vice president, respectively, May 20 in Taipei City, with...

Iran’s president confirmed dead in helicopter crash

Ebrahim Raisi, 63, was elected president in 2021, having had a decades-long career in the country’s judicial system under his belt ...

Outgoing President Tsai gives exclusive interview to BBC

Outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen said that she is pleased with her achievements over the past eight years, that Taiwan is now a part of...

France launches ‘major operation’ in unrest-stricken in New Caledonia

The authorities have vowed to re-establish the order at “whatever the cost” ...

N. Korean worker in Russia talks about conditions faced by laborers in the country

Government monitoring and control of North Korean workers in Russia is intensifying more than ever. As military, economic and diplomatic cooperation between North Korea...

Many N. Korean soldiers fail to meet requirements for extended service

In March, the North Korean military authorities announced plans to extend the service of some military specialists by one year, but in the course...

Is the US falling out of love with India?

New Delhi may remain Washington’s partner in some areas, but it will never be the proxy the Americans want ...

Poland to shell out $2.55 billion to beef up eastern borders

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the new fortifications will prepare state’s frontier with Belarus and Russia in case of war ...

War-cabinet minister issues ultimatum to Netanyahu

Benny Gantz has threatened to quit the government if the Israeli PM doesn’t adopt a new strategy for Gaza war within three weeks ...

UK says it doesn’t want ‘direct conflict with Russia’

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said this is the reason why Western nations do not shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine ...

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