Why is Canada accusing India and Pakistan of election interference?
The South Asian rivals have been waging parallel influence operations in Canada, according to Ottawa’s top spy agency.
Election asian news
Yoon's party seen suffering blow in South Korean election, exit polls show
SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's ruling party appeared set for a significant rebuke in national legislative elections held on Wednesday, results of exit polling released by three major South Korean broadcasters showed, with the main opposition party projected to increase its majority.
Trudeau to Testify After Opposing Election Interference Inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has long dismissed allegations that China interfered in his country’s past two general elections. Not a single electoral district was affected in 2021, he said last week, even though evidence of China’s meddling has kept growing in an ongoing foreign interference inquiry.
Chinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on pro-unification visit
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing Wednesday in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949.
Taiwan's new premier is ruling party's former chairman
TAIPEI — Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te announced on April 10 that he had appointed Cho Jung-tai, a former chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), to be his premier.
Wednesday Briefing: A Divided South Korea Votes
South Koreans are heading to the polls today to select a new Parliament after a particularly fraught campaign. The general election, the first since President Yoon Suk-yeol won the presidency in 2022, is seen as a midterm referendum on his leadership.
South Korean Parliamentary Election to Set Tone for Rest of Leader’s Term
In the two years since he was elected, President Yoon Suk Yeol has made his mark in foreign policy, forging deeper ties with the United States and Japan. But his business-friendly domestic agenda has been stalled by his own missteps and an opposition-controlled Parliament.
South Koreans cast legislative election ballots in test for Yoon
SEOUL -- Polls opened Wednesday in pivotal legislative elections in South Korea, as voters cast ballots in what will serve as an assessment of the administration of conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is struggling with unpopularity, near the halfway mark of his single five-year term.