North Korea says it is halting sending trash balloons to South Korea after hundreds more float over border
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South Korea's Yoon approves exploration of vast oil, gas prospects off the coast
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave the green light on Monday to conduct exploratory drilling for potentially vast oil and gas prospects found off the east coast of the nation that is one of the world's largest energy importers.
Asia markets rise as China factory activity expands at fastest pace in nearly two years
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Kim Jong Un’s new line more bark than bite
This is part two of a two-part series on the implications of North Korea’s recent official change of stance toward South Korea, and is adapted from the author’s recent chapterin Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-journal of Bilateral Relations in the Indo-Pacific.
North Korea to suspend sending trash balloons to South Korea
SEOUL — North Korea said on Sunday (June 2) it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practise if anti-North Korean leaflets are flown over again from the South.
China’s new aircraft carrier pushes India, Japan, South Korea to upgrade: ‘source of anxiety’
China currently operates two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong. It launched the Fujian, a next-generation 80,000-tonne aircraft carrier larger than those operated by India or Japan, last month.
North Korea sends 600 more trash balloons over border, South says
SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday, in Pyongyang's latest move to rile its rival neighbour.
Japan, US, South Korea defence chiefs discuss joint drills, North Korea
The three countries are expected to further deepen their cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region following an accord on Saturday between Tokyo and Seoul to resume high-level exchanges between the Japan Self-Defence Forces and the South Korean military.