A Taliban highway could lead to the future. But it’s stuck in the past.
Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan heartland with China.
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China in the Indo-Pacific: November 2024
China's November engagement in the Indo-Pacific included ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, uncertain ...
I Faced Man-Eating Tigers, Vicious Wild Boar, and Roaming Bandits in Korea
Explorer and Wisconsin hunter Roy Chapman Andrews sets off into the Korean countryside to hunt down a man-eating tiger.
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Worsening human rights situation in North Korea calls for change in mission strategy: need to face reality
The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) announced the results of its 2024 White Paper on Religious Freedom ...
Korea Joongang Daily on MSN10d
China moves to deport North Korean workers as displeasure grows over Ukraine war involvement
As North Korean troops dispatched to Russia become increasingly involved in combat with Ukraine, China is upping its pressure ...
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North Korea replaces flood-hit villages on Chinese border with block housing
North Korea appears to have finished rebuilding a rural area ravaged by flooding last summer, consolidating spread-out settlements into five compact towns, a Nikkei analysis shows. A ceremony for the ...
The Straits Times14d
What are Russia’s strategic treaties with Iran, North Korea and China?
Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore15d
Plagued by eerie broadcasts, South Korean border residents hope Trump’s return will ease tensions with the North
GANGHWA COUNTY, South Korea: For South Koreans living close to the North, life has been unbearable for months. Every day since July last year, loudspeakers on the other side of the inter-Korean ...
The Independent15d
North Korea troops fighting for Putin ‘could all be dead or wounded by April’ as casualties mount
North Korean troops have suffered an estimated 92 casualties every day since significant fighting in Russia’s border Kursk region began in early December, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW ...
The New York Times15d
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...
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Factbox-What Are Russia's Strategic Treaties With Iran, North Korea and China?
Factbox-What Are Russia's Strategic Treaties With Iran, North Korea and China? (Reuters) - Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China ...
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North Korean Forces in Kursk Could Be Completely Destroyed by April 2025
This picture taken on February 8, 2023 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 10, 2023 shows North Korean soldiers taking part in a military parade ...