South Korea Vows ‘Perfect Security Partnership’ With New US President
South Korea’s presidential office announced on Wednesday its commitment to forge a “perfect” security partnership with the incoming U.S. administration. According to a high-ranking South Korean official, President Yoon Suk Yeol will soon speak with the U.S. president-elect to affirm this alliance, as Seoul seeks to strengthen ties amid growing regional security concerns. U.S.-South Korea […]
China-Russia “Emerging Axis” A Global Threat: Australia Intelligence Chief
Australia’s top intelligence official has sounded an alarm over an “emerging axis” of nations backing Russia, calling it a significant global threat. Speaking at the Raisina Downunder conference in Canberra, Andrew Shearer, Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence, expressed concern over the alliance between China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. China’s Support For Russia […]
North Korean Workers Return To Russia, Quid Pro Quo For Arms Supplies?
Three hundred North Korean workers arrived in Vladivostock, Russia earlier this month, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, a clear violation of UN sanctions on Pyongyang. This is the first such movement of North Korean workers since the north recalled all its workers, whether in Russia or China, due to Covid. The despatch of […]
IAF Tezpur Base Centre Of Chain To Foil Any Chinese Intrusion In The East
IAF TEZPUR BASE: In the second part of our series, ‘Eastern Front Airpower’, we document 24 hours in the professional life of the air warriors of Indian Air Force Station, Tezpur in the Eastern Air Command. This documentary, filmed on the IAF base in Tezpur and other stations and areas in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh looks at […]
A Guide To Contemporary China
Buying Virtual Houses China has a real estate boom, but the catch is – it’s not real, it’s virtual. The project is the brainchild of artist Huang Heshan who created TooRichCity. This is a virtual city where prospective buyers are led around by a fictional middle-aged bald man who is not shy about showing his […]
From Reactive To Proactive: China Pushing India’s Asia, Africa Outreach Makeover?
NEW DELHI: India is willing to “shoulder greater responsibility” in the neighbourhood, Vijay Gokhale, former foreign secretary, underscored at a recent webinar in Pune, but in the light of China’s sustained inroads into the region, he acknowledged there were “other options”. “We have begun to accept that as a large economy we need to shoulder […]