China’s Xi Jinping gets expanded mandate, may rule for life Xi Jinping, already China’s most powerful leader in more than a generation, received a vastly expanded mandate as lawmakers Sunday abolished presidential term limits that had been in place for more than 35 years and wrote his political philosophy into […]
East Asia
2 bodies recovered from burning oil tanker in East China Sea Rescuers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two crew members of an Iranian oil tanker that’s been on fire since colliding with a freighter last week in the East China Sea. The bodies were found on the lifeboat deck […]
Taiwan president making state visits amid China stalemate Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is setting off for the United States and three South Pacific nations in an effort to crack the diplomatic isolation imposed by rival China. Tsai will visit the Marshall and Solomon Islands along with Tuvalu starting from Saturday. […]
Samsung to sell recycled Note 7 phone in South Korea at $611 Samsung Electronics plans to recycle and sell its recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones starting week in South Korea, salvaging their unused parts. The Galaxy Note FE phone will go on sale in South Korea on Friday at 700,000 […]
Suspected NKorea drone photographed US missile-defense site A suspected North Korean drone had photographed a U.S. missile defense shield in South Korea before it crashed near the border where it was found last week, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The finding came four days after North Korea tested new anti-ship […]
Missile Defense 101: N. Korea could hit with little warning The scenario has become pretty familiar by now. Sometime in the early morning, a missile roars off its launcher in North Korea and flies off — to a splash zone somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. But what if Pyongyang wasn’t […]
Global stocks up as traders follow US presidential debate Global stocks up as traders follow US presidential debate : BEIJING — Global stock markets were higher Tuesday as traders followed the U.S. presidential debate between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, France’s CAC-40 rose 1.5 […]
