Archive for January 18th, 2020
US ambassador ‘surprised’ N Korea didn’t send threatened ‘Christmas gift’ as nuclear deadline closed
The US ambassador to South Korea said Thursday he was “surprised” and “glad” that North Korea failed to deliver its threatened “Christmas [...] » More
Korea lowers travel alert level for HK
South Korea on Friday lowered its travel alert level for Hong Kong, the foreign ministry said, amid signs of stability in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory plagued by [...] » More
Seoul seeks to revive tours to NK
Seoul is moving to pursue inter-Korean projects such as allowing individual South Korean tourists to travel to North Korea and seeking ways to work around international [...] » More
Samsung de facto leader Lee Jae-yong attends fourth hearing of retrial
Samsung Electronics’ de facto leader Lee Jae-yong on Friday appeared at the Seoul High Court with his lawyers to attend the fourth hearing of the retrial on Lee’s [...] » More
Luxury yachts caught smuggling Chinese immigrants into Florida, federal investigators say
Forty Chinese immigrants were charged thousands of dollars to be smuggled in yachts from the Bahamas into Florida, according to federal court documents that allege a scheme [...] » More
Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China: official
A second person has died in China from a mysterious SARS-linked virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two other Asian countries, officials said. Local authorities [...] » More
No pigging out on pork delicacies for China this Lunar New Year
For Xu, a mother and wife from central China, losing her family’s entire pig herd to African swine fever almost meant not serving the cured pork, known as la rou, and [...] » More
China’s 2019 birth rate slowest in 70 yearsstats bureau
China’s birth rate fell to its lowest last year since the founding of the People’s Republic of China 70 years ago, posing a long-term challenge for its [...] » More
Huawei exec set to fight Canada court battle against US extradition
A Canadian court on Monday will consider a US request to hand over Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou, whose arrest 13 months ago on fraud charges plunged Canada-China [...] » More
EU-China investment agreement negotiations enter ‘critical stage’ EU ambassador
Negotiations on an investment agreement between the European Union and China are progressing and have entered a “critical stage” after six years of talks, a [...] » More
China to curb farming near rivers in push to reverse water pollution official
China will impose more curbs on agriculture and widen restrictions on industrial development in the next five years in a bid to protect scarce, already contaminated water [...] » More
China tells US to respect its territorial integrity after USS Shiloh sails through Taiwan Strait
China said it closely followed and monitored a US Navy warship sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, calling on the US to respect China’s territorial integrity. [...] » More
Exclusive: Volkswagen to buy 20pct of Chinese battery maker Guoxuan amid electric push sources
Volkswagen AG is set to take a 20 percent stake in Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Guoxuan High-tech Co Ltd, two sources told Reuters, as the German firm accelerates [...] » More
Chinese president heads to Burma for crucial state visit
China’s President Xi Jinping was heading to Myanmar on Friday for a state visit likely to deepen the countries’ already close bilateral relations at a critical [...] » More
Five things to know in the case of Huawei’s Meng
Hearings into whether a Huawei executive can be extradited to the United States will begin on January 20 in Vancouver, in a case with potential repercussions for ties between [...] » More
