On July 9, 2018, during the visit of Kuwait Emir Sabah’s visit to China, under the witness of the heads of state of China and Kuwait, Fu Ziying, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Commerce of China, and HE Khaled Nasser Abdullah Al-Roudan, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait In Beijing, signed a Memorandum […]
Visiting Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O’Neill said Monday that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting, which will be held in Papua New Guinea in November, provides an enormous opportunity for many economies in the region. O’Neill, who arrived here Sunday for a two-day visit to Fiji since being elected as […]
A passenger plane from China’s Taiwan made an emergency landing Sunday at an airport in central Japan. The China Airlines plane from Taipei was scheduled to land at Toyama Airport around noon, but failed to do so due to unstable air currents, according to Japan’s Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry. The pilot, after trying […]
Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un on Saturday guided a rocket firing drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), one day ahead of the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, the official KCNA news agency reported. Kim examined the […]
China will conduct a military exercise off its southeast coast starting July 29, the Ministry of National Defense announced on Sunday. The manoeuvre with troops is part of the Chinese army’s routine training, the ministry said in a statement.
Taiwan’s export orders surged 10.6 percent year on year in June to US$38.82 billion, buoyed by steadily warming global demand and a lower comparison base from last year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs July 21. “June marked the fifth consecutive month of growth and the largest percentage gain since December 2012,” said Lin […]
Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) grew 4.8 percent year on year to 220.69 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday. Investment between China and ASEAN hit 120 billion U.S. dollars at the end of June this year, […]
The Philippine Population Commission (POPCOM) expects the country’s population to officially reach 100 million on July 27. In an information released by the POPCOM-Western Visayas on Tuesday, the office said that the 100th million Filipino is anticipated to be born in the said date from either of the six provinces under the Western Visayas region […]
ASEAN Member States have strongly condemned the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine in a statement issued to the press on Sunday. In a statement on the tragic incident, ASEAN foreign ministers expressed shock at the tragic deaths of the 298 people of multiple nationalities on board the airline and called for […]
Chinese Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd opened a flagship store in Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers oil in the city center (KLCC) Wednesday. It is a symbol of improvement of Huawei products in the Malaysian market. This is Huawei’s third flagship store in Malaysia and also the first Chinese store in KLCC, landmark of the city. China […]