Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said the country would uphold the ideology of late leader Kim Jong Il in its drive to achieve new victories, the official newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Thursday. He made the remarks at a meeting with leading officials of the Central Committee […]
North Koreans and the world, for the first time, heard the country’s new, young leader, Kim Jong Un, speak in public Sunday. He addressed the crowd in central Pyongyang gathered for a military parade marking the 100th birth anniversary of the country’s founder and “eternal president” Kim Il Sung. Tanks trailed goose-stepping soldiers, some bedecked […]
As Comrade Bo Xilai is suspected of being involved in serious discipline violations, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has decided to suspend his membership of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee, in line with the CPC Constitution and the rules on investigation of CPC discipline […]
Dr. Lim Hong Hin took his oath of office as the new Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) for the period of 2012 to 2015 at the ASEAN Secretariat on Tuesday, a press statement from the organization said here. The oath-taking ceremony was witnessed by the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan and […]
Wen said that the country’s leading banks are “too easy” to generate profits. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao urged to “destroy” the monopoly of the four leading banks in China. He added that the profit goes to the banks too easy. “With regard to financial cost, let me be frank: our banks get profit too easy. […]
Chinese President Hu Jintao left Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, for home Monday, after a state visit to the southeast Asian nation. During the visit, Hu met Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly President Heng Samrin and Prime Minister Hun Sen. Hu and Cambodian leaders discussed further development of the comprehensive […]
The head of the Catholic Church met President Raul Castro yesterday in Havana. In Santiago, he called on Christians to build an “open and renewed society.” On the second day of his trip to Cuba, the Pope was received by President Raul Castro, giving the visit of the head of the Catholic Church a much […]
Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday called on BRICS members to seek ways to promote the grouping’s cooperation to a new level, saying cooperation among them now “stands at a new starting point.” Speaking at the plenary session of the fourth summit of BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the Chinese leader […]
Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Xu Caihou has urged troops to consolidate political ideology and improve awareness of guarding national unity and stability during an inspection of forces based in Xinjiang region. According to an official statement Xinhua received Wednesday, Xu said in his undated tour that all levels of the troops should […]
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has urged greater efforts in revitalizing old industrial bases in northeast China. He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remark during a two-day tour concluding Sunday in Changchun, the provincial capital of Jilin. […]