‘Today, humanity once again faces the choice between peace and war,’ Xi Jinping warned during an event commemorating Japan’s surrender in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the end of World War II
It is the first time in history Pyongyang has held a ceremony to honor military personnel fighting beyond its borders
Beijing has hosted an international competition where companies and universities test the autonomy of their androids and fine-tune their capabilities
Experts associate the rise of the ultra-nationalist Sanseito party with a crisis of confidence after decades of economic stagnation
Satoshi Tanaka, who was a year old when the US dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city on August 6, 1945, fears that memories of the disaster will fade as those that experienced it pass away
Despite its proximity to the epicenter, the Asian country successfully sent evacuation orders and warnings to alert citizens about a potential tsunami
The earthquake, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale and with its epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula, has placed nations including Japan, the United States, Mexico, and Chile on alert
Illegal activities incur costs of more than $19 trillion (more than China’s GDP), slow down growth and investments and accelerate inequality
The plane crashed into a residential area shortly after starting its climb. It was carrying 169 Indians, 53 Britons, one Canadian, and seven Portuguese nationals along with the crew, bound for London
Beijing maintains official silence on the bloody 1989 crackdown, while victims’ families and activists demand justice and the truth
Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds
At least 26 people have been killed in the air raid, according to Pakistani authorities, who have promised to retaliate
Under pressure from Washington and Beijing, the Asian country is trying to preserve its autonomy while navigating between its two most powerful partners
The deputies of the NPC, the highest organ of power in the Chinese state, were evasive about the American president in their only annual meeting with the press
While the United States decides whether to ban the platform, China must manage the flood of Western users on its alternative, the Little Red Book where there’s fun to be had with cultural crossover
The Seoul government is resisting calls to answer whether the deadliest accident in the country’s history, which claimed 179 lives, was solely caused by a bird strike
Possible technological transfers from Moscow to Pyongyang are a concern fo Seoul and Tokyo, while Beijing juggles its interests to remain equidistant
After a three-decade career as a prosecutor, the president made the leap into politics in 2021 with a halo of fighting corruption; his popularity has plummeted, among other things, due to the scandals surrounding his wife
The opposition has demanded the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol after the political storm caused by his announcement of military control and civil restrictions
Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdoch, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortega, Juan Roig, Giorgio Armani and Bernard Arnault are facing one of the most critical moments for any family business: generational change. And in some cases, it is far from clear who will be their successor
China becomes the first nation capable of successfully landing a robotic module in that unexplored region, collecting dust and rocks, and transporting them back to our planet
The North Korean propaganda mastermind helped cement the political legitimacy of the Kim family dynasty from the Cold War era to the present day
The U.S. secretary of state ended his trip with a meeting with the Chinese president, who said the two countries should be ‘partners rather than rivals’
On his trip to Beijing, the U.S. secretary of state will try to consolidate America’s fragile understanding with the Asian giant. Taiwan, trade, and the South China Sea are among the key topics to be discussed
The coastal hub is being showcased by Beijing, in an attempt to attract Taiwanese residents and companies. The goal is to increase cooperation with the democratically self-governed island
Preliminary counts showed Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto — who is accused of committing serious human rights violations in the 1990s — in the lead
The sultan has a personal fortune of more than $750 million and family assets that exceed $5.3 billion. He owns a collection of 300 high-end cars, a cave inspired by ‘The Flintstones’ in his palace, and 60,000 Marvel comics
