by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2018 President Tsai Ing-wen on Oct. 10 said her government will boost defense spending and vowed that Taiwan will not “submit or yield” to China’s ongoing pressure to assert sovereignty over the self-ruled island. “At this time, China’s intimidation and diplomatic pressure not only hurts relations between both sides, but […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2018 The Chinese government on Oct. 7 confirmed that Interpol President Meng Hongwei had been arrested in China on charges of bribery and corruption. Authorities in Beijing also said that Meng, a Chinese national, had resigned from his position at Interpol. According to a report by Geostrategy-Direct.com, Meng had left […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2018 North Korea is sitting on mineral resources that are worth 15 times more than the value of South Korea’s, the South’s state-run Korea Resources Corporation (KRC) reported on Oct. 11. Pyongyang has signed 40 investment agreements with foreign companies in regard to its minerals – 90 percent of them […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2018 During his trip to the Vatican on Oct. 17-18, South Korean President Moon Jae-In will deliver an invitation to Pope Francis from Kim Jong-Un to visit North Korea. In an Oct. 9 briefing, South Korean presidential spokesman Kim Eui-Kyeom said Kim Jong-Un’s invitation would be delivered to the Pope […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 7, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has agreed to hold a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump “as early as possible,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Oct. 7 after meeting with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang. Pompeo is scheduled to visit Beijing on Oct. 8, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2018 Stunned by a U.S. president who has confronted it, China has unleashed a far-reaching effort to meddle in American elections, Vice President Mike Pence said on Oct. 4. “China has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence American public opinion, the 2018 elections, and the environment leading into the 2020 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2018 The United States has sanctioned a Turkish company which attempted to sell weapons and luxury goods to North Korea, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Oct. 4. Sanctions were imposed on SIA Falcon International Group along with its CEO and general manager and a North Korean diplomat for breaching […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2018 A Google executive confirmed to a congressional committee on Sept. 26 that the tech giant is developing a “search product” for China. Chief Privacy Officer Keith Enright confirmed the existence of the Dragonfly search engine, but denied knowledge of what the project entailed during testimony before the Senate Commerce, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― The road to peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula is so full of potholes and pitfalls, twists and turns, that it’s impossible to imagine where and how the process will end. Take President Donald Trump’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly a year after he was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 26, 2018 A former Australian ambassador at the forefront of the Trump campaign investigation and ex-CIA chief John Brennan have sidestepped questions on whether U.S. intelligence agencies spied on the Trump campaign in 2016. Australian Ambassador Alexander Downer was evasive during a recent BBC interview regarding suggestions made by Trump campaign […]
