WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — U.S. President Donald Trump will leave late Friday for his first trip to Asia of his second term, during which he will visit Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, and hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the…

Respected figure: Margaret Thatcher. Personal goal: To become Japan’s Iron Lady. It was only after two failed attempts that Sanae Takaichi finally achieved her long-held ambition. In a historic parliamentary vote on 21 October, the 64-year-old was elected Japan’s first…

North Korea showed off a new hypersonic glide vehicle and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) at a military parade late Friday, as it marked 80 years of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. The Hwasong-11Ma hypersonic weapon and the Hwasong-20 ICBM,…

BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war at a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in an…

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. (REUTERS) WASHINGTON/SEOUL–U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet North…

South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor’s martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ended former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s career: impeached and…

Mar 26, 2025 By Rafiq Dossani When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced the idea of a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) to the heads of state of Australia, India, and the United States at a side meeting of the ASEAN Regional…

May 5, 2025 By Derek Grossman This commentary was originally published by Foreign Policy on May 30, 2025. This could be the most volatile geopolitical moment in the Indo-Pacific since World War II. Extreme uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s policies is prompting U.S.…

Feb 17, 2025 By Anna M. Dowd and Stephen J. Flanagan In his 1948 Special Message to Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe, President Truman said: “We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay…

Dec 5, 2024 By Raphael S. Cohen This commentary was originally published by Foreign Policy on December 2, 2024. In November, two watershed moments changed the global geopolitical landscape. For the first time, North Korean troops showed up on the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war.…