Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara, one of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s closest confidants, has been avoiding reporters for a month despite being a deputy government spokesman, Jiji Press reported on Tuesday. According to the report, Kihara, who was appointed when Kishida’s cabinet was formed in October 2021, has consistently responded to interviews since then,
The United States has announced its first-ever “Taiwan military assistance package” worth $440 billion under the president’s budget authority, which can be invoked without congressional approval in times of emergency, and China is pushing back. “We firmly oppose the United States providing arms to Taiwan, and this position is clear and consistent,” said Chen Binhua,
Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited the Western Front, which covers the Xinjiang Weihu autonomous region, Xichang autonomous region, and the Indian border, and emphasized the need for combat readiness. According to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency on Tuesday, Xi inspected air force institutions in the Western Front on the morning of Aug. 26 local
Amid rising military tensions between Ukraine and Russia around the Black Sea, Ukraine has shown off its homegrown maritime drone to Western media for the first time. The US-based CNN was the first to report that the maritime drone was being tested on a “secret lake” without disclosing its exact location. The maritime drone was
CAMPBELLTOWN Australia By Lee Ji-jin Reporter = “Finish, finish!”That’s what coach Colleen Bell said to her strikers, who are the “future” of the South Korean women’s soccer team, at the training center on Wednesday.The team, led by Bell, practiced for about an hour at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales,
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) — English Premier League (EPL) “monster goalie” Elling Holland, 22, of Manchester City, who played a preseason match in South Korea, was applauded for giving it his all in front of local fans, making no secret of his desire to score during his 55 minutes on the pitch.Manchester City lost 1-2
SEOUL, South Korea (Yonhap) — China won 20 gold medals to take the overall title at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships .In the most popular event, Australia won the most gold medals with 13.The United States won seven gold medals, tied for the most ever at a World Aquatics Championships.China swept 12 of the 13
U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a summit next month at the U.S. presidential villa Camp David, the White House has officially announced. In a statement, the White House characterized the summit as a reaffirmation of a steadfast alliance and strong friendship, and said
An explosion follows, filling the sky with thick smoke. Soon after, a roar and a pillar of fire rises. The wildfire that’s been spreading in Greece has reached the air force ammunition depot. [Georgie/Resident: “The situation is very bad since the morning. The fire is burning again and again, and it’s spreading around the houses.
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi was released from prison on Thursday and moved to a house in the capital Naypyidaw, according to people close to her. Suu Kyi, who was sentenced by a military tribunal to a total of 33 years in prison on charges including “election fraud,” had been kept in strict