The number of applicants to take the state-run Korean language proficiency test for non-native Korean speakers and ethnic Koreans has reached a record high amid foreigners' growing interest in Korean pop culture, the education ministry said Monday.
The "Shanghai Five," a mechanism that has successfully settled disputes and maintained the tranquility of border areas among participating nations, serves as a model for similar issues, experts said Wednesday.
Russia has no urgent need to return to the Group of Seven (G7) as it has now become a club of U.S. friends, a Russian lawmaker said Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia-China ties are at an all-time high, and that their relationship is consistently deepened for the benefit of both countries and peoples.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the statement from the Presidency of the G20, China, which affirms full support for the signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Migration and terrorism were the hot topics of discussion at the 18th Franco-German summit in Metz, France where French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met on Thursday to boost bilateral ties.
Drug trafficking will not stop being a problem for countries across Latin America, given the scale of production, trafficking and consumption in the region, warned Antonio Mazzitelli, regional representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Seven years after then newly inaugurated U.S. President Barack Obama raised the vision of a world without nuclear weapons in a high-profile speech in Prague, the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) mechanism he initiated is coming to an end in his last year in office.
Chinese President Xi Jinping joined dozens of world leaders in Washington for the Nuclear Security Summit, a multilateral event offering countries a platform for dialogue on matters of global significance.
As world leaders grapple with intensified nuclear security threats, they should not be distracted by the immediate urgency of safeguarding nuclear facilities and slack off in addressing the fundamental problem of terrorism.
Terrorism represents a universal threat, and the only way to put an end to it is through joint efforts of all countries, Russian experts said Wednesday.
The risk of debt crisis is threatening major emerging economies, according to a report by the Boao Forum for Asia released on Tuesday.
China will launch a program to train members of parliament of some Asian and African countries so as to improve the capacity of parliament in the developing countries, a senior Chinese official said here on Monday.
The European Union urged its member states to quickly deliver on their refugee relocation and resettlement commitments ahead of a two-day summit here discussing the refugee crisis.
A Southwest China hydropower station has increased water discharges to up to 2,190 cubic meters per second on a trans-boundary river, in order to provide emergency water supply to Vietnam and other countries in the drought-afflicted Southeast Asian region, Chen Lei, Minister of Water Resources said on Wednesday.
Since taking office in late 2012, the current leadership of China has proposed a series of new initiatives and programs on global governance, winning extensive appreciation by international scholars and experts.
The Belt and Road Initiative offers win-win opportunities for Central Asian countries and promotes regional cooperation, Kyrgyz experts have said here.
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