The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea was expected to be delayed as President Moon Jae-in ordered a legitimate environmental evaluation over the U.S. missile shield installation.
Less than two weeks after a truck plowed into revelers in the French city of Nice, killing 84 and injuring more than 300, and one week after an axe-wielding man injured five on a German train, Munich suffered another blow Friday as a gunman killed 10 in a downtown shopping center.
A Chinese diplomat on Friday urged members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to guard against certain countries which he said were attempting to hijack the regional bloc over the South China Sea issue.
The Istana Nurul Iman palace, the residence of Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, opens to the public from July 7 to July 9. The Sultan, along with other members of the royal family, will celebrate the annual Muslim festival of Hari Raya Aidil Fitri with Bruneians and foreigners at the palace, providing every visitor with free buffet and souvenirs. Thousands of people join the annual open house celebration at the palace every year.
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. This modern day relationship began with Pakistan to recognize one China. Among other landmark successful achievement was setting the initial diplomatic dialogue between China and the west followed by an all-out effort of Pakistani diplomatic missions for the inclusion of China in the UN Security Council as a permanent member.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a dream of Pakistan and a dream of China as well. It’s a mutual choice of both countries. The dream is now coming true, which is highly praised by Pakistan and revitalizes the spirit of its government and people trapped in the economic embarrassment to fight against the adversity.
“The CPEC will give an unprecedented boost to their bilateral trade,” said Nasir Ali Shah Bukhari, the Chairman of KASB Group of Companies and Senior Fellow of the Global Think Tank Network of the National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan, in an exclusive interview with the Asia Pacific Daily days before the Beijing Forum-Islamabad.
Cooperating with the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) of Pakistan, the Beijing Forum is to establish its first flagship overseas chapter during May 24 to May 26 in Islamabad.
Taiwan's new leader Tsai Ing-wen took office on Friday. Tsai, of the Democratic Progressive Party, won Taiwan's leadership election on Jan. 16.
DPRK, diplomatically isolated and squeezed by UN sanctions, has appointed as foreign minister its negotiator at failed international talks aimed at getting it to disarm, according to a DPRK diplomatic note to Britain.
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