China Alone Abides by Commitments to World’s Poorest

By Raul de Sagastizabal The WTO member countries are moving towards the Eighth Ministerial Conference in Doha next December, again with no concrete results, even on issues relating to least-developed Countries (LDCs), recognized by the member countries’...

The Scramble for Europe

By Raúl de Sagastizabal The impact of Chinese purchases and investments in Europe The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a think-tank founded in 2007, has published a report titled “The Scramble for Europe” on China’s “game-changing”...

South Korea Promises “1000 Times Bigger” Revenge

As South Koreans mourned the death of two marines killed in clashes with North Korea earlier this week the Marine Corps. commander Yoo Nak-jun said “We will pay back North Korea 100 times, 1,000 times for atrociously killing and wounding our soldiers,...

India Gives its Nuclear Capable Missile a Run for its Money

India has successfully test-fired a version of its nuclear-capable Agni-1 missile Thursday. The missile has a range of 750 km and can be fired from mobile launchers. The test fire came amid an announcement of reinforcement of 36,000-troop along its borders...

India Deploys 36,000 Troops to Chinese Border

India is stepping up efforts to fortify its borders with a deployment of two new army divisions of 36,000 men to the north-easter border with China. According to BBC News 23 November, part of the troops will be based in the area of Arunachal Pradesh in...

North Korea Attacks South Korea – Brink of War?

Yonhap News agency reported Tuesday that North Korea had fired artillery shells at Yeonpyeong, a South Korean island. Media reports suggest that as many as 70 houses were on fire after the shelling. The attacks from North Korea prompted a South Korean...

Hundreds Dead in Cambodia Stampede

At least 300 people have been killed in a stampede that occurred during a festival near Cambodia’s royal palace in Phnom Penh according to Cambodia’s minister of information, Khieu Kanharith. 4 million people are said to have attended the...

North Korea Promises “Physical Response” to US moves

North Korea has promised a “physical response” to American moves taken following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. The sinking of the warship has been blamed on North Korea by both South Korea and the United States. The comments...

More than 158 feared killed as Air India plane crashes in southern India

Around 160 people were feared killed when an Air India Express airplane carrying 160 passengers and 6 crew members went out of control and over-ran the runway as it was about to land in Mangalore, in southern India. According to sources, eight passengers...

Agent Orange Continues to Devastate Viet Nam

In 1975, after a 30 years struggle against a range of foreign forces, the victorious National Liberation Front of Vietnam forces entered Saigon, the capital of the South. For the first time, since its occupation by France in the late 19th century, Việt...