Asia

South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung pledges to ‘unite’ country

Lee enters office at a time when the country is grappling with deep divisions Just hours after triumphing in the South Korean presidency, Lee Jae-myung pledged to “unite the humans” in his inauguration speech on Wednesday.Lee takes office at a time when the state is still suffering from deep divisions that have been exacerbated by

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India worried about Chinese ‘dumping’ as trade tensions with Trump escalate

Cheaper Chinese imports have slowed down demand for viscose yarn made in India Thirunavkarsu’s spinning mill, which is located inside the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India, has noticeably bogged down. The viscose yarn – a famous cloth that goes into making woven garments – he produces, now sits in storage, as orders from

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Talks or no talks: who blinks first in US-China trade war?

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are both trying to save face amid the spiralling trade war. On Friday morning, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Trade announced that Beijing was assessing the opportunity of tariff negotiations with America.It became information that the rest of the world was ready to hear, as astonishingly excessive price lists,

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China carries out live-fire exercises in drill encircling Taiwan – military

Taiwan Navy ships patrol Keelung harbour as China stages military drills in the Taiwan Strait China’s military said on Wednesday that it achieved a stay-at-home exercise in the Taiwan Strait to reenact attacks on critical ports and energy facilities. The escalation of China’s military drills around Taiwan, the democratic island Beijing claims as its territory,

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