US President Donald Trump announced plans Monday to end preferential trade treatment for India, accusing the South Asian nation of not providing fair market access for American companies. Under the p ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
... China and South Korea, which had acted as intermediaries, and possibly to Japan as well. On March 1, American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed China that Washington planned to stay in touch wit ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-04
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured the Philippines on Friday it would come to its defense if it came under attack in the South China Sea, reaffirming a defense code that Manila’s security chief ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
... eaders of South Korea and Japan on his way back from Hanoi and told them that the United States would continue to work with them and talk to North Korea, Sanders said. Reporting on the summit, North K ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
... lure sent South Korea’s currency lower and knocked regional stock markets. South Korea’s Kospi index closed 1.8 percent lower, marking the biggest one-day percentage loss since October 2018. Denuclear ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-28
... Kam Tsin South Road in Kwu Tung. Three men, aged 33 to 42, were arrested in the police operation, which saw police seize 140 kilograms of cocaine in the vehicle. The officers then raided some premise ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-27
... surpassed South Korea's LG Electronics to become the world's largest supplier of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs and monitor panels, according to market research company Sigmaintell Consulting. It sh ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-27
... North and South Korea have been technically still at war since their 1950-53 conflict, with the Americans backing the South, ended in a truce, not a treaty. The Singapore meeting – the first between ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-27
... na on its South China Sea claims in a case brought by the Philippines, China refused to abide by that decision and insisted that the Philippines engage in bilateral negotiations with China. Where Fore ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-26
... 730 GMT), South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. That would have him arriving in Vietnam early on Tuesday. Speaking in Washington on Sunday, Trump said he believed he saw eye-to-eye with Kim and t ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-26
... egated US South in the 1960s. The Academy Awards ceremony was held without a host for the first time since 1989 and instead was filled with powerhouse music performances. They included an emotional du ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
... stration, South Korea just agreed to increase its contributions to US forces in Korea by 8.2 percent, to US$923 million, in 2019. Similarly, Trump has repeatedly disparaged fellow NATO members for ins ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
... active in South America. Among the occupants of the hotel at that time were 41 people from Hong Kong, members of two tour groups whose trips had been organized by Hong Kong travel agencies -- Jetour a ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-22
... Japan and South Korea once the restrictions imposed by the INF Treaty are lifted. Second, Washington can use the ongoing Sino-US trade war as a leverage to force Beijing into accepting multilateralism ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-22
... es in the South China Sea. But still, Hanoi cannot afford to antagonize Beijing. In Vietnam’s grand strategic blueprint for the next 10 years, the degree to which the country can facilitate integratio ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-19
... om Japan, South Korea and the Philippines were up 44, 34 and 12 percent, respectively, in number compared to the previous year. The resort’s managing director, Stephanie Young, said the company will a ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-19
... when the South Lantau Road opened, there was considerable public concern that the narrow and curvy road might not be suitable for motorists who are not indigenous to the area. To address such concern ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-18
As part of an exchange program in South Korea held in October last year, I had a chance to visit the Songdo International Business District, a smart city on a reclaimed island near the Incheon Interna ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-18
... herlands, South Korea, Spain and Britain, with more markets following later this year, the Switzerland-based food group was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Patrice Bula, executive vice president and h ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-14
