PORT MORESBY, June 3 (Xinhua) — The sound relations between China and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will boost regional peace and development, visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Friday. Wang, who held talks here with Soroi Eoe, minister of foreign…
(RNZ Pacific) — Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi co-chaired the virtual China-Pacific Islands foreign ministers meeting with Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama in Suva on Monday, as he approached the halfway point in his marathon tour of the region. On the agenda was a region-wide…
TOKYO (NHK) — US President Joe Biden has expressed strong concern over China’s security accord with the Solomon Islands, and vowed deeper US involvement with Pacific island nations. Biden held a meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the White House on Tuesday.…
SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top no-frills airline Jeju Air Co. and other key industry players are on course to bounce back from a yearslong slump on the back of rising international travel demand, a local brokerage house said Friday. Jeju Air, Jin Air Co.,…
SEOUL (The Korea Times)— Jeju International Airport will resume international flights in June for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago. According to Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Friday, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approved the resumption of…
SEOUL (Korea Herald) — Starting next month, South Korea and Japan will resume flight services between Seoul’s Gimpo and Tokyo’s Haneda airports. Korea Airports Corp. said during its regular briefing Tuesday that it is currently discussing the exact date and immigration procedures with the Japanese…
TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun) — The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was launched Monday, with the pact positioned as an alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement as part of Washington’s efforts to counter China. Out of consideration for U.S. public opinion, IPEF stops short…
TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visiting U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed at a meeting Monday that their two nations will jointly stand in opposition to China and Russia, which are increasing their military activities in East Asia, and play a leading…
There is only one China in the world and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of it. So said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin in yesterday’s press conference. Earlier this week, United States President Joseph R. Biden was asked in a media conference on whether…
With Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese poised to become the next Australian prime minister, China has expressed its optimism in China-Australia relations. Foreign Ministry Wang Wenbin, fielding questions from the media yesterday, said, “China is ready to work with the new Labor government to take…
