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NZ won’t impose entry restrictions on travellers from China

New Zealand will not require travellers from China to be tested for Covid-19, the Government has announced

Newsroom.co.nz

South Korea's Yoon warns of ending military pact after North drone intrusion

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military pact if the North violates its airspace again, his office said, amid tension over a recent intrusion by North Korean drones.

Reuters

Biden to host Japan's Kishida for talks on NKorea, economy

President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security consultations

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UN Security Council welcomes new members; 2 are first-timers

Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland are getting a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council

The Independent UK

'We're not enemies,' PM says

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has insisted he and the leader of the ruling Palang Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), Prawit Wongsuwon, are not political enemies.

Bangkok Post

U.S. and South Korea coordinating potential responses to North Korea provocation -White House

The U.S. and South Korea are planning for a coordinated response to a range of scenarios, including nuclear use by North Korea, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Can China cope? From zero to no Covid restrictions

Why did China suddenly go from draconian Covid restrictions to an "anything goes" approach? The nation where the coronavirus originated kept a lid on it for three years and an easing was expected after the October Communist Party congress. But to go from Covid protests in November to suddenly opening…

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Ecuador reaches trade deal with China, aims to increase exports, Lasso says

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso said on Tuesday the country has sealed a free trade deal with China, an agreement expected to increase exports and boost growth in the South American country's industrial sector.

Reuters

China vows to hit back at nations imposing COVID travel curbs

China said it would hit back at nations that placed COVID-19 restrictions on its travelers for “political goals,” showing the coronavirus remains a politically sensitive subject in Beijing even as it lets the virus run rampant.

Tribune News Service

Will tensions between North and South Korea get even worse?

South Korea called for joint nuclear exercises with the US on Monday, following another round of North Korean ballistic missile tests that capped a record-breaking 2022. Will tensions between the two Koreas escalate to the breaking point in 2023?

France 24

U.S.-China-Taiwan tensions aren't going away any time soon

The Chinese government's territorial claims over Taiwan is a major geopolitical flashpoint.

Axios

UK, Mauritius open talks on sovereignty of disputed Chagos Archipelago

Britain and Mauritius have begun talks aimed at ending a decades-old spat over the legal status of the Chagos Islands, whose population was forcibly cleared in the late 1960s to allow the building of a joint UK-US military installation.

Radio France Internationale

New Government In Nepal And Partnership With India: Legacy And Opportunities

India and Nepal share strong religious, cultural, socio-economic and political ties that go back centuries. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Regional Trade Pact RCEP Takes Effect for Indonesia

With the Southeast Asian country on board, the trade deal has entered into force for 14 of the 15 participating countries

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China calls Covid curbs on travellers 'unacceptable', threatens retaliation

China has described the extension of international restrictions on travellers from its territory as "unacceptable" as countries including France, Japan, India and the United States impose Covid controls on visitors from the world's most populous nation.

Dynamite News

Infrastructure Development In Border Areas A Game Changer For Region, Says Rajnath Singh

"In plains, the government is constructing smart roads but in many border areas roads are scarce. Many areas even don't have basic tracks. Read on for details:

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Yoon open to early resolution of wartime workers issue

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in an interview published Monday expressed his willingness to seek an early resolution with Japan of the issue of former wartime requisitioned workers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Threatens Response to ‘Unacceptable’ Virus Measures

Beijing blasted testing requirements on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing…

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Evening Standard

Travellers from China who test positive for Covid will not have to isolate in UK, says minister

Airlines will be required to check that passengers from China have a negative Covid test before departure from Thursday

The Independent UK

Beijing threatens to respond against virus measures

Beijing is blasting testing requirements on passengers from China and threatening countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Korea: Talks with US on Management of Nukes Underway

South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises. The purported difference came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…

The Times of India

Monster makes fun of creator: Taliban leader shames Pakistan, shares 1971 surrender picture

NEW DELHI: Pakistan tasted their own medicine when an Afghan Taliban member shamed them for surrendering to India in the 1971 war that led to the creation of a new nation, Bangladesh from erstwhile East Pakistan.

Reuters

Philippines' Marcos heads to Beijing, talks with Xi to include South China Sea

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will fly to Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day visit, during which he is expected to discuss, among other things, Beijing's activities in the disputed South China Sea that Manila describes as illegal.

The Independent UK

Philippines' Marcos Jr. heads to China amid sea disputes

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is heading to China for an official visit including a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

South Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway

South Korea has reconfirmed that Seoul and Washington are discussing discussing South Korea being involved in U.S. nuclear asset management to cope with intensifying North Korean nuclear threats

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