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Ruling parties seek to reinforce national defense

The ruling parties' working team on national security has agreed to highlight policies to strengthen the national defense system in light of threats such as North Korea's successive ballistic missile launches.

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Saudi Crown Prince Meets with South Korean President

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Thursday with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the presidential headquarters in Seoul. In a statement, the Crown Prince expressed the Kingdom’s desire to continue to consolidate ties with South Korea. “We seek to intensify joint action to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

S. Korea's leader discusses megaprojects with Saudi prince

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hopes for greater cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including on its $500 billion futuristic desert city project

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Analysis: Have China and India shifted stance on Russia war?

China and India, after months of refusing to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, did not stand in the way of the release of a statement by the world’s leading economies that harshly criticized Moscow

The Independent UK

After exchange, China calls Canada's manner 'condescending'

A Chinese spokesperson has accused Canada of acting in a “condescending manner” following a testy exchange between President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that underscores the depths to which the bilateral relationship has fallen

The Independent UK

Former UK ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman to be released from prison - reports

Myanmar’s military is to release almost 6,000 prisoners including a former UK ambassador and an Australian adviser to the country’s ousted civilian leader, according to local reports.

Evening Standard

Grattan on Friday: A lot may be changing in China-Australia relations, but a lot is staying the same

In retrospect, there were various signposts pointing to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ice-breaking meeting with Anthony Albanese in Bali on Tuesday.

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China's Xi says Asia-Pacific should not become an arena for big power contest - state media

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Asia-Pacific is no one's backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest and no attempt to wage a new cold war will ever be allowed by the people or by our times, state media reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Analysis-Unmasked and in charge, China's Xi puts personal diplomacy back in play

President Xi Jinping, conspicuously absent from the main stage of diplomacy during China's COVID isolation, has been mostly smiles and handshakes on his return this week with a flurry of meetings that Beijing hopes will begin to mend frayed relations.

Reuters

Relief as Australian Sean Turnell to be released from prison in Myanmar, but more needs to be done

In one of the few positive developments to come out of Myanmar in recent times, the military junta announced on Thursday it would be releasing almost 6,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark Myanmar’s National Day.

The Conversation

China to adopt consensus reached in talks with United States, ministry says

China will adopt key consensus measures decided in talks between President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, the Asian nation's commerce ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

China says Xi was not criticising Trudeau during candid exchange at G20

China's foreign ministry on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping was not criticising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Xi was seen confronting him at the G20 summit over alleged leaks from an informal meeting they had held on Tuesday.

Reuters

Emmanuel Macron accuses Scott Morrison of provoking 'nuclear confrontation' with China

The French president has accused former prime minister Scott Morrison of provoking "nuclear confrontation" with China as result of his decision to tear up a $90bn submarine contract with France.

ABC News

North Korea fires missile after warning U.S. of "fiercer" military action

The warning was in response to President Biden's meeting with leaders of South Korea and Japan last week.

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The Independent UK

Myanmar releases 6,000 prisoners in mass amnesty, including British, Australian and Japanese citizens

Foreign prisoners will be deported following release

France 24

North Korea fires ballistic missile after threatening 'fiercer' response to US, allies

North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Thursday, hours after the North threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.

Al Jazeera

World leaders arrive for APEC under shadow of Ukraine war

China’s Xi Jinping, Japan’s Fumio Kishida and France’s Emmanuel Macron among leaders attending economic forum.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Begins Asia Tour in South Korea

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz has held talks with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Seoul.

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Explainer: Who Pakistan picks as army chief matters far beyond its borders

Pakistan's nuclear armed military is set to get a new supremo later this month when General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure as Chief of Army Staff comes to an end.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Missile, Vows 'Fiercer' Response to US

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Thursday as it warned of "fiercer military responses" to the US, saying Washington is taking a "gamble it will regret.” North Korea has conducted a record number of such tests this year, and also fired hundreds of artillery shells into the sea…

Wales Online

Former British envoy among foreign prisoners released in Myanmar

Australian academic and Japanese filmmaker also set free as part of an amnesty

Reuters

New Zealand's Ardern set to meet China's President Xi

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expects to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday on the sidelines of the meeting of the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC, a New Zealand government spokesperson said on Thursday.

Reuters

Asia must not become arena for 'big power contest', says China's Xi

The Asia-Pacific is no one's backyard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry, China's President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, warning against Cold War tensions in a region that is a flashpoint of competition between Beijing and Washington.

Wales Online

North Korea 'fires ballistic missile towards South Korea's waters'

North foreign minister Choe Son Hue warns tensions on the Korean Peninsula are 'more unpredictable'

Tribune News Service

China’s Xi set for Japan summit as mends ties with US allies

TOKYO — Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to hold his first in-person meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday, the latest in a series of summits that appeared aimed at calming tensions with U.S. allies.

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