Seoul, April 16 (IANS) South Korean airlines will impose the highest level of fuel surcharges on May flights as global oil prices surge amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, industry sources said on Thursday.Carriers set May surcharges based on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS), which averaged US$214.71 per barrel from March 16 to April 15, placing them in the top-tier Level 33 bracket, the sources said. MOPS serves as a benchmark for refined petroleum products in the Asia-Pacific regio…
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Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China’s rising concern over Japan’s strategic trajectory showcases a fear that Tokyo is transforming into “Israel of Asia”, a small but technologically advanced nation, backed by the US, prepared to deal with a larger authoritarian neighbour. This analogy showcases China’s concern that Japan could become a permanent, militarised outpost of the US in Asia similar to how Israel demonstrates American influence in West Asia, a report has stated. Israel’s role in West Asia ha…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) China’s announcement of 10 “incentive measures” for Taiwan may be an attempt to blur the lines between politics and business and the new arrangement cannot surpass the risk of sudden trade bans, a new report has said.The report from Taipei Times said the incentives covering sales of Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products, investments in China and resumption of travel to Taiwan comes with political prerequisites.”Such frameworks are not designed to facilitate…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The ongoing conflict in the Middle East could create strategic openings for China to expand its influence across Asia, particularly at a time when the United States is heavily “engaged in another theatre,’ according to a report.”The war in the Middle East… is also reshaping the strategic environment in ways that extend far beyond the region,” the report by Japan Forward said, adding that by tying down American attention and resources, the conflict is leaving other …
Seoul, April 11 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed the North places ‘top priority’ on further developing traditional ties with China during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media reported Saturday. Their meeting took place Friday, the last day of Wang’s two-day visit to Pyongyang, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). It marked his first trip to the North since 2019.The meeting came months after Kim held summit talks with Chinese President X…
Gandhinagar, April 10 (IANS) Gujarat has moved to deepen its collaboration with Taiwan in advanced manufacturing sectors, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up an India-Taiwan Industrial Park in the Sanand–Dholera region, officials said on Friday. The agreement, signed in Gandhinagar, brings together the state government’s Department of Science and Technology and Allegiance International Company Limited to develop the proposed industrial park, which will focus on bu…
Tokyo, April 10 (IANS) Japan has downgraded its description of China in its 2026 Diplomatic Bluebook released on Friday, showcasing strained ties between two nations triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks in November, local media reported. In the annual report submitted by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi at a Cabinet meeting, China is referred to as an “important neighbouring country” instead of “one of the most important bilateral relations” in the 2025 editio…
Taipei, April 9 (IANS) Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen has described China’s attempts to infiltrate Taiwan as ‘systematic, planned and targeted’, with strategy shifting from recruiting mid-level military officers to rank-and-file enlisted personnel, local media reported on Thursday. In his remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defence Committee on Wednesday, Tsai said that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using nationa…
Taipei, April 7 (IANS) China is prepared to intervene in Taiwan’s ‘nine-in-one’ local elections set to be held in November by launching attacks on the Taiwanese Government Service Network (GSN), local media reported on Tuesday citing a recent report released by the National Security Bureau. The report was submitted to the Legislative Yuan before the bureau’s scheduled briefing at the Foreign Affairs and National Defence Committee last week, Taiwan’s leading daily Taipei Times reported.Mentioni…
Tokyo, April 4 (IANS) The implementation of China’s ‘Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress’ could have broader regional implications, potentially extending the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ideological influence in the neighbouring countries and beyond, a report said on Saturday. Writing for ‘Japan Forward’, Tsewang Gylapo Arya, Representative of the Dalai Lama’s Liaison Office for Japan and East Asia, called on the international community to oppose the “pernicious and disdainful” law…