Stock market today: Asian stocks gain after Wall Street opens 2025 with modest losses
Asian markets rose on Friday after U.S. stock indexes slipped as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025. U.S.
Business Recorder18d
Bank of Korea flags downside risk to economic growth after martial law
SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank governor said on Wednesday there was downside risk to its forecasts for economic growth in 2024 and 2025, after impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short ...
Forex Factory18d
Bank of Korea flags downside risk to economic growth after martial law
South Korea’s central bank governor said on Wednesday there was downside risk to its forecasts for economic growth in 2024 and 2025, after impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law ...
ABC News18d
China has expanded its nuclear force and strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon says
A Pentagon report says China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has strengthened its ties with Russia over the past year WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON ...
NDTV18d
Why China Has Increased Visa-Free Travel For US Citizens, Others From West
China has announced an expansion of its visa-free transit policy China, the world's second biggest economy, has been struggling to emerge from three years of pandemic isolation. On Tuesday it ...
Foreign Affairs18d
The Strange Success of North Korea
Save Sign in and save to read later In 2017, the highly militarized regime of Kim Jong Un of North Korea found itself confronting a rare coalition of China, Russia, and the United States. In response ...
UPI19d
How China-North Korea relations frayed in 2024, and what it means for Trump's Korea policy
17 (UPI) --On New Year's Day, Chinese president Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim ... Kim's refusal to embrace China's model of reform and opening, combined with his relentless pursuit ...
CNN19d
China extends visa-free transit policy to 10 days as part of efforts to lure more foreign tourists
China has tripled the amount of time visitors can spend in the country without a visa in yet another move to entice more foreign tourists. The Chinese State Administration of Immigration announced ...
YTN19d
Ukra "200 North Korean Combined Forces Killed"...U.S. Confirms First Casualties in North Korea
It has been claimed that a combined unit of North Korean and Russian forces was attacked by Ukraine, killing 200 people. In this regard, the U.S. government officially confirmed for the first time ...
Reuters19d
Judge's criticism of US Supreme Court's Alito over flags is deemed improper
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor in Springfield, Massachusetts, wrote in his May 24, 2024, essay that any judge with reasonable ethical instincts would have realized that flying a flag ...
The Economist19d
China’s economy is in for another rough year
EACH DECEMBER China’s rulers gather for their Central Economic Work Conference, where they review the past 12 months and preview the tasks they face in the year ahead. It is a useful exercise ...