Koreans Remember America’s Sacrifice and Cost of Freedom at New York Korean War Memorial
Under a blazing summer sun, 90-year-old Gen. Lee Jin-sam, former chief of staff of the Republic of Korea army, attended an hours-long ceremony after...
South Korea Hikes Interest Rates for First Time Since 2023
South Korea raised its interest rate for the first time in more than three years on July 16, in a bid to combat inflation...
House China Committee Presses for Rule Barring Federal Research Ties to Blacklisted Entities
The federal government has no single rule barring recipients of taxpayer-funded research from working with entities on U.S. national security blacklists, despite investigations involving...
Death Toll in Thai Pub Fire Rises to 32, Officials Say, With Dozens Still in Hospital
BANGKOK, July 15—The death toll from an explosive fire at a Bangkok live music pub has risen to 32 after two people died from...
Dutch Report Warns China Is Building Leverage Over Europe’s Chip Chokepoint
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) warned in a July report that China is building overlapping forms of leverage around the Netherlands’ critical...
China Reported 79,000 COVID-19 Cases in June, Causing Public Concern
China has seen a spike in COVID-19 infections this summer, as health authorities reported 79,000 new confirmed cases in June. Experts who spoke with...
Lonsdale Warns US Patent Disclosures Give China a Technology Opening
Technology investor Joe Lonsdale said actors in China are reviewing patent applications filed by U.S. artificial intelligence and life science startups to extract technical...
China Detains American Citizen on Spying Charges
China has detained a U.S. researcher for nearly two years on spying allegations, his family and supporters revealed on July 14. Chen Youlin, a...
Chinese National Faces Deportation After Serving Sentence in Illegal Massage Parlor Case
A Chinese national will be deported to China after serving her sentence, following federal authorities’ accusations that she and three others operated a sex...