Report: North Korean diplomats smuggling luxury goods through Mongolia

SEOUL, March 4 (UPI) -- North Korean diplomats in charge of smuggling sanctioned goods into the country are using a route to Mong…

Air Pollution: China and India Ranked Among World’s Worst In Air Quality

Air Pollution is all at all time high on the Asian Continent. China has reached record-breaking levels of air pollution that the …

Investment Forum Helps Raise Central Asia as Bridge Between China, Europe

ISTANBUL – The One Belt, One Road initiative to rejuvenate the old Silk Road, and efforts to convert the former Soviet republics …

Almost One Million People Receive Kazakhstan Citizenship since 1992

ASTANA – A total of 963,540 people received Kazakhstan citizenship from 1992-2015, with the vast majority (858,661) being ethnic …

Drone fires missiles at Inner Mongolia SCO anti-terror drill

China's military drones participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terror drills in Inner Mongolia for …

Kyrgyz government examines Mongolia’s experience on collection of biometric data

Kyrgyz government examines Mongolia's experience on collection of biometric data, the Information Support Department of the K…

East Asia Regional Delegation Annual Report 2013 (MAA54001)

Period covered: January to December 2013 Overview East Asia Regional Delegation The IFRC’s East Asia regional delegation (EARD)…

Why ASEAN Is Mongolia’s Best Chance For A Prosperous Future

Despite its great potential, the Mongolian economy has not developed as well as expected – a trend that can be reversed with soun…

‘Crossing’: Desperate flight of North Koreans

I tell you this story in hopes that you will tell people around you and it will snowball,” North Korean defector Kim Eunju said a…

2014 FAI Young Artists Contest winners revealed

Youngsters from China, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Turkey, Ukraine and USA are among the winners of the 2014 FAI Young Artists Contes…

Mongolia intends to become ASEAN's dialogue partner, EAS member

PHNOM PENH, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Visiting deputy foreign minister of Mongolia Damba Gankhuyag said Friday that Mongolia has a purpo…

Korean Air to link Seoul with Irkutsk in Siberia

Korean Air has said that it will resume its service between Incheon International Airport, Seoul and Irkutsk, one of the largest …

Abe steps up his salesmanship on foreign odyssey

Shinzo Abe ’s harshest detractors call him a jingoist and a xenophobe, but if the Japanese prime minister dislikes foreigners you…

Yokota’s parents brief U.S. envoy

The parents of Megumi Yokota, a symbol of the abduction issue involving Japanese snatched by North Korea, said Saturday they have…

DPRK urges cooperation in rescuing crewmen of sunken cargo ship

PYONGYANG, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) had urged concerning parties to rescue its…

Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan

YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan (AP) — Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, Defense Secre…

China stands to benefit as Russia clashes with West over Ukraine

Whenever Russia and Western powers face off, China stands to gain geopolitical leverage. This maxim has played out once again am…

Book Extract / The Great Game and its impact on the NE

This is an extract from another chapter of the book I am currently writing as a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study,…

US to skip China fleet review after Beijing snubs Tokyo

HONOLULU — The United States is scrapping plans for a navy ship to join a fleet review in China after its key ally, Japan, was no…

ADB preparing report on transport constraints

LAHORE: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), while underlining the need for a transport facilitation strategy, has said that it will…