News Source: Washington Post
| 15 days ago
As Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said in Washington last week: "If you do not hold your ground in the Pacific, you cannot be a world leader." But as the administration tries to put that into practice, officials are finding it easier...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| 15 days ago
When President Barack Obama arrives in Shanghai for a four-day China visit, he will be accorded all the normal pomp and circumstance: He'll mingle with top leaders and ordinary people, local media will be filled with stories, and speeches will be...
News Source: Reuters
| 15 days ago
The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday. President Barack Obama leaves on Wednesday on a trip to Japan, Singapore,...
News Source: Reuters
| 15 days ago
President Barack Obama will seek to reinforce the U.S. desire for more balanced global growth during his trip to Asia this month, administration officials said on Friday. Obama leaves on Wednesday for a trip to Japan, Singapore, China and South...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 16 days ago
The United States is open to sending an envoy to Pyongyang if North Korea shows it is serious about giving up nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama's top Asia adviser said Friday. North Korea has stepped up pressure on the United States to agree to...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 16 days ago
In a shift in policy towards North Korea, the US has agreed to hold two bilateral meetings with North Korea as a carrot to bring the nation back to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, a Seoul academic and long-time observer of North Korea has told...