In an effort to boost the 42-year old heir to the Gandhi–Nehru political dynasty’s helm, India’s ruling Congress Party created the post of Vice President of the party and nominated him to fill the seat, underscoring his position as the party’s number two under his mother Sonia Gandhi, the Congress Party president. Sonia is the wife […]
Read MoreA recent report by a United States Senate Republican committee speculates that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) could prevent any potential reunification of North Korea and South Korea in the event that the Kim family is thrown out of power or the government of the DPRK collapses. Of course, such a scenario is not entirely implausible […]
Read MoreCurrent CNPC holdings in Iraq include three fields in the south producing more than 1.4 million barrels of oil per day. The largest foreign players in Iraq’s emerging oil industry are China and Malaysia. China National Petroleum Corporation has sought to expand its presence by acquiring the West Qurna 1 Field which holds reserves estimated to be […]
Read MoreGangKids is a seven-member K-pop girl group from Core Content Media.
Read MoreAmerican intelligence agencies discovered North Korea (DPRK) is currently in the process of transferring many mobile missile launching pads to different locations across the country, many of which are capable of launching a new generation of mobile missile, the North Korean KN–08. The reports suggest that North Korea’s missile capabilities are advancing at a more rapid pace […]
Read MoreIndonesian authorities have lost count of the numbers of homeless people after a major flood swept through the capital, leaving nought but devastation in its wake. The Presidential Palace, as well as the city centre, are both awash in debris. The Indonesian National Disaster Management organization said that up to 350,000 people could be affected […]
Read MoreStories about North Korea often focus on the hardships endured by its people. Whether it is from famine or persecution, deprivation or political oppression, rarely does a bright light shine out of North Korea. This is perhaps because what few bright lights there are in North Korea mainly glow in Pyongyang (평양), where it seems most, if any, perks to […]
Read MoreThe United States and Japan will be conducting a thorough review of their joint security arrangements after the election of Shinzo Abe returned the US-friendly Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党) to power in Tokyo. Amid worsening tensions with China over the Senkaku Islands(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu Islands (釣魚台列嶼), and the spectre of a nuclear North Korea capable of […]
Read MoreSeveral bomb attacks across the nation of Iraq have claimed the lives of at least 17 Shia pilgrims, with the worst attack in the north of Baghdad in which 7 pilgrims were killed on their way to Samarra. Though no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks yet, it is believed to be the work of […]
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