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DECODING: China's factory profits slow sharply in June, despite a solid headline
18.7% versus 15.1% : two figures published the same week by China's National Bureau of Statistics , and only one of them tells the…
OPINION: A knife outside an embassy, and Beijing turns it into a lesson
A knife, an embassy , and four months of silence: that is what the spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Lin Jian…
ANALYSIS: Tokyo logs four China-Russia naval and air moves in two days
Four press releases in two days: that is the pace at which the Joint Staff of Japan's Ministry of Defense published, on July 27…
DECODING: Kyiv says 30,000 more North Korean troops, Seoul says not yet
Thirty thousand additional North Korean soldiers: that is the number Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky put on the table on Saturday, July 25, 2026, claiming…
ANALYSIS: Seoul writes the law that will govern its nuclear submarines
South Korea's Defense Ministry will present a "special nuclear submarine law" bill explicitly stating there will be "no development or manufacture of nuclear weapons"…
REPORT: White phosphorus leaks inside a US base in South Korea
A white phosphorus leak was reported around 5 p.m. local time on July 28, 2026 inside Osan Air Base (K-55), a US installation near…
DECODING: Seventy-six years on, the UN Command's red line still holds
The United Nations Command in Korea remains, 76 years after its creation, an essential pillar of the security setup on the Korean Peninsula, Australian…
ANALYSIS: North Korea's armistice parade, with Beijing and Moscow in the stands
Pyongyang staged a commemorative parade on July 27, 2026 marking the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that suspended the Korean War, according to state…
REPORT: Three clashes in one week at Scarborough Reef, and neither side blinks
A Chinese coast guard vessel fired a water cannon at Philippine government ships for a second straight day on July 24, 2026, in the…