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CAN SOUTH KOREA GO ITS OWN WAY?Among US allies, South Korea is perhaps the best-positioned to hedge against a more unpredictable America. European North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) states have underinvested in hard power for decades and will need years to safely de-link from the US. Japan is in a similar state. But South Korea has long spent far more on its military than these other US partners. It has a large, high-quality defence industrial base. Unlike most US allies, it can rapidly produce large amounts of ammunition, helicopters, armoured vehicles and ships. All South Korean males are drafted, so it also…
MONTREAL: Canada has signed a bilateral free trade agreement with Indonesia, which aims to eliminate…
LIMITS OF A HEDGING STRATEGYRiyadh’s other partners aren’t too pleased. New Delhi, in particular, has…
CAPABILITY AND CREDIBILITYWhile the government frames counterstrike as a form of deterrence, a persistent gap…
FOREIGN POLICY AND RECOGNITION OF PALESTINEThe candidates were also pressed on their views regarding Palestinian…
“Already, the numbers are coming in very positively … We’ve seen hundreds of millions of…
Thousands were also still displaced in the rain-soaked nation after Super Typhoon Ragasa passed over…
TAIPEI: A Taiwan court handed jail terms on Thursday (Sep 25) ranging from four to…
HANOI: A Vietnamese court has sentenced four siblings and dozens of others in a transnational…
‘No longer if, but when’: Malaysia targets nationwide vape ban by mid-2026, says health minister
Dzulkefly had also urged all parties to be patient, adding that further announcements will be made…
For Beijing, the most immediate benefit of a deal is that TikTok avoids a nationwide…
SRINAGAR, India: Authorities in India enforced security restrictions in two main districts in the remote…
BANGKOK: Thailand and Cambodia should scale back their military presence along their shared border and…
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