How North Korea’s Kims mastered crises to secure their dynasty
It's been a vintage week for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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South Korea trying to learn if Kim Jong-un has a son but daughter’s status as heir appears solid
South Korea's National Intelligence Service said it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has an older son while reaffirming its assessment that his daughter is the likely heir to the nation's leadership.
Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher of deterring reporter from taking union role
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found the publisher of The Wall Street Journal guilty of trying to prevent one of its reporters from taking a leadership role in a local press union, but acquitted the company of a charge that it fired her because of her union activities.
Racketeering conspiracy trial against Chinese tech giant Huawei begins in New York
A racketeering conspiracy trial of Huawei Technologies began in New York on Wednesday with federal prosecutors accusing the Chinese tech company of a litany of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system and helping Iran snoop on its citizens.
U.S. diplomat: Taiwan’s asymmetric warfare to deter China
Taiwan's military is applying lessons on modern warfare from regional conflicts and adopting asymmetric warfare tools to prevent a war with China, America's senior diplomat in Taipei said Wednesday.
China challenges Western alliances
At the 25th anniversary session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed an alternative model to Western alliances.
Feds move to shut down Chinese cyberscam factory
The federal government has seized a Chinese-run online scammers' marketplace, blocked more than $50 million in laundered cryptocurrency, slapped sanctions on the operators and sent a strike force to Madagascar to help close 13 scam compounds.
China hits back at U.S. claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks
China hit back Wednesday against U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers are engaged in "aggressive, malicious" industrial-scale efforts to extract capabilities from frontier American AI systems.
War of words between China and Philippines over South China Sea claims
China on Wednesday accused the Philippines of "stirring up trouble" after harsh words from Philippine Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr. over Beijing's increasingly aggressive pursuit of maritime claims in the South China Sea.
Chinese government linked to massive AI tech theft from American tech companies
Chinese AI companies are stealing artificial intelligence technology from U.S. companies with Beijing's help, U.S. intelligence and security authorities revealed Tuesday.
How we can stop relying on China for chips
As President Trump's summit with his Chinese counterpart approaches, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has sent a direct and important message to Apple: Do not buy memory chips from China.
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader, dies at age 89
Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, who struggled to cope with an Asian financial crisis and growing protests for democracy in the early years under Chinese rule, has died at age 89.
Chinese groups named Elaine Chao to advisory posts overlapping Cabinet service, report says
REPORT: Chinese government and United Front-linked organizations named Elaine Chao, the wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell, to several advisory and honorary positions that overlapped with her U.S. Cabinet service.
Japanese-South Korean-U.S. military drills off emerging strategic island spark North Korea’s ire
North Korea denounced the international Freedom Edge 2026 drills that got underway Monday around the strategic island of Jeju, off the peninsula's southwestern coast, with Japanese, South Korean and U.S. forces engaged.
America’s satellites keep the military running. It doesn’t have enough engineers to fix them
The U.S. faces a "severe" shortage of qualified engineers and technicians needed to rebuild or replace satellites targeted by China or Russia in a theoretical 21st-century war in space, according to a major new report from the Rand Corp.
South Korea weighs joining U.S. effort to protect tankers in Gulf despite warnings from Iran
A conflicted South Korea is weighing whether to deploy military forces to the Gulf to aid the U.S. in the on-again, off-again war against Iran.
North Korea adds second destroyer as U.S., South Korea and Japan hold military exercise
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un put his second naval destroyer into service and called for building a more reliable nuclear deterrent, state media reported Monday, as the United States, South Korea and Japan began a trilateral military exercise he views as a security threat.
Russia and North Korea open the first road link across shared border
Russia and North Korea opened the first road bridge across their shared border on Monday, a development Russian officials hailed as boosting the nations' deepening ties.
Congress urged to bolster counterintelligence
U.S. counterintelligence agencies are ill-suited to confronting new and increased foreign threats from China, Russia and other adversaries, a panel of experts told the House intelligence oversight panel on Wednesday.
China working on weather modification weapons
The Chinese military is developing weather modification weapons, based on civilian meteorological controls, for future use on the battlefield, according to a think tank report.
