North Korea blows up liaison office in Kaesong used for talks with South

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea has blown up a joint liaison office used for talks between itself and South Korea, the latest sign that ties between the two longtime adversaries are rapidly deteriorating. North Korean state media reported that the four-story building, which is located in the town of Kaesong just north of […]

Second Joint Statement on East Asia Cooperation Building on the Foundations of ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation

Singapore, 20 November 2007 I. Introduction We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, gathered on 20 November 2007 in Singapore on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the ASEAN Plus Three cooperation. […]

Will China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ expand to Mongolia in joint desertification fight?

China and Mongolia are joining forces to build an ecological security barrier to combat desertification and sandstorms, which may involve an expansion of the Chinese “Great Green Wall” across their shared border. The project is the latest in joint efforts to help slow the spread of desertification in the Mongolian Plateau. With nearly 80 per […]