Reuters
May 10, 2017
South Korea's new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to immediately tackle the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea's advancing nuclear ambitions and soothing tensions with the United States and China.
May 08, 2017
China's foreign exchange reserves rose in April for a third straight month, beating market expectations, as capital controls and a pause in the dollar's rally helped staunch capital outflows.
May 08, 2017
China's import growth slowed faster than expected in April, as inbound shipments of commodities such as iron ore and copper weakened, while export growth more than halved, in line with a general cooling in demand for electronic gadgets.
May 05, 2017
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday his telephone conversation this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss the Korean peninsula crisis was at the behest of his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump.
May 04, 2017
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang discussed China-U.S. economic ties on the phone with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
May 04, 2017
The United States is negotiating with China on a possible stronger U.N. Security Council response - such as new sanctions - to North Korea's repeated ballistic missile launches, which the 15-member body normally condemns in a statement, diplomats said.
May 04, 2017
China on Wednesday urged all parties in the Korean standoff to stay calm and stop irritating each other.
Apr 28, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.
Apr 28, 2017
China has told the U.S. it had warned North Korea that it would impose unilateral sanctions should Pyongyang carry out another nuclear test, according to U.S. secretary of state Tillerson.
Apr 27, 2017
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it aimed to push North Korea into dismantling its nuclear and missile programs through tougher international sanctions and diplomatic pressure, and remained open to negotiations to bring that about.