LIG Nex1 Unveils New Military Communication Radio

Tactical multi-band and multi-role radio

LIG Nex1 showcased its up-to-date tactical multi-band and multi-role radio (TMMR) that allows an integrated transmission of voice, image and video data as well as text messages and e-mail, during the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition 2009 that ended Sunday.

Changwon Chosen as Host of 2012 IAEC Congress

The opening session of the 11th four-day biennial congress of the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) is under way in Guadalajara, southwestern Mexico, on April 22, local time.

Japan PM backs Seoul in seeking response to NK

President Lee Myung-bak, center, joins hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for a photo prior to the first round of their two-day trilateral summit at the International Convention Center in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, Saturday. The second round of talks, focusing on the crisis brewing on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's torpedo attack on the South Korean Navy vessel Cheonan in March, will be held Sunday.

Why is China so supportive of NK?

Marcus Noland

Why is it so difficult for China to join the South Korea-led initiative to bring North Korea to the U.N. Security Council and to force the North to take responsibility for its provocative act?

In a nutshell, North Korea is useful for China and therefore the latter wants to keep the former intact, just the way it is, observed Marcus Noland, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

In an interview Friday for the Peterson Perspective series on the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Noland said Beijing doesn't share Washington's interest on the Korean Peninsula in that the former likes to have a divided Korea.

"China can basically have North Korea do things such as cooperate in nuclear weapons programs with Pakistan and then maintain possible deniability," the North Korea watcher said.

Korea, Japan, China to cooperate on Cheona

President Lee Myung-bak, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stroll after attending a “2020 Time Capsule” event at the Sculpture Park on Jeju Island Sunday. The Time Capsule contains letters written by 2,020 10th grade students from South Korea, Japan and China in a symbol of close cooperation for the next 10 years.

Joint press release of the third Trilateral Summit Meeting

Joint Press Release of the Third Trilateral Summit Meeting among the Republic of Korea, Japan and the People’s Republic of China
[May 29-30, 2010 Jeju, Republic of Korea]

1. We, the leaders of ROK, Japan and PRC, concurred that, as the third meeting of its kind following the December 2008 Fukuoka Summit and the October 2009 Beijing Summit, the Jeju Summit has strengthened momentum for holding the Trilateral Summit Meeting on a regular basis.

2. We engaged in an in-depth and constructive exchange of views on ways to enhance trilateral cooperation, as well as on regional and global issues, such as the current situation in Northeast Asia and the G20 Summit Meeting.

3. We shared the view that this year’s Trilateral Summit Meeting is all the more meaningful since it comes as we embark on a new decade of trilateral cooperation. We further recognized that the continued development of trilateral cooperation is important not only for the prosperity of the three countries, but also for peace, stability and common prosperity of the region and the world.

SM5 Legacy Continues With Redesign

The new and improved SM5, a mid-sized sedan by Renault Samsung Motors, has been garnernig glaring reviews from the local car market