The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the federal government has invited North Korea’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (pictured; middle top) to talk with American officials and possibly begin thawing the immense iceberg blocking further negotiations and talks between the countries over nuclear disarmament. Kim Kye Gwan was present...

China has been facing steadily increasing opposition and tension from other Asian nations as territorial disputes are becoming more heated in the South China Sea, or rather the East Sea or the West Philippine Sea as Vietnam and the Philippines are now calling the area respectively. The Vietnamese government has started to show off military power by carrying out artillery...

In an earlier post Is China keeping India Busy SAI had articulated a poignant observation in Sino India equation emerging in the region. The prognosis was that China was weary of a wider IndoUS encirclement and had hence chosen to be more assertive in the region and West Pacific. To Quote regional dynamics from the post:  A recent issue of  The Economist quotes Brajesh...

India and America, the two vibrant democracies of the world, should be the best of friends under any given global geopolitical scenario. The two are separated by two oceans and have no geographic worries to take care of. The rapid improvement in Indo-American relations over the last ten years has often led commentators to speak of the world’s two largest democracies...

Japan’s finance minister Naoto Kan stated that the Japanese government may increase its consumption tax rate along with other taxes in the near future to cut down its appalling public debt which is nearly twice the size of its GDP. Naoto Kan previously had considered raising and reforming taxes before and is more than likely to push for it since Tokyo’s government...

Like many countries specifically in the Persian Gulf or Arabin Gulf area, Saudi Arabia require a large amount of imports of vegetables, rice, and the other usual agricultural products. It also heavily relies on foreign labor forces from Asia.  Vietnam remains to be one of the top exporters of farmed goods to Saudi Arabia and many other countries. Vietnam on the other...