Pyongyang may interpret the US-South Korean exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield as a provocation and mobilize its nuclear deterrence force, Russia’s Ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, told TASS on Monday. He drew attention to the fact that in his speech on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the victory ...
Japan will not be leaving the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East because of its significance to the country’s energy supply, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday citing Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda. “For Japan, which depends on the Middle East for about 90% of ...
