American Samoa

  • Feb 3, 2023
  • 6 min read

Deepening deficit highlights Seoul’s trade challenges

South Korea was the world's sixth-largest exporter last year but also registered its first trade deficit since 2008

South Korea
  • Jun 21, 2019
  • 7 min read

Influence pushes will destabilise Pacific Islands

China, Taiwan and others seek to increase their Pacific-area influence

Pacific
  • Feb 2, 2017
  • 2 min read

Moscow seeks direct US talks over Ukraine’s head

Russia sees an opportunity to shift perceptions of its role in Ukraine from complicity to global mediation

Russia
  • Sep 30, 2009
  • 2 min read

PACIFIC/INT: Tsunami alert but Samoan quake kills

An earthquake off Samoa of magnitude around 8.0 triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific today...

Pacific
  • Mar 12, 2002
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Recovery to be sluggish at best

Despite some indications of improvements in the global and euro-area economies, it is too early...

  • Mar 5, 2002
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: State aid at stake in court case

The European Commission last week announced that it would make a court challenge to a Council of...

  • Feb 26, 2002
  • 7 min read

GERMANY: Woes raise corporate governance issues

The close relationship between Kirch, local banks and the Bavarian regional government, and the...

Germany