Paul Eckert

Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president’s landmark visit

August 24, 2021 at 2:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar...

South Korea’s Park urges isolated North to choose a new path

August 24, 2021 at 2:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Thursday her country is facing down North Korea's threats "resolutely but calmly" and called on Pyongyang to end the cycle...

North Korea has gained nothing from recent threats, Obama says

August 24, 2021 at 2:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday to keep up their guard and not reward bad behavior by North Korea, which President Barack Obama said...

U.S. seeks North Korean amnesty for American jailed for 15 years

August 24, 2021 at 1:59 p.m.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for what it said were crimes against the state, prompting the United States...

New database focuses on China’s secretive aid to Africa

August 24, 2021 at 1:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic development researchers on Monday unveiled a database of China's aid to Africa in an effort to work around Beijing's secrecy about the numbers, as a debate...

Analysis: North Korea’s epic drama – stage now set for next act

August 24, 2021 at 1:34 p.m.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If North Korea's bellicose rhetoric threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear war was aimed at dragging Washington to the negotiating table, it has likely...

G20 backs off austerity drive, rejects hard debt cut targets

August 24, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.

(Reuters) - Finance leaders of the G20 economies on Friday edged away from a long-running drive toward government austerity in rich nations, rejecting the idea of setting hard targets for...

U.S. holds back recognition for Venezuela’s Maduro

August 24, 2021 at 7:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States held back recognition of leftist President-elect Nicolas Maduro and called on the Venezuelan government on Wednesday to respect the right of free assembly after...

U.S. holds back recognition for Venezuela’s Maduro

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Analysis: In bitter irony for China, North Korea furthers U.S. strategic goals

August 24, 2021 at 7:18 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nobody but Kim Jong-un knows what he hopes to achieve with his saber-rattling campaign, but the young North Korean leader probably didn't set out to aid the...

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