North Korean leader Kim Jong-un asserts ongoing nuclear development is in response to the "worst threat" posed by the US and its regional allies, South Korea and Japan.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping emphasized the continuity of China s assertive foreign policy in a televised speech during the Chinese Communist Party s week-long Congress, which opened on Sunday in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi said China has taken a clear-cut stance against a U.S.-led hegemony and power politics and is opposed to unilateralism and bullying. His remarks hint at the lingering confrontation between U.S.-led democracies and autocracies represented by China, Russia and North Korea, which has been evident particularly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Xi s third term as leader.
Amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, President Biden is visiting South Korea from May 20 to May 22 to have a summit meeting with the new conservative South Korean President