Bloomberg South Korea dropped a reference to North Korea as its “enemy” in a Defense Ministry white paper for the first time since 2010, reflecting warming ties between the neighbours still technically at war. In a report released on Tuesday, the ministry said that North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction remained a threat to “peace and security on the Korean ...

Bloomberg The opposition leader who delivered the biggest blow to Narendra Modi’s ruling party in five years has vowed to replicate recent state-level victories in India’s upcoming general poll. India’s main opposition Congress party scored its biggest win yet against Modi when it turfed his Bharatiya Janata Party from three state governments in December elections. Congress lawmaker and Wharton alumni ...

Bloomberg British and European Union diplomats are now working on the assumption that the UK will leave the bloc later than the planned exit date of March 29 if PM Theresa May loses Tuesday’s Brexit deal vote in Parliament. Officials dealing with Brexit for the UK and EU are separately preparing for the possibility, even though there have been no ...