Asia Compact | 26.03.2018, 18:00 UTC

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Asia Compact 26.03.2018 | 18:00 UTC News North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits China in first foreign trip - reports Japanese and US media outlets have said that Kim Jong Un has traveled to Bejing, his first trip abroad since coming to power. The move comes ahead of planned talks with South Korea and the US. North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump to meet German BND spy agency: North Korean rockets can hit Europe 'US must not cross red line' during possible Trump-Kim meeting US and South Korea to resume joint military exercises North Korea agrees to talks with South ahead of leaders' summit Is a Trump-Kim meeting a recipe for disaster? Or so crazy it just might work? Business US grants Seoul metals tariff exemption South Korea has been granted an indefinite exemption from metals tariffs, helping reduce fears the US may be moving toward all out trade war. Markets were also up on news the US and China are in trade talks. Calling for "reciprocal" trade, Trump rolls out China tariffs, exempts EU South Korea fights back in looming trade war with US Vice Premier Liu He says China ready to 'defend itself' against US tariffs Washington issues a 'pause' on steel and aluminum tariffs for EU, says US official Trump's 24 hours in South Korea - North Korea, trade high on agenda US 'America First' tariffs on washing machines and solar panels anger China, South Korea Southeast Asian nations defy Donald Trump's trade protectionism News India's Narendra Modi in hot water over alleged app data-sharing A row has broken out in India between Modi's BJP party and the opposition INC over the prime minister's alleged misuse of data. An anonymous hacker claims Modi's official app shared users' data without consent. Are biometrics as secure as passwords? German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier celebrates diversity in India Who is Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg? India's privacy ruling casts dark shadow over Aadhaar ID scheme British authorities raid Cambridge Analytica offices in London Malaysian government calls for 10-year jail sentence 'fake news' The Malaysian government has proposed a law that would impose jail terms of up to 10 years for creators and publishers of "fake news." Critics, however, accuse the government of ulterior motives. US seizes assets related to Malaysia's 1MDB fund In Malaysia, almost everything is an 'official secret' Malaysian cartoonist 'Zunar' arrested at literary festival, charged with sedition - again Swiss prosecutor asks Malaysia to help investigate 1MDB fund irregularities Malaysia PM Najib Razak to get sweeping new security powers   © Deutsche Welle 2018