Asia-Pacific Digest: Sino-Russian ties and S-400 technology for South Korea

July 03 2016

RBTH ASIA Team

Vladimir Putin (L) and Xi Jinping (R) signed 30 cooperation agreements, June 25, 2016.

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Articles and features about the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia-Vietnam cooperation in space exploration, and economic deals signed during Vladimir Putin’s visit to China were among the Asia-Pacific highlights on rbth.com.

S-400 technology helps Seoul blunt Pyongyang threat

June 28, 2016 RAKESH KRISHNAN SIMHA, SPECIAL TO RBTH

Leading-edge Russian technology will be at the heart of South Korean SLBMS and air defense systems aimed at neutralizing North Korea’s missile threat.

Russia, China sign 30 cooperation agreements

June 27, 2016 ALEXANDER KORABLINOV, RBTH

The deals were signed during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing.

Roscosmos to expand cooperation with Vietnam

June 29, 2016 ALEXANDER KORABLINOV, RBTH

MoU signed with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Good infrastructure needed to attract Chinese to Russian Far East - Expert

July 1, 2016 GLEB FEDOROV, RBTH

In September, Vladivostok will host the second Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), which aims to showcase the Russian Far East as an attractive investment destination. In an interview with RBTH, Ivan Zuenko, an expert of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies at the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about how Russia-China economic relations are developing and what Moscow needs to do to attract Chinese investment to its Far Eastern regions.