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China Launches Earth Observation Satellite Gaofen-13 02 for Remote Sensing
China on Friday sent a new Earth observation satellite...
ISRO to conduct young scientist programme in Bengaluru
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is organising a...
Egypt launches second remote-sensing satellite from China
The Egyptian Space Agency’s CEO, Sherif Sedky, announced the...
Israeli-developed DRONE DOME to secure Dubai from aerial attacks
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China launches 2nd Horus remote-sensing satellite for Egypt (video)
China has launched a second remote-sensing satellite for Egypt,...
China obstructs new subsea cable to Taiwan
Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 connecting Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong,...
Scientific collaboration between China and US key to tackling climate change, experts say
Efforts to combat climate change bore the brunt of...
ISRO Receives India-US Jointly Built NISAR Earth Observation Satellite, Begins Preparations For Launch
US space agency NASA has handed over NISAR earth...
ISRO conducts parachute deployment tests on rail tracks for Gaganyaan Mission
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has conducted Rail Track...
OceanX helps Riyadh boost best up-and-comers in GEOINT
The Saudi Space Commission has given OceanX the difficult...

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Monday, March 3rd, 2014

China Gathers High-Tech Maps of Its Islands

China has collected detailed topographic information and images of all its islands using aerial remote sensing, a method allowing the capture of data about objects from a distance. The completion of the project marks the country's first...

Monday, January 27th, 2014

Japan Says Historic Maps Bolster Claim to Islands Controlled by South Korea

Five old maps have gone on display in the southern Japanese city of Matsue, supposedly providing fresh evidence that islands held by South Korea and known as Dokdo are in fact Japanese territory. Tokyo claims the two...

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Korean Activists Protest at Google, Apple HQ

A group of Korean activists protested in front of the headquarters of Google and Apple in California on Friday against the two IT giants' policy on identifying Dokdo on their map services. The group of self-appointed "cyber diplomats,"...

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

South Korea will Rename Peaks on Islands Disputed with Japan

South Korea said Sunday it would rename peaks on islands disputed with Japan in an attempt to reassert its sovereignty over the territory after a decades-long dispute flared up again this summer. The two main peaks at the...

Friday, October 26th, 2012

Google Drawn Into South Korea-Japan Island Dispute

South Korea on Thursday lashed out at Google for changing the name of an isolated set of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with Japan on its English-language web mapping service. The protest came as Seoul...

Monday, September 3rd, 2012

Japanese Surveyors Visit Diaoyutais

A team of Japanese surveyors yesterday sailed to a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea, the Diaoyutais, that the nationalistic governor of Tokyo wants to buy, with Beijing lodging a “serious protest” at the...