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By Andreas Rinke and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and Germany will soon sign an agreement aimed at protecting military secrets to boost defence cooperation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Seoul. The military information agreement will help “smoothly operate the …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said the Group of Seven nations had agreed a united approach to China that called for diversifying supply chains to reduce dependence on one country, and hinted that he could speak with China’s president soon. “We’re not looking to decouple …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has issued guidance to all provinces to build a basic elderly care system by 2025, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, in the latest step to prevent a demographic crisis. The ruling Communist Party has mobilised resources to ensure that more vulnerable age groups are cared for as society ages. …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy played down the fact he did not meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Japan on Sunday and said it was likely because of scheduling. Asked if he was disappointed the meeting did not happen, he told a …

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HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden invited his Japanese and South Korean counterparts for another meeting in Washington, following on from their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit, a senior U.S. official said. “The leaders discussed how to take their trilateral cooperation to new heights”, including with new …

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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he met South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and discussed Kyiv’s efforts in its war with Russia. The meeting, on the sidelines of a summit of Group of Seven (G7) leaders in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, marks the first time the two …

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HIROSHIMA (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s expression of compassion for those who suffered as forced labourers under Japan’s colonial rule had resonated with many South Koreans. Yoon, meeting Kishida on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the Japanese city of …

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HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday and also hold a joint meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, according to a U.S. official. The United States, South Korea and Japan will discuss deepening three-way ties between their countries, including military “interoperability,” according to …

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By John Irish HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – As Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy touched down in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday, cameras zoomed in on the plane: a French government-labelled military aircraft. At times since Russia invaded Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic overtures have made some of his allies angry and wary of his …

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