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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Thursday it summoned China’s ambassador to protest at Beijing’s criticism of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s remarks on Taiwan. The move came after China and South Korea exchanged harsh words over Yoon’s comments in a recent interview with Reuters. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Yoon said …

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By Fabian Hamacher NANGAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Emergency workers on a Taiwan-controlled island next to China’s coast practiced responding to a simulated Chinese attack on Thursday, a little more than a week after Beijing staged war games around the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The Matsu Islands, close to China’s Fuzhou city, have been controlled by the …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s foreign minister urged Pacific island countries on Thursday to stay united in the face of great power competition as she visited New Caledonia, where the president raised concerns about Australia’s AUKUS nuclear submarine programme. Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s visit to the French territory coincides with a push by a …

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s foreign minister will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India next month, his ministry said on Thursday, in what will be the first visit by a top Pakistani government official to India in nearly a decade. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours have been fraught for years and they …

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian volunteers are tackling food waste during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan by collecting unsold food from vendors and distributing it to low-income households. According to government data, about 112,000 tonnes of food went to waste in Muslim-majority Malaysia during Ramadan last year, a figure that non-profit organisation GEMA is …

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By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has launched an investigation to uncover how hundreds of migrant workers arrived from South Asia without jobs, despite having paid steep fees to get employment, officials and rights groups said. The issue revives concerns over labour abuses in Malaysia, a key manufacturing hub at …

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