By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean government-backed hackers referenced the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul to distribute malware to users in South Korea, Google’s Threat Analysis group said in a report.The malware was embedded in Microsoft Office documents which purported to be a government report on the tragedy that killed more than 150 …
(Reuters) – The U.S. Special Representative on North Korea Sung Kim told his Chinese counterpart on Korean Peninsula affairs Liu Xiaoming the United States was concerned by an “unprecedented” number of ballistic missile launches from Pyongyang, the State Department said. “(Sung Kim) strongly condemned these missile launches,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said of the …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China wants stabilized relations with the United States in the short term as it faces domestic economic challenges and push back in Asia to its assertive diplomacy, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Thursday. Frustrations over China’s strict COVID-19 protocols boiled over into widespread protests …
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By Brenda Goh and Ella Cao BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As many Chinese embraced new freedoms on Thursday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, there was mounting concern that a virus that had largely been kept in check could soon run wild. Three years into the pandemic, many in China had …
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By Ananda Teresia and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted a retired army officer in the fatal shooting of four teenagers in Papua in 2014, crushing hopes the military would be held accountable for alleged abuses in the country’s restive easternmost region. Held in an infrequently used human rights court, …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of 600 billion ringgit ($136.39 billion) in government funds. The investigation comes after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim this week announced a review of government projects worth billions of dollars approved by his predecessor Muhyiddin Yassin, alleging …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s passenger vehicle sales fell for the first time in six months in November and are expected to stay flat next year, an industry body said on Thursday, as demand weakens faster than expected, even as stringent COVID rules are eased. Vehicle sales fell 9.5% from a year earlier to 1.67 million units …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Hong Kong government said on Thursday that the isolation period for COVID-19 patients and their close contacts will be cut to five days from seven days. The requirement for arrivals to Hong Kong to undergo daily rapid antigen tests would also be reduced from seven to five days. However, the …
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By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -U.S. and Russian defence firms on Thursday displayed weapons and promoted models of aircraft at Vietnam’s first large-scale arms fair, as the two powers vie for influence and arms sales in the strategic Southeast Asian country that borders China. The event at a Hanoi airbase attracted 174 …
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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Thursday passed laws to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a shift which will make its citizens either 1 or 2 years younger on official documents. Koreans are deemed to be a year old when born and a year …
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