By Daewoung Kim and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) – Hours after North Korea flew a ballistic missile over neighbouring Japan on Tuesday, residents in a South Korean seaside town were startled to see flames leaping from a nearby military base and missiles soaring into the sky. It wasn’t the start of a war, but a …
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By Yuddy Cahya Budiman MALANG, Indonesia (Reuters) -Andi Hariyanto says he will never watch a football match again after his wife, two teenage daughters and a cousin were crushed to death in a stampede at an Indonesian stadium last week. Watching local team Arema FC play on Saturday was a special outing for soccer fan …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – North Korea’s launch of a missile over Japan on Tuesday was a “reckless and deliberately provocative action” that violated U.N. security council resolutions, a European Union spokesperson said on Tuesday. “The DPRK must cease missile launches, refrain from a nuclear test and engage in meaningful dialogue with the United States, the Republic …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States asked the U.N. Security Council to meet on North Korea on Wednesday after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan, but diplomats said China and Russia are opposed to a public discussion by the 15-member body. Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever …
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By Hyonhee Shin, Josh Smith and Kantaro Komiya SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover. U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that any new North Korean nuclear test would seriously threaten international stability and acknowledged past indications Pyonyang might be preparing for such a test. “As you know, there (have) been indications in the past that the DPRK is preparing a test for what would be its 7th …
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By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -It was the closing stages of the match, a soccer derby in Indonesia’s East Java province, and 29-year-old spectator Ahmad Nizar Habibi said he had a gut feeling things were about to turn ugly. “I wanted to leave, but suddenly I heard explosions,” he said, describing rounds …
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By Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan DHAKA (Reuters) – Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity on Tuesday after a grid failure, a government official said, adding that authorities were working to gradually restore power supply in the country of 168 million people. The country’s power grid malfunctioned at around 2 p.m. (0800 GMT) …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch is destabilizing, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday as U.S. President Joe Biden reached out to regional allies and reaffirmed American support. “We’re going to keep discussing and consulting with allies and partners about the best way forward,” he told MSNBC, noting recent military …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden reinforced Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to Japan’s defense during a phone call with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday following North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile, the White House said. The two leaders jointly condemned the missile test, and confirmed they would work closely with South Korea and …
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