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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Tuesday the United States must accept that reality has changed since the countries’ summit meetings in the past, and no future dialogue would end its nuclear program, state media KCNA reported. Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who is …

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By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Tuesday he would seek a mutually beneficial trade deal when he meets U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for talks this week, just days before an August 1 deadline expires to avoid punishing tariffs. Speaking at the airport before departing for Washington, Koo …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China rolled out on Monday an annual childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan (about $500) until age three, as authorities look to spur a flagging birth rate with fewer young people choosing to have children. The high cost of childcare and education as well as job uncertainty and a slowing economy are among the …

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By Chayut Setboonsarng, Danial Azhar and Shoon Naing BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, (Reuters) -A ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand came into effect at midnight (1700 GMT) on Monday, hours after they agreed to halt their deadliest conflict in more than a decade following five days of intense fighting that displaced over 300,000 people. After efforts by Malaysia, …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Yimou Lee WASHINGTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States, according to three people familiar with the matter. Such a trip was bound to infuriate Beijing …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -Swollen rivers, waterways and reservoirs across China exacerbated flooding and landslides on Monday that killed at least four people, as President Xi Jinping ordered “all-out” search and rescue efforts to minimise casualties. Forty-one rivers across the country have flooded, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing China’s Ministry of Water Resources. The ministry said it …

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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) -A gunman killed five people at a market in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Monday, attacking security guards and a merchant before fatally turning the gun on himself, a Thai police official said. The gunman initially killed three security guards, and then a fourth with whom he had …

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