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Indonesia court jails former trade minister for 4.5 years in sugar graft case

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) -An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced a former trade minister to 4.5 years in jail for improperly granting sugar import permits that authorities said had caused nearly 600 billion rupiah ($36.84 million) in state losses. Thomas Trikasih Lembong served as trade minister in 2015 and 2016 under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Once seen …

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South Korea court rejects ex-leader Yoon’s request to be freed while under martial law probe, media says

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) -A South Korean court rejected ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s request to be freed from prison on Friday, Newsis news agency said, denying his argument that his detention during an investigation into his bid to impose martial law was unlawful. (Reporting by Joyce Lee and Jack Kim; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

China will likely name Xie Guangqi as PBOC monetary policy head, sources say

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -China will likely name Xie Guangqi as head of the monetary policy department at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), replacing Zou Lan, who was promoted to deputy governor in February, two sources told Reuters on Friday. Xie is currently deputy director of the PBOC’s monetary policy department, which is widely regarded as the …

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Taiwan says it will not provoke confrontation with China

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan does not seek conflict with China and will not provoke confrontation, but Beijing’s “aggressive” military posturing is counterproductive, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said on Friday. China considers democratic Taiwan as part of its own territory and calls President Lai Ching-te a “separatist”. Taiwan’s government disputes China’s …

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North Korean defectors make debut in new K-pop boy band

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that includes a song about the consequences of escaping one of the world’s most repressive states. 1VERSE, pronounced “universe”, is made up of five …

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Philippines’ Marcos to discuss trade and security during U.S. visit as tariffs loom

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will visit the United States next week with a clear message to President Donald Trump that the Philippines must become economically stronger if it is to serve as a truly robust partner, an official said on Friday. The visit, the first by an ASEAN head of state since …

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Factbox-What is The Resistance Front, designated by U.S. as ‘terrorist’ group?

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar (Reuters) -The U.S. government has designated The Resistance Front, also known as the Kashmir Resistance, as a “foreign terrorist organisation” following an April 22 Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir that killed 26 people. The group initially took responsibility for the attack in Pahalgam before denying it days later. Following are some …

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Vietnam warns of food supply disruptions as African swine fever spreads

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

HANOI (Reuters) -African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam, threatening to disrupt food supplies in the Southeast Asian country, the government warned on Friday. Vietnam has this year detected 514 outbreaks in 28 out of 34 cities and provinces nationwide, the government said in a statement, adding that the authorities have culled more than …

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New pier completed at North Korea rocket launch site, satellite imagery shows

18 Jul 2025 18 Jul 2025

By Mike Stone and Ju-min Park (Reuters) -Satellite imagery indicates that a new maritime pier has been completed at North Korea’s key rocket station, where the latest spy satellite launches and other rocket tests have been conducted, satellite operator ICEYE said. The pier at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station seen via the imagery “enables transport …

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South Korea lashed by heavy rain, four dead and more than 1,000 evacuated

17 Jul 2025 17 Jul 2025

By Jack Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -Four people died and more than 1,000 have been evacuated in South Korea after the country was lashed by torrential rain on Thursday, the safety ministry said. A driver was killed after a 10-metre-high (33 ft) roadside wall collapsed on top of a moving vehicle on Wednesday …

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