By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI on Monday announced an arrest and indictments targeting North Korea’s so-called “IT worker” program, where North Koreans obtain remote IT-related positions at more than 100 U.S. companies, and use that access to steal money and information from a host of companies around the world. …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -A record summer downpour in China’s central province of Hubei dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in just 12 hours on the city of Xianfeng, prompting authorities on Tuesday to move 18,000 people to safety, shut schools, and suspend bus services. Gushing brown torrents washed away cars in the city of …
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BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -China sanctioned former Philippine senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday and barred him entry, citing “egregious conduct” on matters such as the disputed South China Sea a day after the end of his six-year term. Tolentino, who lost his bid for a second term in midterm elections, had canvassed on his efforts to bring …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -Residents in and around the South Korean capital Seoul are complaining about swarms of black insects dubbed “lovebugs” covering hiking trails and ambushing people, as rising temperatures due to climate change spur their spread. Video from hiking trails in Gyeyangsan Mountain in Incheon, west of Seoul, this week showed the black-winged bugs buzzing …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s ruling Communist Party has appointed the head of an ethnic affairs panel as its new party secretary in the vast northwestern region of Xinjiang, the official news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday. Chen Xiaojiang has also held a vice ministerial role since 2020 in the party’s United Front Work Department, his profile …
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By Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan will simulate a Chinese blockade and invasion of the democratic island in its annual military and civil defence drills next week, as President Lai Ching-te warned on Tuesday the island was already facing China’s “war without gun smoke”. The annual Han Kuang exercises starting on July …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government has slipped ahead of key national elections next month, a poll showed on Monday, with his cash handout plan to help the public deal with inflation having failed to impress voters. The current ruling bloc of Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior partner Komeito …
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MANILA (Reuters) -Military leaders are working to enforce a “one-theatre” concept in both the East and South China seas, the Philippines’ defence minister said on Monday, adding that the Southeast Asian country faces threats in disputed waters that are similar to Japan’s. Japanese newspaper Asahi reported in April that Japanese defence minister Gen Nakatani made a …
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s state media showed on Monday leader Kim Jong Un draping coffins with the national flag in what appeared to be the repatriation of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, as the countries marked a landmark military treaty. In a series of photographs displayed in the backdrop of a gala performance …
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By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats said on Sunday that it would disband amid “immense political pressure” from a five year-long national security crackdown, leaving the China-ruled city with no formal pro-democracy opposition presence. The LSD becomes the third major opposition party to shutter in Hong …
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