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TAIPEI/BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Taiwan expressed thanks and China was upset on Wednesday after President Donald Trump signed into law legislation requiring the U.S. State Department to regularly review and update guidelines on how the United States officially interacts with Taipei. The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer despite the lack of …

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By Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that he had found it “interesting and entertaining” speaking with Donald Trump during recent meetings and remained hopeful that the U.S. leader could persuade North Korea to resume dialogue. Since Lee took office in June, …

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By Laurie Chen, Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s government will press ahead with a “patriots only” legislative election scheduled for Sunday, despite doubts over turnout from a local population still reeling from the Chinese-run city’s deadliest fire in decades that has killed at least 156 people. The …

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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Dec 3 (Reuters) – China’s military sometimes simulates attacks on foreign naval vessels in the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan shares intelligence with international partners when they operate in those waters, a senior Taiwan security official said on Wednesday. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own, says it alone exercises …

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By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on December 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Beijing-bound flight disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and …

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Dec 3 (Reuters) – Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the illicit trade, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Poppy cultivation climbed to 53,100 hectares (205.02 square miles) this year from …

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on December 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Beijing-bound flight disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when …

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SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A South Korean court rejected a request to detain former deputy prime minister and finance minister Choo Kyung-ho, Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday, as prosecutors sought his arrest as part of an investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s briefly imposing martial law last year. The Seoul Central District …

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