(Reuters) – South Korea’s sports ministry said on Thursday it will work with the domestic soccer league to improve the quality of pitches after national team captain Son Heung-min said the issue was partly to blame for poor results in home World Cup qualifiers. South Korea are three points clear in Group B in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and North Korea will soon begin construction of a road bridge over the Tumen river between the two countries, Russia’s ambassador to Pyongyang was quoted as saying by state news agency RIA. The bridge was agreed during a visit by President Vladimir Putin to North Korea in 2024 when the two …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -An AirAsia flight bound for China returned to Kuala Lumpur due to an engine issue shortly after takeoff and landed safely with no injuries reported, Malaysian authorities and the airline said on Thursday. Flight AK128, an Airbus A320, was on its way to Shenzhen but turned back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport due …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese navy landing ship and a Chinese fishing boat collided early on Thursday outside of restricted waters, and there were no injuries, the Taiwanese navy said. The Taiwanese landing ship, the Chung Ho, collided with the Chinese trawler Minlianyu 61756 shortly after midnight around 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Taiwan’s …
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By Minwoo Park and Ju-min Park UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea’s southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the country battles some of its worst forest fires in decades. The deadly …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China will have issues in the “foreseeable future” but there are ways to address them without getting into a conflict, India’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. The two countries reached an agreement in October regarding patrolling along their Himalayan border, thawing a standoff that began in …
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Programmes to help prevent malnourishment in children in Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria could be suspended within months if urgent funding is not found, the U.N.’s World Food Programme warned on Wednesday. “If we fail to act, we are condemning millions of children to a lifetime of suffering”, said WFP …
By Joyce Lee and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court held on Wednesday that main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was not guilty of violating the election law, reversing a lower court’s ruling and removing a possible block in his path to run for president. The court cases have shone a spotlight …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors said on Wednesday they planned to go to the Supreme Court to appeal against a ruling that cleared main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung of election law violation earlier in the day, Yonhap news agency reported. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting …
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By Revathi Hariharan (Reuters) -Afghanistan Women’s National Team (AWNT) players in exile urged athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity with them as they fight for their right to compete after being excluded from World Cup qualifying competitions since the Taliban takeover in 2021. Many players from the Afghanistan women’s team fled the country at the …
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