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South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off

3 Jan 2025

By Hyunsu Yim, Eduardo Baptista and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon’s compound in the heart of Seoul. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3 martial law bid …

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Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats after nearly 200 detained

3 Jan 2025

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s coastguard said on Friday it was doubling patrols in its waters to locate boats carrying undocumented Myanmar migrants, after almost 200 were detained on an island in the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah.      The coastguard said police had detained 196 undocumented Myanmar migrants in the early hours of Friday …

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Nepal’s kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after five years

3 Jan 2025

(This Dec. 31 story has been corrected to drop the ranking in paragraph 4, and characterise Gyalwang Drukpa as ‘among the most senior figures’ in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy) By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their …

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Philippines’ Marcos drops estranged VP Duterte from security council

3 Jan 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer sit on the National Security Council after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed an order removing her office from the agency, following a bitter split between the two former allies last year. Marcos said the reorganisation of the National Security Council (NSC) was needed to …

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South Korea’s acting president vows continued cooperation with US, Japan

3 Jan 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok vowed to continue trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States, saying on Friday his country’s diplomacy remains steadfast despite an unprecedented political crisis at home. Choi was speaking to the U.S. ambassador to the Asian country and the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, as they …

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China sets up new national sports arbitration centre

3 Jan 2025

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China opened its first national sports arbitration centre this week in Beijing, the capital, taking a key step to strengthen the legal framework for resolving sports disputes and protect athletes’ rights. Part of a broader effort to professionalise and standardise sports, the move follows recent high-profile corruption cases in the hugely …

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US State Dept okays potential sale of air-to-air missiles to Japan for $3.64 billion

2 Jan 2025

(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Japan for an estimated $3.64 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The principal contractor for the sale will be RTX Corp , the Pentagon said in a statement. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing …

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Do Kwon pleads not guilty to US fraud charges in $40 billion crypto collapse

2 Jan 2025

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. criminal fraud charges after being extradited from Montenegro this week. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Thursday unsealed a nine-count indictment charging Kwon, who …

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US considers potential rules to restrict or bar Chinese drones

2 Jan 2025

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it is considering new rules that would impose restrictions on Chinese drones that would restrict or ban them in the United States citing national security concerns. The department said it was seeking public comments by March 4 on potential rules to safeguard …

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