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Who is Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s impeached acting president?

27 Dec 2024

By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was impeached on Friday as South Korea’s acting president, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality failed to shield him from growing political turmoil. Since parliament’s impeachment vote against President Yoon Suk Yeol passed on Dec. 14 after his short-lived martial …

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China conducted patrols around Scarborough Shoal in South China Sea, state media reports

27 Dec 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s coast guard conducted patrols around the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday to safeguard China’s territorial rights, state television CCTV reported. The coast guard has continued to strengthen law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters and surrounding areas of Scarborough Shoal since December. The Philippine embassy in Beijing …

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Malaysian man publicly caned for Islamic crime of close proximity 

27 Dec 2024

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian man was caned at a mosque in the northeastern state of Terengganu on Friday for the Islamic crime of close proximity with a non-family member of the opposite sex, local media reported, in a rare public sentencing. Muslim-majority Malaysia practices a dual-track legal system, with Islamic criminal and family laws …

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Azerbaijan Airlines flight to Russia turns back to Baku after airspace closure, TASS says

27 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – An Azerbaijan Airlines flight to the southern Russian town of Mineralnie Vody turned back to Baku on Friday after being told a chunk of airspace in southern Russia had been closed, Russia’s TASS news agency reported. An Azerbaijani Airlines flight from Baku to Russia’s Grozny crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Russia has …

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China sanctions military firms and executives over US arms sales to Taiwan

27 Dec 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sanctioned seven military industrial companies and related senior executives over U.S. arms assistance and sales to Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc., RTX Inc.’s Raytheon Canada and Raytheon Australia, as well as Hudson Technologies Co. are among the companies listed by the ministry in …

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China extends license age limit for truck, bus drivers as population ages

27 Dec 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will extend licence age limits for drivers of medium-sized and large buses as well as trucks, as part of broader efforts to address the challenges posed by an aging population, falling birth rate and a shrinking labour pool. Keeping older transportation workers on the payroll will be key to helping maintain …

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China’s Xi will visit Russia in 2025, Russian ambassador says

27 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, Russia’s state-run RIA news agency quoted Moscow’s ambassador to Beijing as saying early on Friday. “As for concrete bilateral events, I can say that the appropriate plans are actively being drawn up,” Ambassador Igor Morgulov told RIA. “What can be said that is no …

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South Korea parliament majority votes to impeach acting president Han

27 Dec 2024

SEOUL (Reuters) – A majority of South Korea’s parliament voted on Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo. Prime Minister Han has been acting president since President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Dec. 14 over his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3, and his presidential powers were suspended. After Han’s impeachment, Finance …

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Ghost tales won’t spook Japan PM Ishiba from moving to official home

27 Dec 2024

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he was eager to move into his official residence despite long-standing rumours about hauntings at the historic site witness to military rebellions. Ishiba, elected in October after predecessor Fumio Kishida stepped down, has held off moving in pending inspections and repair work, but is …

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S. Korea’s spy agency confirms an injured N. Korean soldier in custody, Yonhap reports

27 Dec 2024

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s spy agency said it has confirmed that an injured North Korean soldier was captured alive, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday. The confirmation followed reports that a North Korean soldier dispatched to fight for Russia was possibly captured by Ukrainian forces. (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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