HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s top leader To Lam will visit China next week in his first foreign trip since his appointment as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party earlier in August, three officials familiar with the matter told Reuters. The move would confirm the close ties between the two communist-run neighbours, which have well …
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By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019. Lai, 76, the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and six others including veteran democrat Martin Lee had …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States will begin annual summertime military drills next week to ramp up their capability to counter North Korea’s weapons and cyber threats, officials said on Monday. The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, set to run from Aug. 19 to 29, come as North Korea continues …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines urged Beijing on Monday to heed calls to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea after what it described as “very dangerous” actions by its air force which came after the two nations have agreed to better manage maritime disputes. Two Chinese aircraft executed a dangerous manoeuvre and dropped flares in …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has appointed the head of the presidential security service, Kim Yong-hyun, as the new defence minister, and named Defence Minister Shin Won-sik as the new national security adviser, his office said on Monday (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Ed Davies)
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the outgoing leader seeks to reassure investors his $32 billion mega-project remains on track before he steps down this October. Years after announcing his flagship infrastructure project, intended to ease the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revisited a flooded area near the country’s border with China this week to address plans to support those affected by recent heavy rainfall and floods, including bringing about 15,400 people to the country’s capital until new homes are built, state media KCNA said on Saturday. Kim …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China supports Iran in defending its “sovereignty, security and national dignity”, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran’s acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday, according to a statement by China’s foreign ministry. In the phone call, Wang repeated Beijing’s denunciation of the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in …
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MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday condemned Chinese air force actions in waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions “unjustified, illegal and reckless”. Manila and Beijing accused each other on Saturday of disrupting their militaries’ operations around the Scarborough Shoal in the first incident since Marcos …
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By Kanishka Singh and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have urged sanctions on Bangladeshi officials under Sheikh Hasina who recently quit as prime minister and fled, while the U.S. government has formally welcomed the appointment of a new caretaker government there. An interim government, led by Nobel Peace laureate …
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