SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it was a sacred mission of the current generation to build a “paradise for the people” based on the ideology defended by a previous generation of victors with their blood as the country marked the Korean War anniversary on Saturday. Kim visited memorials honouring the …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -A panel of Japan’s nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep the Japan Atomic Power plant shut. The panel said it was difficult to determine the safety of the reactor, noting the proximity of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Typhoon Gaemi pummelled towns on China’s coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek into the populous interior. The storm has affected almost 630,000 people in China’s Fujian so far, with almost half of …
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By Christopher Bing and Karen Lema WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department admitted that it spread propaganda in the Philippines aimed at disparaging China’s Sinovac vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a June 25 document cited by a former top government official earlier this month. The U.S. response to the Philippines was recounted …
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By Md. Tahmid Zami DHAKA – Md. Rakibul Ahsan was finishing a logo he had designed for a foreign client as the deadline fast approached. Just before he could hit send, Bangladesh’s internet was shut down, stranding him and the rest of the country offline. Student-led protests against quotas for highly sought-after government …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s coast guard tried on Friday to rescue dozens of sailors stranded off the southern coast after Typhoon Gaemi sank a freighter and grounded eight others in the Taiwan Strait. The powerful typhoon swept through Taiwan on Thursday with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph) before barrelling west across the Taiwan …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to expand cooperation with Pyongyang in a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s foreign ministry said on its website on Friday. “I affirm that I will work to further expand cooperation with the DPRK to make it full of new content, and …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday launched the second phase of an industrial complex in Central Java intended to attract investors looking to diversify their supply chains away from China. Batang industrial park already hosts nearly 20 companies in 10% of its total area of 4,300 hectares, including South Korea’s LG Energy …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s main opposition figurehead is hopeful his election-winning Move Forward party will survive an upcoming dissolution case, but warned of the impact of another investigation that could leave the popular progressive outfit decimated. Pita Limjaroenrat, who led the Move Forward to victory in last year’s election …
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By Kirsty Needham DARWIN (Reuters) – The U.S. military is building infrastructure in northern Australia to help it project power into the South China Sea if a crisis with China erupts, a Reuters review of documents and interviews with U.S. and Australian defence officials show. Closer to the Philippines than Australia’s east coast capital, Canberra, …
