By Sebin Choi and Hyun Young Yi SEOUL (Reuters) – Beset by controversies about share price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South Korea’s first lady has not been seen in public since Dec. 15, but few in Seoul were surprised as a high-stakes parliamentary election approaches this month. President Yoon Suk Yeol is not …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto visited Beijing on Monday on his first foreign trip since his election, and was quoted by Chinese state media as telling President Xi Jinping he aimed to continue the close ties under predecessor Joko Widodo. Prabowo “fully supports the development of closer Indonesia-China relations and wishes to continue President …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou left on Monday for an 11-day trip to China where he is expected next week to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the second time, amid simmering tensions across the Taiwan Strait. Ma, president from 2008 to 2016, last year became the first former Taiwanese leader to visit …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) -India is likely to experience more heat-wave days than normal between April and June, the weather office said on Monday, potentially hitting agricultural production and hampering government efforts to bring down food inflation. A heat wave for the third year in a row could dent production of wheat, rapeseed and …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto will visit Japan on April 2-3, where he is set to meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Monday. Prabowo’s Tokyo trip will follow his visit to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, the president-elect’s first …
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By Ananda Teresia and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian financial regulator Mahendra Siregar and former finance minister Chatib Basri are among the top choices Prabowo Subianto is considering for the role of finance minister, sources close to the president-elect told Reuters. Investors are closely watching Prabowo’s pick for the key role after ratings agencies …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Countermeasures by the Philippines to China’s conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defence capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve disputes, a security official said on Monday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr last week said the Philippines would implement unspecified measures against “illegal, coercive, aggressive, and …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s half-century-old decision to end a territorial dispute with Sri Lanka over a tiny island has become a hot-button election issue, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party accusing the rival Congress of compromising fishermen’s rights. A 1976 agreement barred Indian fishermen from waters around the 285-acre (115-hectare) island in the Palk …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States government is arranging a summit between President Joe Biden and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in July, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, Japanese media outlets reported. Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol are likely to discuss issues …
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By Rupam Jain and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian opposition parties united on Sunday to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands. “Narendra Modi is trying match-fixing in this …
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