SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho, who had been detained in China since May 2023, has recently been released and returned home, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Monday. The ministry said it had communicated with Chinese authorities via diverse channels during Son’s detention and requested a swift and fair process, but …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A senior North Korean official leading a delegation to China met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday and called for a strengthening of ties between the two neighbours, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim Song Nam, director of the international department at North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, …
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By Tim Kelly, Yukiko Toyoda and Laura Sanicola TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree next month to tighter military cooperation, including talks on the biggest potential change to Washington’s East Asia command structure in decades, two sources said. Washington will consider appointing a four-star commander to oversee …
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(Reuters) -Military-ruled Myanmar plans to have an election if there is peace and stability in the country but may not be able to hold it nationwide, its top general said, as the junta battles to contain a rebellion on multiple fronts. The military, which has been in power since a coup three years ago, still …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Armenian national security forces detained a gunman who had attacked a police station in the Nor-Nork district of Yerevan, the Armenian capital, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Sunday. Armenia’s interior ministry said earlier that three armed men on Sunday tried to attack the police station. Two of the assailants had been …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.1 quake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, the country’s geophysics agency said on Sunday. In a post on X, the agency said there was no tsunami potential. The epicentre was located 104 km (65 miles) southeast of Ende city, in the East Nusa Tenggara province …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defence ministry warned the Philippines against “provocative” actions and said China would safeguard its territorial sovereignty on Sunday, a day after an incident in disputed waters of the South China Sea. “We warn the Philippines to stop making any remarks that may lead to the intensification of conflicts and escalation of …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean and Chinese officials have met in Beijing and committed to further develop bilateral ties, North Korean media said on Sunday, as Pyongyang seeks to expand its diplomatic engagement after COVID-19 lockdowns. A North Korean delegation led by Kim Song Nam, head of the International Department of the ruling Workers’ Party Central …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Arrangements are being made for Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, to visit Britain as state guests for about a week in late June, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday without citing sources. Besides attending a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace and luncheon with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Naruhito …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov. 23, 1996, when their U.S. Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the motorcade route into the Philippines capital. Acting swiftly, …
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