By Jessie Pang, James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong on Friday published its draft of a new national security law, a document some lawyers said broadened what could be considered sedition and state secrets, with tougher penalties for anyone convicted of those crimes and several others. The draft, which includes new …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided an artillery firing drill by the Korean People’s Army, the country’s military force, state media KCNA reported on Friday. The drill, carried out on Thursday, involved units near the border that are in firing range of “the enemy’s capital,” KCNA said, referring to …
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BAKU (Reuters) -The founder of an independent Azerbaijani TV station and four of his journalists were placed in pre-trial detention for four months on Friday on suspicion of smuggling, their lawyer said. The case against Toplum TV founder Akif Gurbanov and his staff is the latest in a series of prosecutions that have prompted Western …
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By Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING (Reuters) – Without a job, friends or direction in life, a 30-something woman decides to take up boxing, triggering a physical transformation that is the narrative of the biggest box office for any movie in China this year. “YOLO”, starring and directed by Jia Ling, has made the equivalent of $475 …
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By Ariba Shahid and Libby George KARACHI/LONDON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will support a new economic programme for Pakistan if the government seeks one, while encouraging the resolution of disputes linked to last month’s election, it said on Friday. Cash-strapped Pakistan has grappled with the Feb. 8 election that delayed the formation of …
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By Mandy Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Every spring, China observes the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, where families visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, making ritual offerings and paying respects. But for Chinese national Jiang Hui, 50, Qingming presents a dilemma: how to honour his mother, Jiang Cui Yun, who vanished 10 years ago …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans quick measures to improve pay and working conditions for young doctors, the government said on Friday, addressing a key demand by medical trainees who have walked off the job, but denying there was a full-scale healthcare crisis. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the current practice of forcing young doctors to …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has issued a flight clearance for the V-22 Osprey, three months after the military aircraft was grounded following a fatal crash in Japan, the U.S. Forces Japan and Japan’s defence ministry said on Friday. The return to flight timeline for the V-22 in Japan “continues to be …
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By Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s top China policy-making body urged China on Friday not to change the “status quo” around waters near Taiwan’s frontline islands by sending coast guard boats into restricted areas, saying tension should be “controllable”. Last month Beijing began regular coast guard patrols around the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China believes that India’s move to add more troops at their disputed border is “not conducive to easing tensions”, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. India has freed up a contingent of 10,000 soldiers, previously deployed at its western border, to strengthen its disputed border with China, according to several media reports. …
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