By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will end the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare. Eating dog meat was once seen as a way to improve stamina in the humid Korean summer. But …
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By Ben Blanchard and Ryan Woo TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan’s government issued an air raid alert on Tuesday, saying a Chinese rocket carrying a satellite had flown over its southern airspace, which Taiwan’s foreign minister described as part of a pattern of harassment days before a pivotal election. The island-wide security alert was sent by the …
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By Ju-min Park and Minwoo Park YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (Reuters) – Sri Lankans Siyam Mohamed and MJ Nimshan Dananjaya hadn’t realised how close South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island is to North Korea when they arrived in November to work catching crabs. They had a rude awakening on Friday, however, when alerts sounded on their phones …
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(Adds dropped % sign in last paragraph) MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ department of agriculture said on Tuesday it has imposed an indefinite ban on imports of poultry and related products, including wild birds, from Belgium and France following a bird flu outbreak there. “We’re doing this to protect the health of our local poultry …
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By Ju-min Park and Minwoo Park YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (Reuters) – As Kim Jeoung-hee huddled in a bomb shelter on South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, scared and confused with around 250 other people, memories flooded back of the day in 2010 when North Korean troops shelled near their homes. Authorities told them to take shelter …
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(Reuters) -A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced to 27 months in jail on Monday for accepting nearly $15,000 in bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for photos of unclassified private U.S. military information. Petty Officer Wenheng “Thomas” Zhao, 26, pleaded guilty last October to conspiracy and receiving a bribe. Zhao, who had faced …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Tuesday her country is ready to work with other Southeast Asian nations to finalise a long-delayed code of conduct for the South China Sea, where many of its neighbours have overlapping claims with China. “On South China Sea, Indonesia is ready to work together with …
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By Sudipto Ganguly and Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept to a fourth straight term in power, with her party winning almost 75% of the seats in Sunday’s general election that was boycotted by the main opposition and drew a low turnout. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States shares the view that the weekend’s elections in Bangladesh were not free and fair, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, adding that Washington was concerned by reports of vote irregularities and condemned violence that took place. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday condemned what it called “acts of intimidation and violence” that took place during the general election in Bangladesh, raising concerns over the number of arrests of opposition party members. “Democratic elections depend on credible, open, and fair competition. Respect for human rights, rule of law and due process are …
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