By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s new national security adviser will be Chang Ho-jin, a seasoned diplomat with extensive experience in U.S. and North Korean affairs, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office said on Thursday. Chang, 62, is the latest career diplomat named to a high-profile diplomatic and security position by Yoon, who employed some …
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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia told South Korea on Wednesday not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates against Seoul for expanding the list of goods which cannot be exported from the East Asian nation to Russia without special permission. Seoul said this week it would add over 600 types of goods which could potentially be used …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A South Korean loan to Poland to finance arms deals does not actually exist, Poland’s prime minister said on Wednesday, although the new government hopes to still continue with the purchases. “There was a problem with the Korean purchases… a significant part of the Korean purchases was to be financed by a …
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) -A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention centre housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported, Reuters footage showed. A city police spokesperson in Banda Aceh did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Footage showed the …
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By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Two cities in northwestern China, Xian and Yinchuan, advised residents to stay indoors, limited heavy industrial production and halted coal processing, warning of heavy pollution over the coming days with thick fog expected. China’s Central Meteorological Observatory also predicted dense haze for the country’s north and east from early Thursday …
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By Daewoung Kim and Jimin Jung SEOUL (Reuters) – More than 1,000 South Korean military, police and emergency personnel joined rare defence drills on Wednesday that simulated an attack by North Korea on Seoul, to counter fears the city is in striking distance of Pyongyang’s weapons and covert attack. The exercise comes amid heightened tension …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Wednesday threatened to place further trade sanctions on Taiwan if the ruling party “stubbornly” adheres to supporting independence, in a further escalation of the war of words as Taiwanese elections approach next month. Taiwan’s Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are taking place as China, which views the …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – A thick layer of toxic smog wreathed Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka on Wednesday as the air quality index plummeted into the “hazardous” category, while similar conditions prevailed in New Delhi, the capital of neighbouring India. The air quality in Dhaka, one of the world’s most crowded cities with more …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have “grave consequences” for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Relations between Moscow and Tokyo, already difficult, have deteriorated sharply since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in Feb. 2022. Japan …
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