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SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean propaganda outlet on Tuesday criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent remarks on...
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Japan's primary deficit will triple from its earlier projection to 1.5 trillion yen ($11.5 billion) in fiscal 2025, the target...
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SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has called in a Japanese diplomat in Seoul to lodge a...
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Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) , January 24 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri who also holds the Jal Shakti...
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Authorities in China have prevented the wife of an exiled political bookstore owner from leaving the country to rejoin her...
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A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered the Nagasaki prefectural government to pay damages to an American woman who claimed she...
Tokyo , January 24 (ANI): Negotiators from Japanese automaker Nissan and its French partner, Renault, are waiting for their boards...
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NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Monday amid weakness in the British...
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Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung, serving a five-year sentence for allegedly “abusing democratic freedoms,” may soon be released from prison,...
Long-distance runner Hitomi Niiya, who recently won the Houston Marathon with the second-fastest time on record for a Japanese woman,...
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Shopkeepers and workers wait for electric power at a market following a power breakdown across the country, in Lahore, Pakistan,...
In a reflection of the influential role that China plays in the region, leaders from both Myanmar’s ruling military and...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated a state department official as a new special envoy...
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By Byun Duk-kun WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- The United States and South Korea regularly discuss ways to address threats...
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Former chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Philip Davidson said Monday he is standing by his earlier assessments that China...