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Korean military planes to operate in quake-hit Indonesia through next week

South Korea said Wednesday it will extend the mission of two military jets in Indonesia hit by a powerful earthquake and ensuing tsunami. The C-130 Hercules planes were dispatched to the central isl...

Oct 17, 2018
International
Vietnam blogger sentenced again after Facebook posts

HANOI (AFP) -- Vietnam on Friday jailed a blogger who posted critical material on Facebook for five years, his second sentence in less than a month as a hardline administration tightens its grip on d...

Oct 12, 2018
International
Japanese PM Abe to visit China in sign of improved relations

BEIJING (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to travel to China later this month for his first formal visit in seven years, in a further sign of improving relations between the regional riva...

Oct 12, 2018
International
Pope accepts Washington cardinal‘s resignation amid scandal

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of...

Oct 12, 2018
International
Philippine, Vietnam leaders discuss disputed sea boundaries

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has discussed with Vietnam‘s leader efforts by their countries to delineate their maritime boundaries in the disputed South China Sea,...

Oct 12, 2018
International
UK‘s Princess Eugenie marries wine merchant

LONDON (AFP) -- Queen Elizabeth II‘s granddaughter Princess Eugenie married a wine merchant on Friday in a Windsor wedding clouded by complaints over costs and struggling to recapture the magic of pa...

Oct 12, 2018
International
UN panel unveils special report calling for action on climate change

INCHEON -- A UN panel on climate change released a special report Monday calling for urgent action to cut carbon emissions so as to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial lev...

Oct 8, 2018
International
Japan to skip fleet review ceremony amid flag row with Korea

Japan has decided to skip an international naval event in South Korea next week amid a dispute over its plan to fly the Rising Sun flag, a Seoul government source said Friday. Japan informed South K...

Oct 5, 2018
International
Korean firms offer aid for quake-hit Indonesia

South Korean companies are joining international efforts to support Indonesia, which was hit by a deadly earthquake and tsunami, amid rising concerns over the safety of survivors in the region, firms...

Oct 4, 2018
International
Korea lifts ban on Russian ship's departure after probe

South Korea on Tuesday lifted a ban on the departure of a blacklisted Russian ship that it seized last week in the southern port city of Busan, following an investigation, Seoul's foreign ministry sa...

Oct 2, 2018
International
Japan not budging on flag dispute: Korean ministry

The Japanese government is maintaining its plan to fly the controversial Rising Sun flag during an upcoming navy event in South Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday. Japan's Self-Defense For...

Oct 2, 2018
International
Japan woman held over keeping baby body in locker ‘for years’

TOKYO (AFP) -- Tokyo police said Tuesday they had arrested a 49-year-old woman suspected of dumping a stillborn baby‘s body in a coin locker, amid reports she had moved the corpse around for as many ...

Sept 25, 2018
International
China says can‘t hold US trade talks with ’knife to the throat‘

BEIJING (AFP) -- China said on Tuesday it was impossible to hold trade talks with the United States while Washington is imposing tariffs that are like “holding a knife to someone‘s throat”. Speakin...

Sept 25, 2018
International
Instagram co-founders resigning: report

SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP) -- Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are leaving the smartphone photo-sharing service bought by Facebook six years ago for a billion dollars, the New York Time...

Sept 25, 2018
International
After North Korea, Trump targets Iran with ‘maximum pressure’

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- One year after mobilizing the international community against North Korea, Donald Trump is trying to force another arch enemy to the negotiating table by targeting Iran with a...

Sept 25, 2018
International

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