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North Korean foreign minister will not attend UN gathering of world leadersNorth KoreaSept 5, 2019UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will not attend the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations later this month "due to his schedule," the country's ... -
South Koreans using spy gadgets to fight workplace bullyingSocial affairsSept 4, 2019South Korean workers fed up with bullying are being increasingly emboldened by a new tougher labour law to secretly record alleged abuse or harassment by their bosses, boosting sales of high-tech aud... -
N. Korea denies it amassed $2b through cyberattacks on banksNorth KoreaSept 2, 2019North Korea denied on Sundayallegations that it had obtained $2 billion through cyber attacks on banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, and accused the United States for spreading rumours. A United Nat... -
N. Korea says Pompeo's remarks make talks with US more difficultNorth KoreaSept 1, 2019A recent remark by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about “North Korea’s rogue behavior” will make talks with the United States more difficult, the North’s KCNA news agency on Saturday quoted its vi... -
S. Korea's top court orders review of ex-president Park's graft casePoliticsAug 29, 2019South Korea's Supreme court on Thursday overturned part of an appeals court ruling in the bribery case of Samsung Group's de facto chief Jay Y. Lee, who had been given a two-and-a-half-year suspended... -
US hopes South Korea and Japan can rebuild ties from 'rock bottom'Foreign affairsAug 28, 2019WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States hopes a damaging row between the leaders of US allies South Korea and Japan has hit rock bottom but believes recent military exercises by Seoul have not help... -
As Amazon burns, Brazil's Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfereWorld NewsAug 23, 2019Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but... -
Three South Koreans die in Hungary rail crossing crashSocial affairsAug 23, 2019BUDAPEST (Reuters) -- Three South Korean citizensdied in Hungary in an accident late on Wednesday, when the carin which they were travelling was hit by a train, local policesaid on Thursday. The cra... -
Statue of ‘comfort women’ pulled from Japan exhibit finds new homeArts&DesignAug 15, 2019MADRID (Reuters) -- A Spanish businessman has bought a statue symbolizing women forced to work in Japanese military brothels which was removed from an exhibition in Japan after organizers received th... -
Hong Kong mops up after weekend of violence, braces for more protestsWorld NewsAug 12, 2019HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Metro stations in Hong Kong resumed regular service on Monday and streets were being cleaned of debris as the city recovered from another night of violent clashes between anti-... -
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[Newsmaker] Disgraced money manager Jeffrey Epstein dead in apparent suicideWorld NewsAug 11, 2019NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday after an apparent suicide in the New York jail cell where he was being held without bail on sex-trafficking charge... -
Taiwan rattled by 6.0 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damageWorld NewsAug 8, 2019A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Thursday, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage. A Reuters witness said the quake... -
Gunman kills 20 in rampage at Walmart store in TexasWorld NewsAug 4, 2019A gunman armed with a rifle killed 20 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and wounded more than two dozen before being arrested, authorities said, after the latest US mass shooting sen... -
Japan's Abe unlikely to meet S. Korea's Moon at UN in Sept. - SankeiForeign affairsJul 29, 2019Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the United Nations general assembly in September, the Sankei newspaper reported, the latest sign of fr... -
One of the missiles North Korea fired was new design - S. Korea officialNorth KoreaJul 25, 2019At least one of the two missiles North Korea test fired on Thursday was a newly developed design and flew some 690 km (428 miles), an official at South Korea's defence ministry told Reuters. The oth...
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