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N. Korea fires 2 missiles into sea
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2019
» SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday extended a recent streak of weapons display by firing what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military.
Emperor announces abdication as Japan marks end of era
Associated Press, Published on 30/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.
Nobel Peace Prize honours fight against sexual violence
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2018
» OSLO, Norway: The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Ex-S.Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies
Associated Press, Published on 23/06/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92.
US-China trade war 'on hold' as talks progress
Associated Press, Published on 21/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States and China are pulling back from the brink of a trade war after the world's two biggest economies reported progress in talks aimed at bringing down America's massive trade deficit with Beijing.
Australia and East Timor settle bitter border differences
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2018
» CANBERRA: Australia and East Timor will sign a treaty that draws the first-ever maritime border between the neighbours, resolving years of bitter wrangling with a deal that carves up billions of dollars of oil and gas riches that lie beneath the Timor Sea.
North Korea's Olympic ambition falters
Associated Press, Published on 20/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Kim Jong Un wants to turn his country into an international sports power - think East Germany in the 1970s and 80s. The North Korean leader is pouring resources into training and infrastructure, athletes are getting more recognition than ever and the country now even has an all-sports television channel, though it's not clear how many citizens are able to actually watch it.
Treatment halted on China's Nobel laureate
Associated Press, Published on 07/07/2017
» BEIJING -- The Chinese hospital treating imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo says it has suspended use of cancer-fighting drugs so as not to overwhelm his weakened liver.
Kim Jong-un: 'No negotiations' on nukes
Associated Press, Published on 06/07/2017
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed Wednesday his nation will "demonstrate its mettle to the US" and never put its weapons programs up for negotiations, a day after successfully testing its first intercontinental ballistic missile.
Re-elected Rouhani opens Iran to West
Associated Press, Published on 21/05/2017
» DUBAI -- As Iran's chief nuclear envoy, Hassan Rouhani earned the nickname “diplomat sheikh'' when negotiators in 2004 reached a deal that saw the Islamic Republic halt all its enrichment of uranium.