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Govt to visit Uyghur deportees
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 17/03/2025
» Officials are scheduled to depart to China tomorrow to visit the Uyghurs that the government deported in late February, in a bid to placate critics who condemned the decision to deport them after over a decade in immigration detention.
Apple executive departs Indonesia after iPhone ban deal hiccup
Published on 09/01/2025
» The Apple Inc executive leading talks with Indonesia to lift the country’s sales ban on the iPhone 16 departed Jakarta on Wednesday, after a late stage about-face from a minister scuttled a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
N.Korea's Kim Jong Un wraps up Russia trip
AFP, Published on 17/09/2023
» MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday, ending a visit affirming close ties with Vladimir Putin and fuelling Western fears that Pyongyang might provide Moscow with arms for its assault on Ukraine.
Govt eyes big Saudi contracts
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/08/2022
» Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has left for Saudi Arabia on a business matching mission, riding high on the hopes of breaking into the market and sealing trade deals worth billions of baht.
Koreas face off in blacked-out World Cup qualifier
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» SEOUL - A World Cup qualifier like no other kicks off in Pyongyang on Tuesday, with pretty much the entire world shut out of the event.
From inside North Korea, clues about Kim's agenda
News, Katharine HS Moon, Published on 07/06/2018
» It's been a roller coaster ride for anyone following plans for a June 12 summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. The actors were contradictory, the stage sets numerous and the messages chaotic. Within days of Mr Trump's May 24 cancellation of the Singapore meeting -- and then the withdrawal of his withdrawal -- President Moon Jae-in of South Korea met with the US president in Washington with the North Korean leader on the northern side of the demilitarised zone (DMZ) to help keep the summit alive. Meanwhile, US officials flew to the DMZ and Singapore and a top North Korean official came to New York to plan (again) for the encounter.
French president seeks climate accord ally in Seoul
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» SEOUL - French President Francois Hollande visited South Korea on Wednesday, looking to bring Seoul fully on board as a "very useful" ally in securing a global climate change deal in Paris next month.
Japan's whaling bid tested by world panel
AFP, Published on 17/09/2014
» PORTOROZ (SLOVENIA) - Japan's plans to resume a controversial Antarctic whale hunt in the name of research, which opponents say is really just for the meat, came under scrutiny in Slovenia on Tuesday.
China's leader Xi departs for South America visit
AFP, Published on 13/07/2014
» Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday departed for a visit to four South American countries, including Brazil, to build ties in a resource-rich region traditionally considered the backyard of the United States.
Japan PM pledges to rekindle ties with Russia
AFP, Published on 28/04/2013
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to reset ties with Russia as he set off for the first visit by a Japanese premier to Moscow in a decade, under the shadow of a festering territorial row.