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SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – The death toll in avalanches in the heavily militarised Himalayan region of Kashmir has risen to 19 after the bodies of Read more
By Kim Daewoung PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. Marines are conducting military exercises on ski slopes in sub-freezing temperatures, including shirtless Read more
South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said on Friday it summoned a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd executive for questioning as it investigates a widening influence-peddling scandal Read more
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, though fruitless in terms of finding the aircraft, should provide fishermen in the Indian Ocean with detailed sea-floor Read more
By James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea may be preparing to test-launch a new, upgraded prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), South Korean Read more
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Thursday dismissed a warrant to arrest the head of the Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], the Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday urged the United States not to allow representatives of Taiwan to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Chinese Foreign Read more
Families of the victims of flight MH370 say a decision to halt the search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished in March 2014 is “irresponsible”. Read more
Malaysia’s palm oil output may rise by 12 per cent this year to 19.4 million tonnes from 17.4 million tonnes in 2016, an industry group Read more
By Tom Westbrook and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) – The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Tuesday without any trace being Read more
South Korean women are getting incentives from the government to have babies as the country struggles to overcome its low birth rate, reports Yonhap Kang Read more
SEOUL (Reuters) – The signing of a contract which would secure the location of a U.S. missile defence system in South Korea could be delayed, Read more
By Heru Asprihanto and Eveline Danubrata BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia and Japan have agreed to step up maritime security and start discussions on a Read more
By Christine Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – An opinion poll released on Monday in South Korea showed former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in second place Read more
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors will decide on Monday whether the head of Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], the country’s biggest conglomerate, should Read more
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has shown restraint in the face of provocations by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over Taiwan, but if he continues after assuming Read more
By Ju-min Park and Se Young Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s special prosecutor said on Sunday it will take into account the economic impact Read more
(Reuters) – Thailand’s army opened up some of its military barracks to children on Saturday to let them handle and pose with weapons and other Read more
(Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia’s Maluku archipelago on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to “wage war”, an influential Chinese state-run tabloid Read more
By Se Young Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee left the South Korean special prosecutor’s office early on Read more
China’s foreign trade surplus narrowed to 3.35 trillion yuan (about 486 billion U.S. dollars) in 2016, down 9.1 percent from a year earlier, customs data Read more
Taiwan objected on Thursday to a Nigerian request to the island to relocate its representative office in Abuja to Lagos, a request Taiwan sees as Read more
The state-run Chinese media has continued to put on a brave front in the face of what appears will be a potentially very aggressive Trump Read more
After 10 years as general secretary of the United Nations, South Korea’s Ban Ki-mooon has returned home, stirring up rumours that he could seek to Read more
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan objected on Thursday to a Nigerian request to the island to relocate its representative office in the African country, a request Read more
MANILA (Reuters) – Armed men killed eight fishermen in what appeared to be an attack by pirates in dangerous waters in the southern Philippines, a Read more
By Tom Allard and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo reproached his military chief in a meeting last week amid concerns the Read more
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s defence minister said on Monday nine armoured vehicles seized in Hong Kong could not be detained or confiscated and that the Read more
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea declared on Sunday it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time from any location set by leader Read more
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