Asia-Pacific
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China Premier Li Qiang States Resolve to Integrate Taiwan; Does Not Refer to ‘Peaceful Unification’ in Official Report
BEIJING / TAIPEI — Chinese Premier Li Qiang has expressed his determination to unify China and Ta...
March 6, 2024
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Li Qiang, Chinese Premier, Misspeaks Several Times in His First Address of Report on Work of Government
BEIJING — Chinese Premier Li Qiang appeared restless, repeatedly touched things on his desk and miss...
March 6, 2024
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China Heightens Patrols Near Taiwan-Controlled Kinmen Isles in Apparent Bid to Undermine Taipei’s Jurisdiction
BEIJING/TAIPEI — The China Coast Guard is intensifying its patrols near the Kinmen group of remot...
February 27, 2024
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Indonesia Wary of Chinese Vessels in South China Sea; Incoming President Likely to Strengthen Maritime Defenses
NATUNA BESAR, Indonesia — Chinese ships continue to appear in Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone...
February 27, 2024
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IPEF Supply Chain Pact Comes into Effect
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — An Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity agreement on supply chai...
February 25, 2024
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Beloved Giant Panda Xiang Xiang Doing Well in China; Nearly 1 Year Since Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo Panda Was Returned
SHANGHAI — Nearly a year has passed since four giant pandas in Japan were returned to China, where t...
February 20, 2024
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US Circulates Rival UN Resolution for Temporary Gaza Cease-Fire after Rejecting Arab Proposal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that...
February 20, 2024
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India’s EV Market Expected to Accelerate; World Automakers Vie for Market Dominance
GANDHINAGAR, India — With the Indian government promoting the spread of electric vehicles, its EV ma...
February 18, 2024
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North Korean Workers in China Riot over Unpaid Wages; 2,000 Occupy Factory, Kill Plant Manager
>About 2,000 North Korean workers dispatched to China’s Jilin Province started a riot in mid-January...
February 17, 2024
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China’s Xi Arranging Visit to France This Spring; Move May Be Attempt to Break Encirclement Led By U.S.
MUNICH — Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit France this spring, The Yomiuri Shimbun has lea...
February 17, 2024
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N. Korean Leader’s Sister Says Kishida’s Pyongyang Visit Might Come
Seoul, Feb. 15 (Jiji Press)—The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday that Japanes...
February 16, 2024
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China Celebrates Start of Lunar New Year Holiday Period; Record Breaking Number of Trips to be Made
BEIJING — The Lunar New Year holiday period began in China on Saturday. A huge lantern in the shape...
February 10, 2024
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ROK Official Favors Piling Pressure on Pyongyang over Abductions; DPRK Defectors Allude to Japanese Abductees During Interviews
SEOUL — South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yung Ho is determined to rescue people abducted by Nor...
February 9, 2024
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Kim Jong Un’s Young Daughter Appears to Be Frontrunner for Succession
SEOUL — As the young daughter of leader Kim Jong Un appears more prominently at North Korea’s public...
February 9, 2024
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S. Korea’s Unification Minister: ‘Public Sentiment Turning Against Government’ in North Korea
SEOUL — North Korea may be stepping up its antagonism of South Korea as a means of deflecting public...
February 9, 2024
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