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Asia
South Korean leader turns to penguins in bid to meet Kim Jong Un
SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has portrayed himself and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a pair…
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South Korea’s Lee snaps Xi selfie with Chinese ‘backdoor’ phone
BEIJING: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung snapped a selfie with Xi Jinping using a smartphone gifted to him by…
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South Korean President Lee to visit China next week
The South Korean leader has sought a reset in relations with China after years of fraught ties under his predecessor…
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Commentary: South Korea’s tightrope walk between China and the US
AVOIDING A DECISION FORK Being forced to choose one superpower over the other, the US or China, is Seoul’s biggest…
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Xi jokes about spying with Chinese phone gift for South Korea’s Lee
SEOUL: China’s President Xi Jinping joked about spying on South Korea’s president as he gifted him a pair of smartphones,…
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China’s Xi to meet South Korean leader, capping APEC summit
Xi also sat down with Japan’s premier Sanae Takaichi for the first time since she was appointed last month. She…
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Japan’s new PM in first talks with South Korean president
WAR CRIMINALS Before being elected, Takaichi, an acolyte of late ex-premier Shinzo Abe – whose relations with Seoul were terrible-…
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South Korea President Lee orders crackdown on anti-Chinese, anti-foreigner rallies
SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday (Oct 2) ordered a crackdown on anti-Chinese and anti-foreigner rallies he…
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South Korea bets big on reviving troubled US shipbuilding to woo Trump
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro told reporters after the shipyard tour that the Republican president’s tariff policies were making it…
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Korean Air announces 103 Boeing jet order amid Trump-Lee summit
WASHINGTON: Korean Air announced an order on Monday (Aug 25) for 103 Boeing aeroplanes coinciding, with the visit of South…
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