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South Korea Finally Arrests Impeached President Yoon Suk-Yeol for Insurrection

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Views: 8South Korea Finally Arrests Impeached President Yoon Suk-Yeol for Insurrection It’s the end of a standoff that had veered from the bizarre to the downright embarrassing. Early on Wednesday morning, hundreds of investigators finally entered the fortified compound in Seoul where South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had been holed up since his mid-December impeachment […]

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2 taken to hospital, 60 evacuated after fire in Punggol flat

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Views: 102 taken to hospital, 60 evacuated after fire in Punggol flat   SINGAPORE – Two people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a Housing Board flat in Punggol on Jan 14 night. About 60 other people were also evacuated from their homes in the neighbouring flats. The fire at 229A

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Families of Israeli hostages caught between hope and despair as Gaza ceasefire appears close

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Views: 9Families of Israeli hostages caught between hope and despair as Gaza ceasefire appears close   TEL AVIV – The ceasefire deal that is close to being agreed upon in Gaza has left families of the 98 hostages still held in the enclave facing a mix of hope, apprehension and, in some cases, anger as

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Thailand seeks negotiations with China to lift syrup imports ban

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Views: 11Thailand seeks negotiations with China to lift syrup imports ban BANGKOK – Chinese authorities have asked Thailand to inspect dozens of factories before opening negotiations to lift a ban imposed last month on sugar syrup and premixed powder exports from the Southeast Asia nation, Thai officials said. Thailand, the world’s second-largest sugar exporter, was

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North Korea’s suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia

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Views: 30North Korea’s suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia   SEOUL – After a battle in Russia’s snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers. Among them, they found one still alive. But as they

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Russian FSB officer reportedly found dead in central Moscow building

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Views: 8Russian FSB officer reportedly found dead in central Moscow building Vladimir Feshchenko, a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, has been found dead in a building in central Moscow, state news agency RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday, citing law enforcement sources. “Preliminary information suggests he was murdered,” the agency quoted a source as saying.

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N. Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles ahead of Trump inauguration

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Views: 6N. Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles ahead of Trump inauguration   SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) — North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, in a provocation staged just days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said

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Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins

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Views: 5Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins The impeachment trial of South Korea‘s President Yoon Suk Yeol started Tuesday, with the country’s Constitutional Court deciding whether to strip him of his presidential duties over a failed martial law bid. Yoon’s December 3 power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, after he directed soldiers to storm

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Tsunami advisory issued after 6.9-magnitude quake strikes Japan

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Views: 9Tsunami advisory issued after 6.9-magnitude quake strikes Japan Japan on Monday evening warned of a possible tsunami following an earthquake of around 6.9 magnitude, that struck the southwestern region of the country. The 9:19 pm quake measured a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in part of Miyazaki Prefecture, the Japan

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Greenland says it’s ready to cooperate with Trump

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Views: 9Greenland says it’s ready to cooperate with Trump   COPENHAGEN, Denmark Greenland’s prime minister said Monday that his country is ready to increase cooperation with the US under the leadership of President-elect Donald Trump, local broadcaster KNR reported. “We have the doors open in relation to mining. This will also be the case in

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