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Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions gather to attend a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, on May 1, 2024. Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and governments’ labor polices and calls for greater labor…
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U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia – United Kingdom – U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS South Korea is considering sharing advanced military…
File picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervising artillery firing drills | Photo Credit: AP North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch occurred…
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Japan’s coast guard said the apparent missile had already fallen into the sea. Seoul: North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. The launch comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang’s state media said North Korean…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gestures as he guides a training of the fire division, in North Korea on March 18, in this picture released on March 19, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed…
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North Korea called South Korean and U.S. militaries drills “frantic and reckless”. Seoul: North Korea’s defence ministry called on South Korea and the United States to stop military drills, saying they are rehearsals of war and warning of consequences, KCNA reported on Tuesday. South Korean and U.S. militaries kicked off their annual spring exercises on…
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The woman, whose name hasnt been disclosed, was in her 60s. (Representative pic) A woman in South Korea suffered a cardiac arrest and died on the spot after falling from a bungee jumping platform. According to The Independent, the incident took place on February 26. The woman, whose name hasn’t been disclosed, was in her…
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South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has consistently taken a firm stance against nuclear-armed North Korea. | Photo Credit: AP South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called on March 1 for the international community to back “unification efforts” after Pyongyang earlier this year declared Seoul its “principal enemy”. Ties between the two Koreas have been…
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On August 3, India imposed import restrictions on a host of IT hardware products such as laptops, personal computers (including tablet computers), micro computers, large or mainframe computers, and certain data processing machines with a view to boost domestic manufacturing and cut imports from countries like China. | Photo Credit: Elise Amendola The U.S., China,…
U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is escorted as it arrives in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on October 12 in a demonstration of strength against North Korea, as the North’s leader reaffirmed his push to bolster ties with…