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S.Korea, U.S. to work closely on summit after Pyongyang's about-face

May 20th, 2018 By Jeongmin Kim South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held discussions on Sunday to ensure that the North Korea-U.S....

World

S.Korea's LG Group chairman dies from illness at 73

May 20th, 2018 By Jane Chung and Ju-min Park The chairman of South Korea's LG Group, Koo Bon-moo, instrumental in transforming the country's fourth-largest...

Asia

White House: US still hopeful for North Korea summit

May 16th, 2018 The United States is still hopeful about a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but President Donald Trump is prepared for a tough negotiation...

Asia

N.Korea says may reconsider summit with Trump, suspends talks with South

May 16th, 2018 North Korea threw next month's unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks of...

Asia

Suicide bomber on motorbike wounds police in Indonesia

May 14th, 2018 A suicide bomber on a motorbike wounded several Indonesian police outside a police building in Surabaya on Monday, a day after Islamist militants launched...

Asia

North Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear bomb test site

May 13th, 2018 North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear bomb test site for sometime between May 23 and 25 in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue...

Asia

IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, at least 13 dead (Update 4)

May 13th, 2018 A family of six launched suicide attacks on Christians attending Sunday services at three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya, killing at...

Asia

North Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear test site

May 12th, 2018 North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear test site for sometime between May 23 and 25 depending on weather conditions in order to uphold its...

Asia

Malaysia bars scandal-plagued ousted PM from leaving country

May 12th, 2018 By Rozanna Latiff and Tom Allard Malaysian authorities barred ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife from leaving the country on Saturday,...

Asia

Singapore summit presents logistical challenges for North Korea

May 11th, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's trip to Singapore for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump poses logistical challenges that are likely to include using...

Asia

Indonesia evacuates residents, shuts airport after Java volcano erupts

May 11th, 2018 Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000...

World

Trump welcomes U.S. prisoners released by N.Korea, thanks Kim

May 10th, 2018 By Roberta Rampton and David Brunnstrom U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed three former U.S. prisoners who landed at a military base near Washington on...

Asia

Myanmar policeman in Reuters reporters case details operation

May 9th, 2018 A Myanmar policeman now serving a prison sentence gave more details to a court on Wednesday about how he says two Reuters reporters were framed by police, in...

Asia

North Korea frees US detainees

May 9th, 2018 US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that three Americans detained by North Korea have been released and are on their way home with Secretary of State...

Asia

Voting ends in tough election for Malaysia's ruling coalition

May 9th, 2018 Polling stations closed in Malaysia on Wednesday at the end of a cliffhanger election that pitted Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling coalition against...

Asia

Attackers launch coordinated strikes in Afghan capital (Update)

May 9th, 2018 Gunmen set off at least three explosions in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday and then battled security forces from buildings they occupied in the...

Asia

Pompeo in N. Korea, ‘expected to return with detained Americans’

May 9th, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit between...

Asia

Iran jails 16 women for joining IS in Syria - prosecutor

May 6th, 2018 Sixteen women who went to Syria to join Islamic State have been jailed in Iran, a Tehran prosecutor said on Sunday. The women were also ordered to pay back...

World

Pakistan's interior minister wounded in gun attack, out of danger

May 6th, 2018 By Mubasher Bukhari and Asif Shahzad Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday,...

World

Coal mine deaths climb to 23 in southwest Pakistan - officials

May 6th, 2018 By Gul Yousafzai The death toll from Saturday's coal mine blast and landslides in southwest Pakistan climbed to 23 on Sunday, officials said, after ending...

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