By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday he would order officials to begin procedures that would return Japan to its “white list” of countries with fast-track trade status after a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week. Yoon announced the decision at a …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday announced a “watch-list” to prevent export of items linked to North Korea’s satellite development, days after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan. A total of 77 materials on the list will be banned from export to North Korea …
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(Reuters) – Vladimir Putin and his “dear friend” Chinese leader Xi Jinping planned more talks on Tuesday after a Kremlin dinner where the isolated Russian president showcased his most powerful ally in the face of Western opposition to the war in Ukraine. Washington denounced Xi’s visit, saying the timing just days after an international court …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s east coast on Tuesday, the island’s weather bureau said, causing buildings in the capital Taipei to shake briefly but with no immediate reports of damage. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien with a depth of 7.2 km (4.5 …
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By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank will hike its main interest rate by a modest 25 basis points on Thursday, followed by another next quarter, making rates peak higher than previously thought, before pausing until the end of the year, a Reuters poll found. The latest move would follow a 50 …
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China’s aviation regulator said on Monday that investigators were still looking into the cause of the crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, almost a year after the plane came down, killing all 132 people on board. The Boeing 737-800 crashed into a mountainous region in the southwestern Guangxi region on March 21, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean exports for the first 20 days of March fell 17.4% from the comparable period of last year while imports dropped by a slower 5.7%, as demand from China remained weak, customs agency data showed on Tuesday. Exports by Asia’s fourth-largest economy to its top market of China fell by a …
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By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd convinced a Los Angeles federal jury on Friday that its Galaxy S10 phones do not violate the trademark rights of a talent-management agency that also uses the “S10” name. The jury found that S10 Entertainment & Media LLC had not shown that Samsung’s popular smartphones were …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The annual U.S. report on human rights practices released on Monday listed “significant human rights issues” and abuses in India, including reported targeting of religious minorities, dissidents and journalists, the U.S. State Department said. The findings come nearly a year after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 22 U.S. state attorneys general on Monday blasted Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp and said they need do more to address problems with millions of U.S. vehicles that are prone to theft. Last month, the Korean automakers said they would offer software upgrades to 8.3 million U.S. …
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