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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ways to be found to improve economic development after saying that a failure to provide people with basic living necessities including food is a “serious political issue”, state media reported on Thursday. Kim made the remarks while discussing regional development …

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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s central bank is widely expected to leave its monetary policy unchanged this month and hold off from easing its settings until it sees more evidence that inflation is falling consistently. All 13 analysts polled by Reuters expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to hold off making changes …

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By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc said on Thursday it will focus on high-end chips for artificial intelligence this year, after strong demand for such semiconductors drove a surprise profit in the fourth quarter. The world’s second-biggest memory chipmaker reported a 346 billion won ($259.8 million) operating profit …

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By Rocky Swift and Mayu Sakoda TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese whisky “renaissance” will help Kirin Holdings more than double exports of its premium brand by 2025, the company’s master blender said. Japan had fewer than 10 distilleries for most of its whisky history, which hit the century mark last year. But that number shot …

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By Rocky Swift and Mayu Sakoda TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese whisky “renaissance” will help Kirin Holdings more than double exports of its premium brand by 2025, the company’s master blender said. Japan had fewer than 10 distilleries for most of its whisky history, which hit the century mark last year. But that number shot …

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