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Seoul hopes appointment of new foreign minister will persuade Biden to eng
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 21 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday named Chung Eui-yong, a key player behind North Korean-US summits (denuclearization talks), as his new foreign minister only hours before the Joe Biden administration took office, reported Asia Times.
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Hong Kong police launches search for 30 pro-democracy activists living ove
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 27 (ANI): Hong Kong police have launched a search for 30 pro-democracy activists, including former lawmakers Ted Hui Chi-fung and Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang, living abroad over violation of the city's draconian National Security Law.
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Vietnam's party central committee meeting lays out five-year plan, reaches
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The 14th session of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) concluded on Friday with a consensus on the personnel work and draft documents to be submitted to the upcoming 13th CPV National Congress.
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Hong Kong student activist found guilty of participating in pro-democracy
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 12 (ANI): As China continues to clamp down on Hong Kong pro-democracy activism, a student activist, Tony Chung Hon-lam, was found guilty of flag desecration and participation in a protest over the now-withdrawn extradition bill last year.
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Activist, former lawmaker Leung Chung-hang flees Hong Kong, pitches for US
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 12 (ANI): Former Hong Kong lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang has left the territory and is in the United States to press Washington for asylum to young Hongkongers.
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S Korea vows to launch COVID-19 vaccination after monitoring situation in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea will roll out its vaccination campaign against coronavirus after sufficiently monitoring the results of the vaccines' use in other countries, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Wednesday.
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South Korea's Prime Minister urges for COVID-19 caution ahead of Halloween
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-Kyun has asked the government on Friday to ramp up counter-coronavirus efforts so that the upcoming Halloween celebrations during the weekend do not result in new hotbeds of COVID-19 in the country.
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South Korea chooses 'The Man Standing Next' for Oscars International Featu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): South Korea has chosen filmmaker Min-ho Woo's political thriller 'The Man Standing Next' as its nominee for the best international feature film category for the 2021 Oscars.
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US, South Korea review pushes ahead with combined command move from Seoul:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Senior US and South Korean officials pledged to push ahead with the relocation of their Combined Forces Command joint headquarters out of the Seoul area in an alliance teleconference between senior defence officials, a joint statement said.
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151-yr-old church collapses in Kerala's Alapuzha after bund breach
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], August 11 (ANI): The 151-year-old St Paul's CSI church collapsed in Chungam Kuruvelly Padasekharam area of Alappuzha district, Kerala, on Tuesday morning after a bund breached.
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15 dead, 11 missing in South Korea floods
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Aug 5 (ANI): At least 15 people died and nearly a dozen others went missing in flash floods caused by heavy rains in South Korea, the country's Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure confirmed on Wednesday.
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US House Committee on Foreign Affairs expresses 'deep concern' over arrest
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 1 (ANI): Expressing 'deep concern' over arrest warrants under Hong Kong's draconian national security law for several democracy activists, US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday (local time) said this action further undermines China's credibility as a rule-
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