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East Asia
S. Korea: No. of cyber crimes increases 22 pct in H1, phishing scams rampant
Cases of cyber crimes confirmed by police across South Korea have increased over 20 percent, with phishing scams raging, in the first half of this year, data from the National Police Agency showed Friday. During the January-June period, the number of cybercrimes stood at 85,953, up 22.4 percent from a…
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East Asia
Trump says N. Korea hasn’t tested missiles other than ‘smaller ones’
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that North Korea hasn’t tested missiles other than “smaller ones,” in an apparent attempt to keep the hope for dialogue with the North alive despite its recent test-firing of short-range ballistic missiles. Trump made the remark in an interview with Fox News a day…
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People
Beji Caid Essebsi, world’s oldest president in service, dies at 92
Tunis: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi died on Thursday, the day Tunisia marks Republic Day. Essebsi has been Tunisia’s leader since December 2014 when he became the first freely and directly elected president. A lawyer by profession, he served as interior minister, defense minister, ambassador, foreign affairs minister and…
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Politics
Jordan sinks military vehicles in Aqaba for underwater museum
Amman: An underwater museum, comprising 19 military relics, has been launched in Jordan. Aqaba’s Underwater Military Museum Dive Site offers divers and snorkelers the opportunity to explore military machines stationed along coral reefs imitating a tactical formation, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) said in a statement. The…
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South East Asia
Determined to thwart risk of becoming “Sinkapore”, Singapore prepares for perfect storm peril
Singapore: Climate Change has conjured up apocalyptic images of low-lying island states, going under in a matter of decades. With unabated greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, triggering melting ice sheets, the rising sea-levels could soar dramatically by 1 meter by 2100, according to climate scientists. The dream city-state of Singapore with…
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East Asia
Nearly 34 pct of S. Korean adolescents have thought about suicide over academic pressure: poll
Nearly 34 percent of South Korean adolescents have thought about killing themselves because of academic pressure, a recent survey showed Wednesday. The grim finding came in the National Youth Policy Institute’s survey of 9,060 elementary, middle and high school students conducted from June-August last year. According to the results,…
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East Asia
Over 6 in 10 Koreans taking part in boycott of Japanese goods: poll
More than 6 in 10 South Koreans are taking part in a boycott of Japanese products amid growing public resentment over Tokyo’s export restrictions, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 504 adults nationwide conducted Wednesday by pollster Realmeter, 62.8 percent said they were participating in the anti-Japanese boycott,…
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East Asia
N. Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into East Sea: JCS
North Korea on Thursday fired two short-range missiles toward the East Sea in what appears to be a move designed to put pressure on the United States and draw more concessions ahead of its possible nuclear talks with Washington. “North Korea fired one short-range missile at around 5:34 a.m. and…
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East Asia
Seoul keeps eye on situation as tensions escalate over N.K. missiles
South Korea will keep a close watch on the latest developments on the Korean Peninsula, a unification ministry official said Thursday, as uncertainty has grown over the prospect of inter-Korean relations with the North’s firing of short-range missiles. Earlier in the morning, North Korea launched two short-range missiles into the…
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People
“Boris the Turk” hailed in Johnson’s ancestral hometown in Turkey
Ç Çankırı: The election new United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson whose family roots reach back to an Ottoman minister was hailed with great fanfare by fellow Turkish townsmen in Çankırı. Residents in the northern Turkish province , around 140 kilometers northeast of Ankara, told Demirören News Agency they…
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