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East Asia
Typhoon Lingling suspends hundreds of flights in South Korea
Seoul: South Korea worked to prevent any serious damage from Typhoon Lingling as the powerful storm made landfall here Saturday, causing heavy rains and strong winds throughout the entire nation. No serious damage has been reported yet, but more than 270 flights have been canceled or rescheduled due to strong…
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East Asia
Typhoon Lingling approaches South Korea
Seoul: A powerful typhoon is quickly moving northward to South Korea, with rain and strong winds seen on the country’s southern island of Jeju Friday. Typhoon Lingling, this year’s 13th typhoon, passed over seas 330 kilometers southwest of Jeju at a speed of 43 kph as of 6 p.m.,…
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Politics
South Korea considering naming non-diplomat official to lead defense cost negotiations with U.S.: sources
Seoul: The government is considering naming a non-diplomat official, such as a financial technocrat, to head negotiations with the U.S. on sharing the cost for the upkeep of American troops, sources said Friday. That would mark a departure from the tradition that officials from either the foreign or defense ministries…
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Culture
World’s largest underwater theme park opens in Bahrain
By Habib Toumi Manama: The world’s largest underwater theme park, Dive Bahrain, was officially opened on Friday. The initial phase of the project has been completed recently by submerging a 70-meter long decommissioned and specially prepared Boeing 747, 20-22 meters below the water North of Bahrain, to become the first…
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South Asia
Pakistan: Woman held captive by brothers for 10 years
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Police in Hafizabad town of Punjab province on Friday rescued a woman from a house where she had been held captive in a small room for almost ten years. The woman, identified as Naila Bibi, was kept captive in the house by two of…
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Business
Mahathir: Malays need to change attitude, seize work opportunities
Kuala Lumpur: Malays cannot consider themselves the masters in their own country if they are poor and continue to depend on the sympathy of other people, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stressed. They should seize the opportunities for the jobs that are now mostly filled by foreigners, he added.…
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South Asia
Indian Sikhs to get Pakistan visa under religious tourism policy
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has decided to add a religious tourism category to the online visa system for Sikh pilgrims looking to apply for visas to visit Kartarpur. A meeting of the Ministry of Interior decided that two separate categories of visa applications would…
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Society
Kyrgyzstan looking into way to repatriate Kyrgyz children from Iraq
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan is looking into ways to address the issue of repatriating Kyrgyz children held in Iraq. An inter-ministerial working group on the repatriation and reintegration of minors in Iraq has been formed and the competent state entities are cooperating to return in Kyrgyzstan the minor children held in Iraqi…
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East Asia
Typhoon Lingling approaches South Korea
Seoul: A powerful typhoon is quickly moving upward to South Korea, with strong winds and heavy rain expected to pound the country soon, the weather agency said Friday. Typhoon Lingling, this year’s 13th typhoon, passed seas northwest of Okinawa, Japan, at a speed of 20-30 kph at 7 a.m., according…
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Politics
Moon’s regional tour injects fresh vigor into his New Southern Policy Diplomacy
Vientiane: South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s campaign to reinforce Seoul’s strategic partnerships with Southeast Asian nations has gained fresh momentum this week, as he made a fruitful tour of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos, Cheong Wa Dae aides said Friday. Moon made a pitch for the New Southern Policy less than…
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