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East Asia
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. What is next?
By Pooneh Nedai Publisher, Shokran & Amrood Tehran: US president Donald Trump exited Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action last year. Iran, England, Germany, China and Russia objected this one-sided action mostly in their statements and gradually broke the commitment of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Russia and China apparently stood…
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Politics
North Korean hosts ‘undeclared’ base for missiles 165 kilometers northeast of Seoul
A new study spotlighting an “undeclared” North Korean missile base that hosts medium-range weapons was released Friday. The Kumchon-ni (금천리) missile operating base is located within North Korea’s tactical missile belt, in Anbyon-gun (안변군, Anbyon County), Kangwon-do (강원도, Kangwon Province), 75 kilometers north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 165…
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Culture
Malaysia moves towards greater control over vaping, electronic cigarettes
Kuching: Malaysia is working on introducing a new bill on the use of tobacco, vape, electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and shisha that will be debated at to the parliament by March 2020 Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the ministry is now in final phase of study to formulate the bill,…
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Business
South Korea has no plan to give up developing-nation status: agriculture minister
Sejong: South Korea’s new agriculture minister has ruled out the possibility of abandoning the country’s special and differential treatment under the World Trade Organization regime, despite growing U.S. pressure to reform the global trade body. In a recent brief comment to Yonhap News Agency, Kim Hyeon-soo said that South Korea…
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East Asia
South Korea recovering from damage caused by Typhoon Lingling
Seoul: South Korea is working to recover Sunday from the damage caused by Typhoon Lingling, which hit the Korean Peninsula with heavy rains and strong winds the previous day. According to an anti-disaster government agency, Lingling, this year’s 13th typhoon, made landfall here Saturday, killing three people and injuring 23…
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East Asia
3 South Koreans dead amid hundreds of accidents due to Typhoon Lingling
Seoul: At least three South Koreans were reported killed Saturday as Typhoon Lingling made landfall here, bringing heavy rains and strong winds that caused hundreds of minor accidents throughout the nation. A woman in her 70s died after she was knocked over by strong winds gusting at 39 meters per…
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Society
Malaysia warns against threats by fake news, cybercrimes to society
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister has stressed that social media should be used responsibly and warned that fake news churned out by some people could disrupt society. “There are some people who are willing to become ‘paid writers’, there is even the term “fakery”, not bakery, a place to…
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Entertainment
In Kyrgyzstan, fallen officer awarded honor medal posthumously
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has presented a posthumous medal to honor Colonel Usenbek Niyazbekov, a senior security officer who was killed during an operation to arrest the country’s former leader. Jeenbekov met with Niyazbekov’s mother Oktam Mamaeva, wife Nazira Bazarbayeva, brother Asanbek Niyazbekov, and son Timur Niyazbekov, national news…
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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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