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Central Asia
Russia ready to discuss deliveries of air defense systems with Turkey
Russia plans to discuss the issue of deliveries of air defense systems with Turkey, it is on the agenda of the Russian-Turkish military cooperation, the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin said on November 7. “When it comes to large air defense system, they can be…
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East Asia
Did the President lie?
Park needs to tell whether she led fundraising New revelations point toward President Park Geun-hye as leader of a fundraising effort for two foundations ― Mir and K-Sports ― with Choi Soon-sil, Park’s “evil” confidant, playing second fiddle as an accomplice. Park had lunch with 17 heads of top conglomerates…
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Central Asia
British military calls Russian T-14 Armata tank ‘most revolutionary tank’
Russia’s new T-14 Armata tank represents “the most revolutionary step change in tank design in the last half century,” says a leaked report of the British military intelligence obtained by The Sunday Telegraph newspaper in London. “Without hyperbole, Armata represents the most revolutionary step change in tank design in the…
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East Asia
China still tops lists of Russian arms importers
China continues to be one of the largest importers of Russian weapons, Sergei Kornev, the head of the delegation of the Russian state-run arms export agency, Rosoboronexport, at the Airshow China 2016 International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, informed TASS. “China has long been one of the major importers of Russian…
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East Asia
Park’s approval rating crashes to record-low 5%
President Park Geun-hye saw her approval rating crash to 5 percent, the lowest for sitting South Korean presidents, as an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend rattled her presidency, data showed Friday, According to a Gallup Korea survey conducted this week, Park’s approval rating plunged 12 percentage points from a…
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West Asia
Turkey threatens to cancel EU migration deal
Turkey will cancel a migration deal with the European Union if the bloc doesn’t grant visa-free travel to Turkish citizens by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday, a day after a top EU official suggested any visa deal was a long way off, Deutsche Welle…
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East Asia
N. Korea sounding out labor export to Mongolia
North Korea is seeking ways to export its workers to Mongolia as the central Asian country is recruiting foreign laborers to work at its mines, a U.S. broadcaster, monitored here, said Wednesday. “(As far as I know), the North Korean authorities recently set up ways to make use of its…
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East Asia
Moms and Dads Sports Day marked in China
Children take part in a race during the Moms and Dads Sports Day at a kindergarten in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Nov. 2, 2016. (Xinhua/Xu Yu) (wx)
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West Asia
Iranian Turks’ new parliamentary faction breaking more taboos
Umid Niayesh – Trend.az For the first time in the Islamic Republic’s history, Iranian Turkic-speaking MPs, including Azerbaijanis formed a parliamentary faction calling it “Faction of Turkic Regions.” The faction held its first meeting on Oct. 30 and elected Masoud Pezeshkian and Nader Qazipour, Tabriz and Urmia representatives, as its…
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Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan to hold referendum on constitution on December 11
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament approved plans for a national referendum to be held on December 11 on proposed constitutional reforms, parliament’s press office said. The reforms would strengthen the powers of the prime minister. The amendments also include provisions granting more powers to the cabinet and to leaders of parliamentary factions, Reuters…
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