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Business
Seoul may strip Japan of trusted trade partner status next week
Seoul: South Korea may officially remove Japan from its list of trusted trading partners as early as next week, upping ante in the trade dispute between the two Asian neighbors, the country’s trade ministry said Monday. The tit-for-tat move follows Japan’s removal of South Korea from its own whitelist of…
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Korea’s growth potential set to decline due to aging population
Seoul: South Korea’s growth potential is expected to fall at a faster rate than earlier anticipated largely due to the aging of the population that will also lead to a cut in the number of eligible workers, a central bank report said Monday. The country’s growth potential for the 2016-2020…
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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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South Asia
Third round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan dialogue held in Islamabad
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan hosted the third round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue here on Saturday. The latest round of talks covered trade, counter terrorism and ending Afghanistan’s 18-year war. The forum was established two years ago, and the earlier meetings were held in Beijing in…
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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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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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Kyrgyzstan plans to eliminate corruption practices, create better business practices
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan is launching an ambitious action plan to reduce corruption practices and assert favorable conditions for doing business in and with the Central Asian country. The plan includes submitting a draft government decree “On Approval of the Action Plan to Reduce the Level of the Unobserved Sector of the…
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Malaysia, Russia discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties
Vladivostok: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have discussed ways to further strengthen ties between the two countries. During the 30-minute meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the port city overlooking Golden Horn Bay, near the borders with China and…
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South Korea, Thailand agree on high-tech industry cooperation, closer defense ties
Bangkok: South Korea and Thailand have agreed to team up to cope with the fourth industrial revolution, expanding their time-honored ties to high-tech sectors. They also signed an accord on exchanging and protecting military intelligence, as President Moon Jae-in and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had summit talks at the Government…
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Malaysia’s Mahathir makes first visit to Cambodia since 1994
Phnom Penh: Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has arrived in Phnom Penh for his first visit to Cambodia since 1994. During his three-day official visit at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen, Dr Mahathir will attend a dialogue session with about 1,000 students and guests on “Balancing…
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