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SEOUL -- Newly inaugurated President Lee Jae-myung put a stronger economy and domestic stock market front and center of his ...
PHNOM PENH -- A Cambodian soldier was killed when Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire across the border on May 28.
NEW YORK -- With U.S. President Donald Trump saying his tariffs on China and other countries will help rebuild manufacturing ...
Tax-free sales at Japan's department stores have fallen in recent months, suggesting that high-end consumption by foreign visitors to Japan has peaked. Despite rising numbers of tourists visiting ...
The main candidates are front-runner Lee Jae-myung of the left-leaning Democratic Party and Kim Moon-soo of the conservative ...
SEOUL -- South Koreans voted Tuesday in an out-of-cycle presidential election, following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to impose martial law in early December.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has decided to upgrade its diplomatic relationship with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and to send an ambassador to Kabul, highlighting Islamabad's drastic change in its neighborhood ...
NAGOYA, Japan -- A bid to take Toyota Industries private backed by Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda's own money will increase the founding family scion's influence over a company that holds stakes in ...
SEOUL -- Left-leaning candidate Lee Jae-myung assumed South Korea's presidency on Wednesday, capping a tumultuous six months in the country's politics that was sparked by the previous leader's chaotic ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -- The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday, most likely ushering in a snap election, after anti-Muslim ...
TOKYO -- A Myanmar-based startup that builds affordable housing made from bamboo for displaced people in the country hopes to ...
The three broadcasters projected Lee to win 37.2% of young men's votes, leading Kim Moon-soo with 36.9% and far ahead of Lee Jae-myung with 24%. It was the only group that Lee Jun-seok held a lead in, ...