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Japan PM Takaichi set to ride with Trump aboard U.S. president's Marine One
WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will likely join President Donald Trump aboard Marine One for a visit to a U.S. military base near Tokyo, a White House source said Friday, in a rare gesture underscoring the strength of the...
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The twain shall meet: Xi and Trump set for South Korean date
US President Donald Trump will test his deal-making prowess in a region battered by his hardball trade policies on a trip to Asia next week. The toughest challenge of the trip could be a meeting with his Chinese counterpart-President Xi Jinping-as...
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Henderson and Hsu lead World team into the International Crown semifinals with a win Saturday
GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan beat Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad 4 and 3 Saturday to qualify the World team for the International Crown semifinals. The win gave the World team its...
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EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kemp gets questions over Hyundai plant raid during economic trip to South Korea
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp is wrapping up his economic visit to South Korea, and he spoke exclusively to Channel 2 Action News about his trip. The trip took on new significance after the massive immigration raid on the Hyundai mega site in South...
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South Korea says 'considerable' chance Kim, Tru…
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South Korea's unification minister said Friday he believed there was a "considerable" chance that US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to the peninsula next week. Trump is expected in South Korea on...
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Henderson and Hsu lead World team into the International Crown semifinals with a win Saturday
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Nation & World News Brooke Henderson and Wei-Ling Hsu beat Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad 4 and 3 to qualify the World team for the International Crown semifinals Brooke Henderson of World Team Brooke Henderson, right, of World...
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NHC signs Al-Fursan project deal with South Korean firm
Register for MEED’s 14-day trial access Saudi Arabia’s National Housing Company (NHC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction to build a residential project in NHC’s Al‑Fursan suburb of...
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Rare earth: politics, promise and peril
As China tightens its export grip, Pakistan’s mineral wealth is back in global focus. This puts to test Pakistan’s promise, politics and the peril to test; and its ability for turning potential into policy, and geology into growth? Pakistan’s...
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Trump says meeting with Putin ‘not right at this time,’ plans to meet Xi in South Korea
US President Donald Trump said he has decided to postpone a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing that “the timing isn’t right.” The announcement came during remarks to reporters following Trump’s meeting with NATO...
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Lawmakers Call on Trump to Press China’s Xi on US Detainees
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) speaks during a hearing with then-nominee for secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 29, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Three congressional Republicans are calling on...
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Oscars International Category Sends 86 Films to Voters
Eighty-six films have been assigned to voters in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category, one more than qualified in last year’s race. The assignments came in emails obtained by TheWrap and sent by the Academy on Friday to members who...
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South Korea’s Parata Air Applies to Serve U.S.
South Korean low-cost airline Parata Air has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) seeking permission to begin scheduled and charter service to the United States. According to the Thursday filing, Parata Air intends...
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South Korea is losing more fishermen at sea
By Praise Dominic When a call reached Hong Suk-hui on Jeju Island telling him that his vessel had rolled in heavy seas, he says it felt as if the sky had fallen. Two days earlier he had sent the boat out expecting a long and profitable run. Orders...
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U.S. Pork Industry Continues to Make Big Gains with South Korea
South Korea is ranked the fifth-largest market for U.S. pork so far this year — a strong sign of growing consumer demand that shows no signs of slowing down. Andy Tauer, vice president of international market development with the National Pork...
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10 Things Prime Minister Takaichi Should Say To President Trump
The day after Sanae Takaichi was elected as the Prime Minister of Japan and selected the 18 members of her Cabinet on October 21, she sent out "instructions" (shiji) to each of them. In total, there were more than 135 instructions across 38 pages....
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South Korea’s Seoul launches special safety plan ahead of Halloween
SEOUL - The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Oct 24 that it has implemented a special safety management plan for Halloween, targeting 14 major nightlife and pedestrian-heavy areas, including Itaewon, Hongdae and Seongsu. The designated...
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South Korea tests export waters with new wheeled tank
Key Points Hanwha unveiled its new 8x8 Tigon MCV-105 vehicle with a 105mm gun and active protection system at ADEX 2025. The platform is a wheeled evolution of the Tigon series and targets overseas markets, including Saudi Arabia and Peru. South...
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Donald Trump To Meet Chinese President Xi Jinping Next Week In South Korea | US China | News18
| To Meet President Xi Jinping Next Week In South Korea US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 during his official trip to South Korea, the White House said on Thursday.“On Thursday morning local time,...
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AP News: Trump-Kim meeting speculation flares ahead of US president's visit to South Korea
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The last time U.S. President Donald Trump visited South Korea in 2019, he made a surprise trip to the border with North Korea for an impromptu meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to revive faltering nuclear...
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South Korea unveils 2026 Budget focusing on social growth and innovation
The national budget for 2026 was presented to the cabinet on 3 September 2025. The national budget proposal for South Korea in 2026 is set at WON728tn ($542.2bn), marking an 8.1% increase from the WON673tn ($501.2bn) budget of the current year and...
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