Addressing Venezuela, China says choice of path must be respected
BEIJING (Reuters) – A country’s right to choose its own development path must be respected, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Venezuelan counterpart on Friday, offering support for the strife-torn Latin American nation.
Hong Kong leader says she won’t blindly obey Beijing’s orders
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she would not blindly obey the orders of Communist Party leaders in Beijing, while admitting the government has no way to suppress skyrocketing prices in one of the most expensive property markets …
North Korea says new Trump security strategy seeks ‘total subordination of whole world’
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy unveiled this week is a “criminal document” that seeks the “total subordination of the whole world to the interests of the U.S.,” North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Frid…
Seoul court hands down suspended sentence for Lotte chairman
SEOUL (Reuters) – A Seoul court on Friday handed down to Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin a two-year suspension of a jail sentence related to corruption charges.
Philippines’ Maoists declare traditional Christmas truce
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Maoist rebels declared a traditional Christmas truce on Friday after the government announced the same, calling off hostilities for six days.
Australian police seize record A$1 billion methamphetamine haul
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police said on Friday they had seized a record 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine with a street value of more than A$1 billion ($771 million) after a raid in a remote area of the west Australian coast.
South Korea weighs support for tougher sanctions on North as it seeks Olympics peace
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials signaled support for a U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution designed to toughen sanctions on North Korea, even as Seoul seeks to delay joint military exercises with the United States to attract the North to the 2018 Win…
China considers punishing those who slander heroes and martyrs
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is considering a law punishing those who slander heroes and martyrs or cause physical damage to their memorials, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, the latest piece of legislation to protect the country’s symbols of stat…
South Korean city cancels Olympics celebration as it mourns blaze victims
SEOUL (Reuters) – The small South Korean city of Jecheon was reeling Friday, a day after a fire ripped through an eight-storey building, killing at least 29 people, mostly women trapped in a sauna, on what should have been a day of celebration ahead of…
After Reuters arrests, some Myanmar reporters fear ‘it could’ve been me’
YANGON (Reuters) – Some human rights advocates say press freedom is under attack in Myanmar, even though decades of rule by a junta that tightly controlled the media has given way to a government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
