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SEOUL: North Korea has revised its constitution to define its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to reunification, according to a draft of the text reviewed by Reuters, codifying leader Kim Jong Un’s push to treat the two Koreas as separate states.The revision, believed to have been adopted at a March meeting of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Pyongyang’s rubber-stamp legislature, marks the first time North Korea has added a territorial clause to its constitution, Lee Jung-chul, a Seoul National University professor, told a briefing at South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Wednesday (May 6).The new Article 2 says North…
NORMALCY AMID UNCERTAINTYMyanmar’s military government has sought to project a sense of normalcy, even as…
COLOMBO: Nine Chinese nationals were arrested at Sri Lanka’s main international airport on Thursday (Apr…
Resource-poor Japan relies heavily on oil from the Middle East, and Tokyo has tapped into…
BEIJING: China advised its citizens on Thursday (Apr 16) to use caution when travelling to…
Officials say the system relies on closer coordination between agencies and across provincial boundaries. This…
JAKARTA: A top university in Indonesia has suspended 16 law students over alleged sexual harassment,…
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday (Apr 16) that state energy…
SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit India and Vietnam for several days…
‘Sharing the pain’: As domestic airfares in Indonesia soar, who’s really feeling the pinch?
A BLOW TO AIRLINESSurging domestic airfares are also expected to weigh directly on Indonesia’s tourism…
“On one hand you see resilience – the Iran war’s impact on China is very…
Still, data on Thursday showed China’s economy, the world’s second-biggest, grew a forecast-beating 5 per…
JB food guide: 50-year legacy laksa yong tau foo and addictive fried banana treats in Stulang Laut
Other battered treasures included tempeh and oyster mushrooms, yet there were more nibbles – kueh-kueh, epok-epok…
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