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SEOUL: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday (Apr 6) regret expressed by Seoul over a January drone incursion into the North is “wise behaviour”.Earlier in the day, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret to Pyongyang over drones sent into the nuclear-armed North earlier this year, actions he called “irresponsible”.”The ROK president personally expressed regret and talked about a measure for preventing recurrence. Our government appreciated it as very fortunate and wise behaviour for its own sake,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, using…
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Iran allows two Indian gas tankers through Hormuz; plane leaves India with sailors, bodies
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YUEYANG, Hunan: Forget law schools and engineering degrees – a university in China is raising…
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defence Minister Dong Jun will travel to Vietnam…
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