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TOKYO -- Japanese trading houses Toyota Tsusho and Sojitz plan to build and operate wind farms in Uzbekistan, aiming to tap demand for renewable energy in a country largely reliant on natural gas for power generation.
NEW DELHI -- After months of strain in its ties with India, the Maldives appears to be making efforts to reset the relationship by wooing tourists from its big neighbor and acknowledging New Delhi's financial support in strengthening the island country's economy.
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Former top cop To Lam has been confirmed as Vietnamese Communist Party general secretary, opening the door to a new era after the death of the dogmatic anti-corruption crusader who preceded him.
Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s 15-year tenure.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un accused South Korean media outlets of spreading rumours about flood damage and casualties in his country, state media said on Saturday, days after Seoul reached out to offer humanitarian aid.
In 1996, when Peter Hessler taught at a small college in Sichuan Province, 90 percent of his students came from villages. Mr. Hessler, 5 feet 9 inches, towered over them by about half a head. They often had just one outfit to wear: a blue suit jacket, or maybe a knockoff Chicago Bulls jersey. One student told him decades later that he could afford only one meal a day.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland in November, he finished all necessary prep work alone. About a week later, he told his family to be ready to leave Cuba together in less than eight hours.