
Britain’s Lord Mandelson Clings to Title Despite New Emails Suggesting Close Bond With ‘Best Pal’ Jeffrey Epstein
Mandelson quits the ruling Labour Party, apologizes, and regrets ‘ever having known’ the disgraced financier.
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Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.

Mandelson quits the ruling Labour Party, apologizes, and regrets ‘ever having known’ the disgraced financier.
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The British prime minister in Japan gives an impression of standing up to China that he failed to show in Beijing.
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Starmer is the latest in a cavalcade of heads of state bowing and scraping before Xi.
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Court says she ‘failed to resist high-end luxury items and was hasty in adorning herself’ by taking Chanel bag, Graff necklace from Unification Church.
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The mission fuels speculation that Starmer approved a Chinese mega-embassy at London despite concerns about ‘espionage, foreign interference or other hostile activities.’
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The former ambassador, Han Duck-soo, was involved in an abortive attempt to impose martial law.
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‘The goal is to work with China at a time when the world is full of disruption,’ says Canada’s industry minister, Melanie Joly.
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It’s a ‘risky but potentially rewarding gamble’ for the conservative Sanae Takaichi to strengthen her position with the Liberal-Democratic Party.
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He’s likely to draw a lengthy prison sentence while North Korea exploits widening divisions between right and left in the South.
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President Xi is attempting to exploit Carney’s desire to loosen ties with America following Trump’s tariffs and harsh criticism of the northern neighbor.
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America’s northern neighbor finds itself unexpectedly caught up in military issues in talks with China.
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Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, calls for restoring democracy in the oil rich South American nation.
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