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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DONALD KIRK
Seoul, South Korea
Donald Kirk is the Seoul Correspondent of the Sun.
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.
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Starmer Takes His Asian Roadshow to Japan for Talks on China, Taiwan
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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Britain’s Starmer, China’s Xi Talk up ‘Strategic Partnership’ in First UK-China Summit in Eight Years
Starmer is the latest in a cavalcade of heads of state bowing and scraping before Xi.
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Korea’s Former First Couple Falls From Grace as Court Sentences First Lady To Join Her Husband in Prison
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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Risking Trump’s Ire, Britain’s Starmer To Visit Beijing in Search of Warmer Ties With President Xi
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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Capital Punishment Appears More Likely for South Korea’s Ex-President, After His Envoy in America Gets Prison Time
The former ambassador, Han Duck-soo, was involved in an abortive attempt to impose martial law.
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China’s President Xi, Canada’s Prime Minister Carney Talk Trade, Form ‘Strategic Partnership’ at Beijing Summit
‘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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Japan’s Prime Minister, Three Months on the Job, Takes a Chance on a Snap Election To Solidify Her Rule
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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Prosecutors Demand Death for Ousted South Korean President
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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China, Canada Look To Resolve Bitter Differences During First Summit in Eight Years
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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China Attempts To Lure America’s Allies, South Korea and Canada, Away From American Orbit
America’s northern neighbor finds itself unexpectedly caught up in military issues in talks with China.
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Governments Friendly to America Hang Back From an Endorsement of the Raid on Venezuela
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, calls for restoring democracy in the oil rich South American nation.
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