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Sep 18, 2017

Chinese space official promoted as part of military leadership reshuffle

A senior Chinese space official and military officer has been promoted to run the People's Liberation Army's key equipment development department, the military said on Monday, part of a reshuffle ahead of next month's Communist Party congress.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 18, 2017

Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of North Korean drought

By James Pearson

Late summer rains and the growing importance of privately produced crops mean North Korea will likely avoid acute food shortages this year despite earlier fears of drought and mounting international sanctions, defectors and experts say.

ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 18, 2017

China, Russia begin joint naval exercises near North Korea

China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on Monday amid continuing tensions over the isolated state's nuclear ambitions and ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, where North Korea is likely to loom large.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 18, 2017

Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage out after Buddhists allegedly threaten to kill them all

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 17, 2017

Trump, Moon discuss North Korea, 'Rocket Man' Kim

By Jesse Johnson

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to mock North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Twitter on Sunday, referring to him as "rocket man," a day after a teleconference with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in over Pyongyang's continued provocations.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 17, 2017

Could North Korea copy Nazi Germany in event of a total oil ban?

By David Tweed and Stephen Stapczynski

As the U.S. and its allies look to impose even stricter measures against North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un could find inspiration from oppressive regimes of yesteryear in Nazi Germany and Apartheid-era South Africa.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 16, 2017

North Korea's Kim vows to seek 'equilibrium of force' with U.S. after missile launch over Japan

By Jesse Johnson

Kim Jong Un also wants to force Washington to “dare not talk about” military action over its nuclear and missile programs.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 14, 2017

China endorses Myanmar's crackdown; U.N. sees 'ethnic cleansing'

China has endorsed Myanmar's offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, though the U.N. secretary-general said the operation, which has forced nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, was best described as "ethnic cleansing."

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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS

Sep 14, 2017

One year after China's THAAD warning, South Korean business suffer

By Cynthia Kim and Adam Jourdan

On a faded notice pasted to the padlocked doors of the Lotte Mart superstore in Jiaxing, China, a date can still be read: March 6, 2017 — when the store was ordered to "temporarily" close over alleged fire safety issues.

ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 13, 2017

South Korea confirms traces of radioactive gas from North Korea's nuclear test

South Korea said on Wednesday traces of radioactive xenon gas were confirmed to be from a North Korean nuclear test earlier this month, but it was unable to conclude whether the test had been a hydrogen bomb as Pyongyang claimed.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 13, 2017

North Korea lambastes U.N. sanctions, vows to continue nuclear, missile drive 'at faster pace'

By Jesse Johnson

North Korea doubled down on its nuclear weapons and missile drive Wednesday, vowing to continue to develop the programs "at a faster pace," one day after the U.N. slapped the isolated nation with the toughest round of sanctions yet over its sixth nuclear test, which experts said may have had an explosive...

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Sep 13, 2017

Suu Kyi to skip U.N. session amid Myanmar's Rohingya crisis

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly because of the crisis, her office said on Wednesday.

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