Jeju Air ‘black box’ data missing from last 4 minutes before crash: South Korea ministry

Authorities investigating the disaster that killed 179 people, the worst on South Korean soil, plan to analyse what caused the “black boxes” to stop recording, the ministry said in a statement. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the […]

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China, Maldives vow to deepen bilateral cooperation

China and the Maldives have pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation in various areas while maintaining high-level exchanges to achieve fruitful outcomes, state media reported on Saturday. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday during Wang’s stopover in the Maldives on his way back from Africa. The two leaders discussed bilateral […]

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South Korea’s Yoon faces second arrest attempt in fortified compound

Protesters supporting and opposing the embattled Yoon braved freezing temperatures to stage rallies on the streets around the presidential compound on Wednesday after a court re-issued a warrant on Tuesday to arrest him. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top […]

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Japan’s Ishiba heads to Malaysia and Indonesia to strengthen defense, economic ties

The visit, his first for bilateral talks outside of international meetings, shows Japan’s commitment to further those ties even as the US presence in the region may decrease after President-elect Donald Trump takes office later this month. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday began a trip to Malaysia and Indonesia as part of an […]

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Iran uneasy over $1.75 billion worth of fuel stuck in China

China has been holding 25 million barrels of Iranian crude oil for six years. The country is now trying to recover the oil. The oil is stuck in Chinese ports due to the sanctions imposed by newly elected US President Donald Trump during his first term. According to Reuters news agency. It is believed that […]

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New hypersonic missile test, the message Kim gave to ‘enemies’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday’s (January 6) test launch of a new hypersonic missile system was used. It will help us repel our rivals in the Pacific Ocean. State news agency KCNA reported this information. NDTV reported. Kim Jong Un told KCNA that the hypersonic missile system will reliably repel any rival […]

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South Korea investigators get new warrant to arrest President Yoon

South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. The former star prosecutor has refused questioning three times after his bungled December 3 martial law decree plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. As […]

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North Korea fires ballistic missile as Blinken visits Seoul

South Korea’s military confirmed the launch while Japan’s coast guard also said a projectile believed to be a North Korea-fired missile had fallen. North Korea fired a ballistic missile out to sea off its east coast on Monday, coinciding with a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Seoul during a period of […]

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Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan government averaged 2.4 mln a day in 2024: Report

Taiwan has in recent years complained about what it sees as China’s “grey-zone harassment” – from daily military drills and balloons near the island to cyberattacks – at a time when Beijing ramps up military and political pressure to force the democratically governed island to accept its sovereignty claim. Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled […]

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China’s top diplomat heads to Africa as West’s attention dwindles

China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly advance Beijing’s already sizeable influence across the resource-rich continent as Europe’s presence wanes and America’s wavers. While global capitals and investors brace for the return of US President-elect Donald Trump to the White House, and wars […]

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