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Texas House passes bill banning Chinese citizens from buying state land
The bill was amended to exempt visa-holders, but to give Gov. Greg Abbott power to bar other foreign citizens from purchasing ...
Naver Leveraging Its Search Position Into E-Commerce and Fintech
Naver has historically generated strong cash flow. Its free cash flow to equity/sales ratio, or FCFE/sales, averaged 20% over the past seven years, which indicates strong operational and financial ...
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How Declassified Cold War Satellite Images Are Helping Find Bombs and Mines Buried for Decades in Southeast Asia
In the rice fields of Cambodia and the forested hills of Vietnam, dangers of the past lie dormant. Long after the last shots ...
'Only place like this': How one Asian market sparked an oasis of food in a Phoenix suburb
Twenty years ago, the metro Phoenix suburb of Mesa didn't have an Asian District. Then, the transformation of an abandoned ...
China Doubles Down Against US Ally in Contested Waters
China and South Korea have agreed to hold a fourth Maritime Cooperation Dialogue, next time in China, and to continue ...
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North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia, hails ‘heroes’
SEOUL – North Korea confirmed for the first time on April 28 that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un and that it had helped regain ...
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South Korea tops Coldplay's LED wristbands return rate for world tour
Coldplay fans in South Korea have officially broken the record for the highest return rate of the group's recyclable wristbands at the end of each show. As part of its sustainability efforts for its ...
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North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time
North Korea confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to Russia for the war against Ukraine, with the state-run Korean Central News Agency saying Monday that its forces had helped ...
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3 people seriously hurt in South Korea high-school stabbing, Yonhap reports
SEOUL — Three people were seriously injured in a stabbing attack by a high-school student in Cheongju, South Korea, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday (April 28), citing the fire agency.
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Naver, Kakao bolster map services to counter Google’s data export push
As Google seeks regulatory approval to export high-precision map data from Korea, local IT giants Naver and Kakao are ramping up their efforts to reinforce their map services -- both in ...
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South Korea and other Asian countries plan visits to the state as they eye Alaska LNG project
26—Officials from Asian countries will soon be coming to Alaska ... with officials of trade ministries from Japan and South Korea, The New York Times reported Thursday. Spokespeople with the ...
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North Korea lashes out at Air Force’s ‘Swan of Death’ bomber deployment in Japan
The official voice of North Korea’s authoritarian regime on Friday ... of the U.S. strategic asset in the center of the Asia-Pacific area,” the commentary said. “Stationing the B-1B in ...