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SEOUL: A North Korean defector to the South was apprehended after he crashed a stolen bus near the border in a failed bid to return to his isolated homeland, police told AFP on Wednesday (Oct 2). The suspect had fled to the South in 2011, and was at
SYDNEY: Chinese investment-grade companies are lining up US$10 billion to US$15 billion in offshore bond offerings this quartercebuwin, as Beijing's economic stimulus measures cut fundraising costs and whip up borrowers' appetites, financial adviser
JAKARTA: Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri’s daughter Puan Maharani was elected House Speaker for a second term on Tuesday (Oct 1), as Indonesia swore in 732 members of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) for a five-year term. The assembl
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