South Korea’s Opposition Parties’ Win: What It Means

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The center-left Democratic Party added to its legislative majority after the recent parliamentary election, which would deal a blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s domestic reform agenda and possibly his efforts to improve ties with Japan.

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Lee Jae-myung (middle), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, stands with supporters at a campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea on April 9, 2024.
Lee Jae-myung (middle), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, stands with supporters at a campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea on April 9, 2024. Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters

What are the major takeaways from the National Assembly elections in South Korea?

South Koreans went to the polls on April 10 to elect every member of the unicameral National Assembly. To the chagrin of President Yoon Suk Yeol, his conservative People Power Party (PPP) did not secure a majority. PPP lost six seats from 114 to 108 and DPP and allies gained thirty seats from 157 to 187.

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China is sending its highest-level delegation to North Korea since 2019 to kick off a ‘friendship year’

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By Simone McCarthy, CNN

Updated 12:18 AM EDT, Thu April 11, 2024 CNN

FILE - Zhao Leji attends a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. Zhao, a top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week, both countries announced Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Chinese official Zhao Leji attends a session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last month. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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China’s highest-level visit to North Korea in nearly five years is set to get underway Thursday, as Pyongyang seeks to strengthen relations with both Beijing and Moscow amid growing coordination between its neighbors and the United States.

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Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe

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Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss women against their government in a landmark ruling that could have implications across the continent.

BY MOLLY QUELL AND RAF CASERT Updated 9:06 AM GMT+7, April 10, 2024

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss women against their government in a landmark ruling that could have implications across the continent.

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Half a year into the war in Gaza, here’s a look at the conflict by the numbers

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The United Nations chief is blaming Israel’s military strategy and procedures for the killing of nearly 200 humanitarian workers and is calling for independent investigations to fix those failures and practices.Photos

BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP Updated 7:02 PM GMT+7, April 6, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century.

Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack, Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip, displacing the vast majority of the population and causing many to flee to Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah. Food is scarce, the U.N. says famine is approaching and few Palestinians have been able to leave the besieged territory.

FILE - People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
FILE – People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Meanwhile, Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel from Gaza, and Hezbollah and other militant groups do so from southern Lebanon, prompting tit-for-tat fighting that has displaced thousands of civilians on both sides of Israel’s borders. Hamas is still holding hostages taken during the Oct. 7 raid, as well as the bodies of some who died in captivity. And cease-fire talks stretch on with no end in sight.

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AP Photos chronicle 6 months of devastation in Gaza war with no sign of an end

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Palestinians flee from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza after an Israeli ground and air offensive on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Associated Press photographers have captured what six months of devastating war have brought for Israel and for Palestinians. At its six-month mark, it is not clear what direction the war will now take. Weeks of mediation by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar for a longer cease-fire have so far been unable to make a breakthrough. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Palestinians flee from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza after an Israeli ground and air offensive on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Associated Press photographers have captured what six months of devastating war have brought for Israel and for Palestinians. At its six-month mark, it is not clear what direction the war will now take. Weeks of mediation by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar for a longer cease-fire have so far been unable to make a breakthrough. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Biden and Xi speak for first time since November summit amid global tensions

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By MJ Lee and Donald Judd, CNN

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Updated 10:27 PM EDT, Tue April 2, 2024

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesWashingtonCNN — 

President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, marking the first conversation between the leaders since their historic in-person summit in November and the latest in ongoing efforts by US and Chinese officials to defuse tensions between the two superpowers.

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Ấn Độ, luật quốc tịch mới, và mâu thuẫn tôn giáo

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SÁNG ÁNH – 01/04/2024 10:09 GMT+7

TTCT – Năm 2019, Quốc hội Ấn Độ thông qua Đạo luật bổ sung về quốc tịch (Citizenship Amendment Act, tức CAA) gây nhiều tranh cãi, đặc biệt là với cộng đồng Hồi giáo đông đảo ở nước này.

Ảnh: The Print

CAA cho phép người vào Ấn Độ dù có phép hay trái phép trước 2014 đều được nhanh chóng vào quốc tịch trên căn bản tôn giáo: Người được phép nhập tịch muốn theo đạo gì cũng được, trừ đạo Hồi.

Ấn Độ theo hiến pháp 1947 là quốc gia thế tục và đa tôn giáo, không phân biệt. CAA như vậy vi phạm nguyên tắc lập quốc. Dù được chính quyền trình bày là một đạo luật nhân đạo giúp hợp thức hóa thành phần tị nạn và sống chui, CAA lại bị người Hồi tại Ấn Độ coi là kỳ thị tôn giáo của họ. 

Nó gặp phải sự chống đối dữ dội và biểu tình gây hỗn loạn khiến cả ngàn người bị bắt và trên 50 người thiệt mạng. Chính quyền bèn tạm thời không áp dụng đạo luật này và treo nó, không ban hành tức khắc.

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China’s role in the Middle East: Can China be a peace mediator between Israel and Hamas?

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CNA Insider – 28-3-2024

Over the last twenty years, China’s influence in the Middle East has grown substantially. China has major economic partnerships with Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and also Israel.

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 A deadly incident underscores the risks for Chinese migrants journeying to the US

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April 1, 2024 
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A rendering of the Chang'e-8 mission was shown at the International Astronautical Congress held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on October 2.

Chinese migrants have been found dead on the coast of southern Mexico, authorities said, after their boat capsized along a popular but perilous route for illegally entering the United States. The bodies of the seven women and one man were discovered Friday on a beach in San Francisco del Mar, Oaxaca, the state’s prosecutor’s office said in a statement.  Tiếp tục đọc ” A deadly incident underscores the risks for Chinese migrants journeying to the US” →

How ‘Made in China’ Became American Gospel

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The canny marketing of imports from vodka to basketballs transformed the U.S.-China trade relationship.

MARCH 24, 2024, 6:00 AM

By Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson, an assistant professor in the international history department at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

A historic image of four businessmen at a table with basketballs.
A historic image of four businessmen at a table with basketballs.

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On Oct. 25, 1976, U.S. businessman Charles Abrams traveled to New York City’s South Street Seaport to welcome a ship loaded with Chinese vodka. This was, according to Abrams, the first time the liquor had been commercially imported from China since 1949.

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Từ ngày 1-7: Chuyển tiền trên 10 triệu phải xác thực bằng khuôn mặt, vân tay

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TT – 23/03/2024 05:56 GMT+7 LÊ THANH

Đây là quyết định 2345 của Ngân hàng Nhà nước, nhằm tăng cường đảm bảo an toàn cho người dân khi chuyển tiền.

Khách hàng được tư vấn thực hiện giao dịch qua app – Ảnh: QUANG ĐỊNH

Trao đổi với Tuổi Trẻ, ông Phạm Anh Tuấn – vụ trưởng Vụ Thanh toán (Ngân hàng Nhà nước) – cho biết:

– Thời gian qua có không ít người dân đã bị đối tượng lừa đảo chiếm đoạt tiền. Thủ đoạn của bọn lừa đảo rất tinh vi như tự xưng là cơ quan chức năng như công an, thanh tra giao thông… rồi đưa ra các tình huống khiến người dân mất cảnh giác, truy cập vào phần mềm và đường link có mã độc.

Sau đó, bọn chúng vào tài khoản, thậm chí chiếm quyền kiểm soát điện thoại để lấy sạch tiền trong tài khoản.

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There are more than 1,000 varieties of banana, and we eat one of them. Here’s why that’s absurd

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Dan Saladino

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The lack of diversity could mean the fruit’s extinction. It offers a stark warning of what could happen to other key foods

Fri 22 Mar 2024 12.00 GMT The Guardian

The meeting of the World Banana Forum last week in Rome didn’t make many headlines. But what was under discussion there has serious implications for everyone. The ubiquitous yellow fruit is the proverbial canary in the mine of our modern food system, showing just how fragile it is. And the current plight of the banana should serve as an invitation to us all to become champions of food diversity.

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In US-China rivalry, is Vietnam the big winner?

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CNA Insider -13 thg 2, 2024

In the span of three months, presidents of both the US and China have visited Hanoi. From the visits, numerous trade and investment deals were signed. Politically and economically, Vietnam stands to gain from closer ties with the US. As President Biden continues to de-risk from China, American businesses are shifting their operations and manufacturing from China to Vietnam. But camaraderie with Washington could jeopardise Hanoi’s relationship with Beijing and Moscow. Why are the superpowers courting Vietnam, and can the Southeast Asian country balance the competing wants of rival titans?

00:00 Introduction 02:45 Significance of Vietnam-US comprehensive strategic partnership

07:10 Vietnam and US-China relations 10:21 Evolution of Vietnam-US relations 18:35 Why does the US want to upgrade Vietnam-US ties? 23:51 State of Vietnam-China relations 30:06 Is China concerned about closer Vietnam-US relations? 32:51 Vietnam-Russia relations and the Russia-Ukraine war 36:40 Vietnam’s neutral stance and its benefits 43:26 What challenges will Vietnam face in balancing relations?