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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese officials in charge of coronavirus countermeasures will hold a news conference later on Wednesday, with domestic media reporting that a proposal to allow limited numbers of ...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Digital sex crime is now so pervasive in South Korea that the fear of it is affecting the quality of life for women and girls, with many victims saying they had conside...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 21 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland for June 15, up from 20 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Wednesday. The National Health Co...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country's economy improved this year but called for measures to tackle the "tense" food situation caused by the coronavir...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on Wednesday will file a lawsuit in a German court against IAB Tech Lab for allegedly breaching EU privacy rules. At i...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose at the fastest pace in 41 years in May and a key gauge of capital spending grew, helping the world's third largest econo...

By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Krafton Inc, the South Korean company behind blockbuster video game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", said on Wednesday its IPO would raise up to 5.6 trillion won ($5 bil...

By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) - The Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday expressed alarm at what it called the deterioration of the political climate and human rights situation in Nica...

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A digital euro could suck away 8% of euro zone banks' customer deposits, analysts at Morgan Stanley have estimated, although the share may be far higher in some of the...

By Ank Kuipers and Brian Ellsworth PARAMARIBO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Suriname on Tuesday said creditors were taking a "confrontational attitude" toward debt restructuring talks after bondholders rolled b...