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N Korean diplomats in Malaysia to seek Kim’s brother’s body

  KUALA LUMPUR / AP A high-level North Korean delegation arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday seeking the body of leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother, the victim of a nerve-agent attack that many suspect the North itself of orchestrating. The body of Kim Jong Nam, killed Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport, is at the center of a heated diplomatic ...

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Taiwan marks crackdown anniversary amid China tensions

  TAIPEI / AP Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday the island’s democracy is mature enough to handle a thorough investigation into a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters 70 years ago, an event seen as a rallying point by those who reject China’s claim to the self-governing island. Tsai, speaking at a gathering in Taipei, pledged to take a “rigorous ...

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No end in sight to India’s slow-motion bank crisis

  India’s slow-moving banking crisis continues to drag on, as ponderous and unstoppable as the state-controlled banking sector itself. A recent study found that the gross “non-performing assets” of state banks rose 56% in 2016, and 135% in the last two years. They now account for 11% of all state bank loans. These are hardly reassuring numbers. Yet the government—which, ...

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