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CAF To Introduce Video Assistant Referee At CHAN 2018

Video Assistant Referee – The next 2018 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) which will take place in Morocco will be...

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Wu’s Rivals Take Legal Action To Seize AIBA Control

Opponents to embattled amateur boxing chief Wu Ching-Kuo have begun legal proceedings in an attempt to seize control of...

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S. Korea Starts Review of ‘comfort Women’ Deal With Japan

South Korea Monday began an official review of a controversial agreement with Japan over Second World War sex slaves,...

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Boxing Chief Rejects ‘coup’, Says Still In Charge

The embattled president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) defiantly claimed on Saturday that he was still...

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N Korea: ‘All US Within Missile Range’

North Korea has hailed as a success its latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), describing it as a...

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Deal Sidelines Bid To Block Sale of Toshiba Chip Unit

A request to block Toshiba from raising much-needed cash by selling a flash memory venture was taken off the table on...

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US, S. Korea Conduct Live-Fire Exercise After ICBM Test

The US and South Korean militaries conducted a live-fire exercise using surface-to-surface missiles in response to...

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N. Korea Launches Another Ballistic Missile

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Friday, the Pentagon said, just weeks after Pyongyang tested an...

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Kim Jong-Nam Murder Trial To Start In October

Two women accused of the Cold War-style assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader in Malaysia will go...

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Women Accused of Kim Jong-Nam Murder To Enter Pleas

Two women accused of the Cold War-style assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader in Malaysia are...

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North Korea Marks ‘Victory Day’

In heavy rain, North Koreans put down their umbrellas to bow before the mausoleum of founder Kim Il Sung and his son on...

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S. Korea Former Presidential Aide Jailed Over Artist Blacklist

A top aide close to South Korea's disgraced former president was sentenced to three years Thursday for blacklisting...

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Fire, Smoke and Metal At North Korea Steel Plant

A crane moves a giant bucket brimming with 40 tonnes of molten steel towards a gangway in North Korea's Chollima Steel...

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Open Letter To President Akufo-Addo And Ghanaians

Let me begin by borrowing the words of Martin Luther, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things...

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US Detects Signs of New NKorea Missile Test

The Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is prepping for another missile test, a US defense official said...

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Philippines’ Duterte Demands US Return Symbolic Church Bells

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the United States return church bells seized by American forces in a...

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S. Korea Lifts Court TV Ban Ahead of Park Sentencing

South Korea's Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a ban on the filming of trials, opening the possibility of live TV...

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South Korea Tips Fastest Growth In Three Years In 2017

South Korea said Tuesday its economy is set to grow at its fastest rate in three years in 2017, on the back of strong...

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China Defends Repatriation of North Koreans

China on Monday defended its repatriation of North Koreans who have escaped across its border after a United Nations...