Key words : biden met counterpart
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US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol met in Seoul on Saturday.
It was the first meeting between the two leaders.
They agreed to strengthen their countries' combined deterrence against the growing threat from North Korea.
The two held a joint news conference after the talks.
Biden said, "Today, President Yoon and I committed to strengthening our close engagement and work together to take on challenges with regional security, including addressing the threat posed by the DPRK, by further strengthening our deterrence posture and working toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
Yoon said, "We reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of North Korea. There is no compromise on security. Under this shared belief, we agreed that strong deterrence against North Korea is paramount."
He also said South Korea is willing to provide assistance to North Korea to help it fight an apparent outbreak of COVID-19.
The two leaders pledged in a joint statement to deepen and broaden cooperation on critical technologies, such as advanced semiconductors.
They also recognized the importance of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific that is peaceful and prosperous.
They agreed to strengthen mutual cooperation across the region.
Key words : north illness
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North Korea says it has contained an outbreak of what it calls "fever", following reports of surging cases of an illness that appears to be COVID-19.
The ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported on Saturday that a politburo meeting was convened on the same day with leader Kim Jong Un.
The newspaper said officials concluded transmission rates across the country have been gradually suppressed, with recovery numbers rising by the day. It said fatalities were substantially falling.
Meanwhile, state-run Korean Central News Agency has reported more than 219,000 people were newly confirmed to have developed fevers during the 24 hours to 6:00 p.m. Friday.
The total of daily new cases nationwide has topped 2.46 million since late April, suggesting 10 percent of the North's population have caught fevers.
Key words : russian defense surrendered
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The Russian defense ministry says 2,439 Ukrainian defenders at the Azovstal steel plant in the key port city of Mariupol have surrendered. It says the underground facilities have come under the full control of Russia's armed forces.
The ministry said on Friday that Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin both Mariupol and the steel plant have been "fully liberated." Shoigu also indicated the liberation of the Luhansk region would soon follow.
A Ukrainian defense ministry spokesperson said Ukrainian forces are fighting back and inflicting major losses on Russian troops and equipment. The spokesperson said the troops repelled Russian attacks 14 times in two eastern regions the previous day, destroying eight tanks.
Regarding Finland and Sweden's application to join NATO on Wednesday, Shoigu said tension continues to grow near Russia's western borders. He said Russian forces would respond by forming 12 units and divisions in its western military district. He also said they were working to improve the combat strength of their troops by the end of the year.
Finnish state-owned gas wholesaler Gasum said the flow of natural gas from Russia would stop from Saturday. Russian energy giant Gazprom confirmed it had notified Gasum of the halt.
Russia has also stopped exporting electricity to Finland, likely in retaliation. Russia has strongly criticized Western nations for stepping up military aid to Ukraine.
Key words : zelen school
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Ukraine's President has called for international cooperation to ensure victims of Russian aggression are compensated for losses they suffer.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the appeal in a video message released on Friday.
He said Russia should compensate for "everything it has destroyed in Ukraine." He demanded reparations for "every burned house, every ruined school and hospital, each blown up house of culture, infrastructure facility, and every destroyed enterprise."
Zelenskyy said, "We invite partner countries to a multilateral agreement."
He added, "under such an agreement, Russian funds and property under the jurisdiction of partner countries must be seized or frozen, and then confiscated and directed to a specially created fund from which all victims of Russian aggression can receive appropriate compensation."
Key words : olympic died
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Ukraine's National Olympic Committee says 51 of the country's athletes have died due to Russia's invasion.
Committee President Sergey Bubka spoke on Friday in Lausanne at a session of the International Olympic Committee.
The former Olympic pole vault champion said the invasion has "destroyed our country and also destroyed our minds."
He said a promising teenage female gymnast is among the athletes who have died.
Bubka said he is working hard to support and keep Ukrainian athletes motivated, adding that he and IOC President Thomas Bach visited some who have fled the country.
Bach said the IOC's relationship with Russia's political leadership has deteriorated in recent years due to a number of issues, including a doping scandal.
Key words : lodged in 2008
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Japan has lodged a protest with China after detecting construction work for a new structure near the two countries' median line in the East China Sea.
Japan and China agreed in 2008 to jointly develop gas fields in the region. But as negotiations for a related treaty stalled, China has pursued its own development activities in the area, including construction near the median line.
Japan's foreign ministry announced on Friday that it confirmed China had started work on a new structure on the Chinese side of the line.
The head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Funakoshi Takehiro, lodged a protest with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.
He says it is "extremely regrettable" that China is unilaterally going ahead with the gas field development.
He urged China to swiftly resume talks for the related treaty around the 2008 agreement.
The ministry says this is the 17th Chinese structure of its kind.
Key words : human rights visit china
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The UN human rights chief will visit China next week to tour the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, said on Friday that High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet will pay an official visit to China from May 23 through May 28.
It will be the first visit to China by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2005.
The OHCHR said Bachelet will visit Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, and Kashgar in southern Xinjiang. The office added she will meet with Chinese government officials and business representatives.
She is expected to issue a statement at a news conference on May 28, the final day of her visit.
Western nations are concerned about alleged forced labor and other violations targeting the ethnic Uyghur people in Xinjiang. The Chinese government has consistently denied allegations of abuse.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that Bachelet's visit will be fruitful.
But observers say success of the mission depends on whether Beijing will allow the UN unfettered movement in Xinjiang.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price expressed serious doubts over Bachelet's planned visit at a telephone news conference on Friday.
Price said the US government has "no expectation that the Chinese government will grant the necessary access required to conduct a complete, unmanipulated assessment of the human rights environment in Xinjiang."
He added that for months, the US has called upon the High Commissioner to release a report drafted by her staff detailing the situation in Xinjiang, but it remains unavailable.
Price added that "the High Commissioner's continued silence in the face of indisputable evidence of atrocities in Xinjiang" is deeply concerning.
Key words : world health monkeypox 80
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The World Health Organization is urging all countries to be on the alert against monkeypox, an infectious disease rarely found outside Africa, citing reports of occasional outbreaks in the West.
A series of new cases of monkeypox, a viral disease, have been reported in Britain, the United States and other western countries in May.
Britain's health authorities announced on Friday that they confirmed an additional 11 new cases. Germany and the Netherlands also reported new cases.
The WHO says in a statement issued on Friday that there are about 80 confirmed cases in 11 countries so far, and that more cases are likely to be reported as surveillance expands.
The WHO says it is "working with the affected countries and others to expand disease surveillance to find and support people who may be affected, and to provide guidance on how to manage the disease."
The WHO Regional Office for Europe says as people enter the summer season in the European region, with mass gatherings, festivals and parties, the office is concerned that transmission could accelerate.
It says although most of the cases currently under investigation in Europe are so far mild, the disease can be more severe, especially in young children, pregnant women and individuals who are immunocompromised.
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