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Mayor Oh’s victory makes him a strong contender to challenge the left-leaning government in the next presidential election.

Washington’s ties with South Korea face problems amid a ‘deficit of trust.’

Experts disagree on whether Xi will press Kim to agree to another summit with Trump.

India’s leading newspaper says, ‘Beijing is growing increasingly uncomfortable with Pyongyang’s warming ties with Moscow.’

Xi is tacitly accepting North Korea as a nuclear power while not pressuring Kim to agree to another summit with Trump.

Duterte is following in the footsteps of her father and former president, Rodrigo Duterte, who is being held by the International Criminal Court at the Hague for his bloody anti-drug campaign.

Lai Ching-te argues it’s fine to have ‘ideals about peace, but not unrealistic illusions.’

Kim Jong-un’s younger sister, Yo-jong, says, ‘‘Denuclearization’ is an unwavering line that can never be crossed.’

Most visitors seem happily unaware of the deluge of criticism of a show extolling America’s successes with an emphasis on patriotism and conservative values.

Cole Porter’s musical, chronicling people too rich to have to strive in anything but romance, is going down a storm across the pond.