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FILE - In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen waves as she departs Taiwan, Sept. 5, 2023. Taipei, Taiwan —  Taiwan’s former president Tsai Ing-wen kicks off an eight-day trip to the Czech Republic and two other European countries on October 12 – her first international tour since leaving office in May. While China is likely to voice its opposition to the trip, analysts say it highlights the close ties that Taipei has forged with European countries in recent years. China says democratically ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes any formal contacts between Taiwan officials and other nations. In a statement released Monday, Taiwan’s presidential office said current President Lai Ching-te has delegated the National Securi...

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 4, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, second from left, inspecting a potato factory in Samjiyon County. North Korean farm managers who are not carefully harvesting their potato crops – leaving some behind – are getting in trouble with authorities, residents with links to the agricultural sector told Radio Free Asia. Inspectors recently swooped down on several collective farms in the northern potato-growing region of Ryanggang province to check the fields. “The inspectors drove around in cars and dug up every nook and cranny of the potato fields on the farm,” a resident who works in agriculture said on condition of anonymity for security reasons. “If the inspectors conclude tha...