That was a dramatic improvement over the previous quarter's 6.8% contraction that was China's worst performance since at least the mid-1960s.
An official from the Seoul Metropolitan Government confirmed that Park did not show up for work because of unspecified reasons and canceled all his schedules, including a meeting with a presidential official at his Seoul City Hall office.
British Foreign Secretary says immigration rules changing to allow British National Overseas passport holders a special path to citizenship.
While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice is far more widespread and systematic than previously known, according to an AP investigation based on government statistics.
At a meeting in Hawaii with a top Chinese diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China to reveal all it knows about the pandemic.
Trump's announcement came just as excerpts emerged from an explosive new book by his former aide John Bolton, who said the president told his Chinese counterpart that he approved of the vast detention camps.
New infections spiked in India, Iran and U.S. states ranging from Florida to Texas to Arizona as authorities struggled restart economic activity without accelerating the pandemic.
The incident, in which neither side fired any shots, according to Indian officials, is the first deadly confrontation between the two Asian giants since 1975.
Twitter said the network was engaged 'in a range of coordinated and manipulated activities' in predominantly Chinese languages.
Pandemic that prompted China to isolate cities has added to strains.
A new study said Philippine cases of online child sexual exploitation have increased sharply in recent years with parents conniving to have their own children victimized for the money.
More controversially, shoppers must use their smartphones to register electronically when entering and leaving a mall, and when entering and leaving individual stores.
The trend has encouraged some Chinese entrepreneurs to start their business via livestreaming instead of renting a storefront.
Homophobic sentiments flared after a newspaper reported the nightclubs the first confirmed patient visited included a gay club.
Infections have jumped more than a hundredfold in two months — from 226 in mid-March to over 23,800, the most in Asia after China and India.
Lee also said Samsung would stop suppressing employee attempts to organize unions.
International watchdogs condemned the closure of ABS-CBN Corp., which President Rodrigo Duterte has targeted in the past for its critical coverage, as a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy.
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