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Exclusive: North Korean leader seeks trip to China for economic help

August 23, 2021 at 3:04 p.m.

(This story from August 24, 2012, corrects the description of the source who appears in the first paragraph. An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the source previously...

Exclusive: Kim plans economic change in North Korea

August 23, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.

(This story from July 21, 2012, corrects the description of the source who appears in the first paragraph. An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the source previously...

Policeman at center of China scandal took walk on the wild side

August 22, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former police chief Wang Lijun, who lifted the lid on China's biggest political scandal in two decades, was known for his wild and flamboyant behavior. Wang, a...

Exclusive: North Korean leader asks for Beijing trip

August 22, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing next month to meet China's outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties...

Exclusive: North Korean leader asks for Beijing trip

August 23, 2021 at 12:48 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing next month to meet China's outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties...

Newsmaker: Villain or scapegoat? Gu Kailai faces life in jail

December 24, 2018 at 12:57 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A paranoid killer or a persecuted scapegoat -- Gu Kailai, the woman at the centre of China's most politically explosive criminal case in a generation, remains an...

Exclusive: China’s president eyes ally for promotion to top body – sources

December 24, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is maneuvering to promote one of his closest allies to the Communist Party's inner sanctum, two independent sources said, in a bid to...

Villain or scapegoat? Gu Kailai faces trial in China

December 24, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Cold-blooded killer or scapegoat, China's Lady MacBeth or over-protective mother -- Gu Kailai remains an enigma as she is tried for murder in a case that has...

Another ousted China party chief challenges case against him

December 24, 2018 at 5:00 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The former Communist Party chief of Beijing who was at the heart of one of China's biggest political scandals before this year's upheaval over Bo Xilai has...

Exclusive: China leadership rules Bo case isolated, limits purge: sources

December 24, 2018 at 4:39 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has demanded senior Communist Party officials stifle tensions over the ousting of ambitious politician Bo Xilai and show unity as they prepare for...

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