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Pyongyang in festive mood ahead of all-important ruling party congress

Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been enveloped in joyful atmosphere ahead of a national congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

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Donald Trump projected to win crucial primary in Indiana

New York billionaire and former reality TV show host Donald Trump is projected to win the crucial Republican primary held Tuesday in the mid-western U.S. state of Indiana, increasing his likelihood of clinching the party's presidential nomination outright, a number of TV networks reported.

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Anti-Islam policy of Germany's right-wing AfD party draws fierce criticism

German politicians and religious communities across Germany responded on Monday with fierce criticism to the hard-right manifesto adopted by Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

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N. Korea to hold first party congress in over three decades on :Yonhap

North Korea said Wednesday that its ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) plans to hold its first party congress in more than three decades late next week, a move expected to reaffirm North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's tight grip on power.

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Myanmar former ruling party acting chairman responds to removal from party membership

Myanmar former ruling party acting chairman U Shwe Mann responded Monday to a recent decision by the Union Solidarity and Development Party to remove him from party membership, stressing the need for responsible organizations to review his case if it conforms to law and rules and regulations, U Shwe Mann wrote in his facebook.

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N.K. leader to represent military in upcoming party congress: Yonhap

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been selected to represent the military in the upcoming party congress in May, the country's state-run media said Thursday, as Pyongyang moves toward its first party congress in more than 30 years.

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S. Korea's ruling party fails to regain majority in parliamentary election

​South Korea's ruling party failed to regain a majority in the parliamentary election on Wednesday, heralding hardships that President Park Geun-hye's economic reform drive may face during the remaining tenure of her five-year term.

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Separatist “party” has crossed the line: Zhang Xiaoming

The notion of establishing a pro-independence “party” in Hong Kong was way out of line when it came to freedom of speech, the central government's top envoy in the city said.

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Opposition parties merge in Japan to challenge Abe-led coalition, but outlook seems bleak

Japanese opposition parties accelerated their realignment ahead of this summer's upper house election with the latest move of the formal establishment of the Minshinto, or the Democratic Party, on Sunday to confront the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Trump begins to gain endorsements amid increasing controversy, protests

Amid rising controversy and even violent protests, U.S. Republican Party (GOP) front-runner Donald Trump's campaign is starting to gain endorsements from the party's rising stars as his nomination is becoming more and more likely.

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Myanmar opposition party designates one more spokesperson during transition period

Myanmar's election-winning opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has designated Dr. Zaw Myint Maung as one more spokesperson with regard to the party's policy and matter of transition in addition to Aung San Suu Kyi, the party's chairperson, according to an NLD announcement published here Wednesday.

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U.S. Republican elites make all-out effort to slow Trump's momentum

With Donald Trump's growing prospects of winning the Republican nomination for the White House, the party's establishment is gearing up a concerted, and sometimes desperate, effort to stop him before it is too late.

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Xi meets special envoy of Vietnam's communist party chief

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Hoang Binh Quan, the special envoy of Vietnam's communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, on Monday, pledging to boost party-to-party relationship and bilateral ties.

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DPRK ruling party convenes meeting to discuss stronger leadership

​The Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the Korean People's Army Committee of the WPK convened an enlarged meeting to discuss strengthening party leadership, the state media KCNA reported Thursday.

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Election of Vietnamese communist party leadership raises people's hopes

The 12th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on Thursday concluded its meeting in Vietnam's capital Hanoi with a new CPV leadership team being introduced.

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S. Korea's Park seeks nuke talks except DPRK

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Friday that six-party talks, which exclude the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), should be sought to restart the dialogue channel to dismantle the DPRK's nuclear program.

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Communist Party of Vietnam kicks off preparatory session of 12th National Congress

The preparatory session of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) kicked off Wednesday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.