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South Korea courts DPRK’s old allies in diplomatic push for all-round change in isolated country

South Korea’s foreign minister will visit Moscow next week after touring Cuba, Uganda and Iran as part of a push to enlist DPRK’s old allies to press for change in the isolated state, Seoul said on Tuesday.

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Syrian and Russian aircraft step up bombing of Aleppo city: monitor

Nearly 50 air strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in some of the heaviest recent raids by Russian and Syrian government aircraft, residents and a monitoring group said.