Singapore announced on January 31 that it would stop issuing visas to people holding Chinese passports and deny entry to foreigners who had visited China in the past 14 days, in a bid to counter the spread of novel coronavirus.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad have agreed to cooperate in addressing the DPRK's nuclear and missile development as well as the abduction of Japanese citizens.
Two Japanese citizens have been given ten and eight-year jail terms for smuggling seven golden statues under clause 153, article 4, point a of the Criminal Code.
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