S Korean party head resigns over father&#39;s collaboration with Japan
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SEOUL  The chairman of South Korea&#39;s ruling Uri Party, Shin Ki Nam, resigned Thursday after it was disclosed that his father was a collaborator with Japanese colonial authorities during Japan&#39;s 1910-1945 rule of the Korean Peninsula.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has resigned as chairman of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take responsibility for an election setback.
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SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il recently purged his brother-in-law from the government, removing a powerful party official who was thought to be a possible rival to Kim and his sons, South Korean intelligence officials have reported.
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South Korea's opposition on Friday dismissed President Roh Moo-Hyun's decision to leave his ruling Uri Party as a &quot;political circus.&quot;
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Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet to try to revive his popularity.
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Shinzo Abe, the nationalist leader whose vision of an unapologetically strong Japan sank amid scandals, incompetence and gaffes, said today he would step down.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s entire Cabinet resigned Monday ahead of a planned reshuffle that Japanese leader hopes will solidify his power and boost his ability to carry out reforms.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas resigned on Thursday in a procedural move aimed at launching a unity government with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, an official in Haniyeh's office told Reuters.
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Thailand's deposed premier resigned from his once all-powerful party in a letter faxed from London on Tuesday, after more than 200 colleagues quit the organization in the wake of a military coup.
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President Chen resigns as DPP chairman in Taiwan, in a move which could signal a new drive to find consensus.
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Japan&#39;s farm minister resigned on Monday  over illegal dealings at a farmers&#39; group he headed, public  broadcaster NHK reported, dealing a fresh blow to Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet.
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Shinzo Abe tells ruling party officials he will resign as Japan's PM, local media reports say.
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South Korean lawmakers have agreed to spare the ministry responsible for relations with North Korea and reject a call for its closure made by the president-elect, local media reported on Saturday.
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The head of Taiwan's main opposition party, Ma Ying-jeou, resigns after fraud charges.
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Japanese Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma resigned Tuesday after sparking outrage with remarks seen as justifying the World War II atomic bombings of Japan by the United States.
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party admits his father worked for Japan's military, and resigns.
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Japan's defence minister quits following a row over remarks he made about the US atomic attacks during World War II.