S.Korea's Ruling Party Head Resigns on Father's Past
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri  Party resigned Thursday, an unexpected first casualty of  President Roh Moo-hyun's call for an inquiry into who benefited  from working with Korea's Japanese colonial rulers.
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South Korea's new leader wants to ditch the ministry that has long handled relations with the North, have others absorb its functions and shift the way Seoul deals with its prickly neighbor, aides said on Wednesday.
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Scandal-tainted Lee Myung-bak set to become South Korea's next president, exit poll shows
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation at a Wednesday news conference.
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South Korea's army chief  offers to resign, amid growing unease over an investigation into a promotions scandal.
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The head of the Asia Pacific region for Intercontinental Hotels quits after lies were discovered about his academic qualifications.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son has returned to Pyongyang after living overseas and taken up a post at the ruling Workers' Party, possibly signaling a shift in succession plans, a news report said on Monday.
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A top aide to Swedish PM Goeran Persson quits after criticism over his response to the Asian tsunami.
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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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The chairman of Taiwan's ruling party resigned Saturday after prosecutors indicted him on graft charges, while the island's vice president, facing similar charges, said she would fight the allegations.
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Former President Jiang Zemin resigns his post as head of military.
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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 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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Jiang, whose term was to have run until 2007, resigned at a meeting of the ruling Communist Partyâs Central Committee that ended yesterday.
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Ruling Uri Party chairman Shin Ki-nam made his resignation official in a press briefing following an emergency party meeting earlier in the day.
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The leader of the main opposition party in South Africa, Tony Leon, is to step down after 13 years.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.