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Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has gone into hiding a day after testifying to the US Congress about China’s new security law for the territory.Kyodo News
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After blowing up a liaison office, North Korea began making good on its vow to move troops into an area that had been demilitarized under an agreement with South Korea.
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