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Seoul shares open tad higher on U.S. rate-cut hopes

Seoul shares opened slightly higher Monday as last week’s U.S. jobs data buoyed hopes the Federal Reserve will start cutting its rates this year.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 2.23 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,864.4…

Fire at Don Mueang Housing Estate, 21 cats dead

Bangkok, Very sad! Fire at Don Mueang Housing Estate, 4 floors high, Don Mueang area, 21 cats could not escape, died strewn about, 5 injured, sent to hospital.

At 10:20 p.m. (last night), Don Mueang Police Station received a report of a fire at a re…