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NEW YORK -- By picking Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is putting an oil executive and close friend of the Russian president at the helm of American diplomacy. [1]

YANGON — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Myanmar’s administrative capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday to meet with the State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and military chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing regarding the issues in Rakhine State. [2]

NEW DELHI -- India's trade with North Korea has become "minimal" but it will not close its embassy there, the country's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday. [3]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that CIA Director Mike Pompeo will replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, a step likely to influence Washington's stance on North Korea. [4]

BANGKOK -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Thailand on Tuesday and met with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, becoming the highest-ranked American official to travel to the kingdom after the military regime took power in a 2014 coup. [5]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commented Tuesday that Washington is open to negotiating with Pyongyang with no prerequisites, highlighting the growing divide within the administration over how to handle the North Korean threat. [6]

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. could once again list North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Wednesday, becoming the first cabinet member of the Trump administration to publicly comment on the matter. U.S. [7]

WASHINGTON -- With the abrupt departure of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, the U.S. is expected to pursue an even harder line on issues such as the situation in North Korea and trade policy. Departing U.S. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-14 · 85% match

Trump picks Putin-approved oilman as secretary of state

NEW YORK -- By picking Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is putting an oil executive and close friend of the Russian president at the helm of American diplomacy.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-11-16 · 75% match

Important Takeaways from US Secretary of State Meetings in Naypyidaw

YANGON — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Myanmar’s administrative capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday to meet with the State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and military chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing regarding the issues in Rakhine State.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-10-25 · 75% match

India tells US Secretary of State it'll keep embassy in N Korea

NEW DELHI -- India's trade with North Korea has become "minimal" but it will not close its embassy there, the country's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-14 · 75% match

Trump fires top diplomat Tillerson ahead of North Korea talks

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that CIA Director Mike Pompeo will replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, a step likely to influence Washington's stance on North Korea.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-08-09 · 75% match

Thailand hosts Tillerson, shows unity on Pyongyang sanctions

BANGKOK -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Thailand on Tuesday and met with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, becoming the highest-ranked American official to travel to the kingdom after the military regime took power in a 2014 coup.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-14 · 75% match

Tillerson's rift with Trump on North Korea resurfaces

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commented Tuesday that Washington is open to negotiating with Pyongyang with no prerequisites, highlighting the growing divide within the administration over how to handle the North Korean threat.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-21 · 75% match

US could relist North Korea as state sponsor of terrorism

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. could once again list North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Wednesday, becoming the first cabinet member of the Trump administration to publicly comment on the matter. U.S.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-15 · 75% match

Tillerson exit prompts tougher line on North Korea and trade

WASHINGTON -- With the abrupt departure of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, the U.S. is expected to pursue an even harder line on issues such as the situation in North Korea and trade policy. Departing U.S.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-08-09 · 74% match

Thai Prime Minister Aims for October Trump Meet

BANGKOK, Thailand — Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said he will visit the United States at the invitation of US President Donald Trump this October, amid reports that the US has pressured Thailand to help cut funding sources to North Korea.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-29 · 73% match

US urges countries to act before 'North Korea does'

UNITED NATIONS -- Taking a tone of urgency, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday pressed the international community to sever diplomatic and financial ties with North Korea to block its nuclear weapons program. U.S.

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