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UNITED STATES

Trump names new UN ambassador

US President Donald Trump will pick State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the next US ambassador to the United Nations, US media reported on Thursday, citing sources. Nauert, a former Fox news anchor, will succeed departing Nikki Haley who announced in October her intention to leave the post, according to a Bloomberg report. Trump had accepted Haley's resignation.

SOUTH KOREA

Negotiations on military cost-sharing

Seoul and Washington will hold their 10th round of negotiations next week on how to share costs for US troops stationed in South Korea, the nation's Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The talks will last for three days from Dec 11 in Seoul to strike a deal on cost-sharing for the stationing of US Forces Korea. About 28,500 US soldiers are stationed in South Korea. The United States allegedly had called for South Korea to increase its contribution to the USFK stationing, a move opposed by the Asian ally.

JAPAN

Nissan, Ghosn to be indicted, report says

Tokyo prosecutors have decided to indict Nissan as well as its former chairman Carlos Ghosn and another executive as early as next week over alleged financial misconduct, a report said on Friday. It came amid speculation that Ghosn and his right-hand man Greg Kelly will face new allegations related to under-reporting of the auto giant's compensation. The pair were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to understate Ghosn's pay by $44 million in official filings during the five years up to March 2015.

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