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U.S. democracy is flagging, rendering people's votes meaningless: Philippine expert

STORY: U.S. democracy is flagging, rendering people's votes meaningless: Philippine expert DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE (English): HERMAN TIU LAUREL, Founder of Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies 3. various of the U.S. STORYLINE: A Philippine expert has said that U.S. democracy is flagging in the eyes of the world and rendering the votes of the people meaningless. SOUNDBITE (English): HERMAN TIU LAUREL, Founder of Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies "American democracy has been deteriorating over the past decades. More people, more Americans believe their government serves the minority, not the majority. Now, I think the term democracy is simply from the old Greek name of people and the rule of the people, but it never said how that rule will be formed, what structures. The electoral and so-called democratic process has frozen into two warring parties. It's constant. There is never a compromise, a real compromise,

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Koizumi voices displeasure with Suzuki's island remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi looks at a copy of a classified Foreign Ministry document during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 12. The premier voiced strong displeasure with scandal-hit Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Muneo Suzuki for his remarks in 1995, quoted in the document, that Japan's diplomatic efforts to regain sovereignty over a group of Russian-held islands are meaningless.

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S. Korean labor group quits tripartite body

Deputies to a national convention of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) swing their fits Wednesday Feb. 24 in support of its breakaway from a tripartite committee of government, industry and labor. 'The tripartite committee is meaningless because it has forced only workers to endure pains,' KCTU leader Lee Kap Yong told reporters later.

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Koizumi voices displeasure with Suzuki's island remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi looks at a copy of a classified Foreign Ministry document during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 12. The premier voiced strong displeasure with scandal-hit Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Muneo Suzuki for his remarks in 1995, quoted in the document, that Japan's diplomatic efforts to regain sovereignty over a group of Russian-held islands are meaningless.

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Japan, U.S. agree dialogue for its own sake with N. Korea meaningless

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2017 after telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders agreed that dialogue with North Korea would be "meaningless if it's for the sake of dialogue." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea suggests Chinese proposal over nuclear issue meaningless

Pak Myong Ho, a minister at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, holds a press conference at the embassy on March 16, 2017. Pak defended his country's nuclear development program and criticized the United States for raising tensions around the Korean Peninsula by conducting massive military exercises with South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean labor group quits tripartite body

Deputies to a national convention of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) swing their fits Wednesday Feb. 24 in support of its breakaway from a tripartite committee of government, industry and labor. 'The tripartite committee is meaningless because it has forced only workers to endure pains,' KCTU leader Lee Kap Yong told reporters later.