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Far Eastern

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Far East (E Asia) or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yo Jong's latest advancement within the party "amounts to promotion to ministerial rank," said Lim Eul-chul from the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

He had brought along a third undercover officer, posing as Miranda, an expert in Far Eastern art to authenticate the vase.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

In comments at a forum in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, Putin also said that significant changes in the U.S.-Russia relationship were unlikely regardless of who becomes the next president of the United States.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

The Dutch colonists and traders in the Far Eastern seas had used high-handed measures to prevent English competition.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard

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