Asia-Pacific
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Cambodia Attracts Record Foreign Investment Growth
Despite global and regional economic downturns due to ongoing geopolitical conflict, Cambodia contin...
October 16, 2023
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South Korea to Carry Out a Pilot Test for a Central Bank Digital Currency with Banks, Individuals
South Korean authorities are to chart out a new era of digital payments, carrying out a pilot test f...
October 14, 2023
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Survey: 37.4% of Japanese Respondents Have Positive Impression of South Korea, Surpassing Bad Impression for First Time
A Japan-South Korea poll found that 37.4% of Japanese respondents had a “good” or “somewhat good” im...
October 12, 2023
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TikTok Opens ‘creator House’ in Bangkok
TikTok, a popular video-sharing social media platform, has opened its first Southeast Asian “creator...
October 12, 2023
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Popularity of Modern Yoga Stretches across China
Over the summer, a number of mass public yoga events were held across the country where people from ...
October 12, 2023
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China to Join IAEA Team to Sample, Analyze Fukushima Treated Water for First Time
Experts from China will join a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to sample and...
October 12, 2023
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North Korea Reinforces Border with China, Tightens Control to Prevent Defections that Could Threaten Kim Jong Un’s Rule
SEOUL — The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea via China has plummeted as Pyongya...
October 11, 2023
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South Korea: Concerns Growing over Women’s Safety Following Gender-Based Violence Cases
Despite the Yoon Suk Yeol government’s pledge to crack down on crimes against women, concerns are gr...
October 9, 2023
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Park Geun-hye, Former South Korean President, Details ‘Comfort Women’ Deal with Japan in Serialized Memoirs
SEOUL — Disgraced former South Korean President Park Geun-hye wrote in her memoirs that a civic grou...
October 7, 2023
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South Korea Rejects Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee for First Time in 35 Years as National Assembly Opposes President Yoon Suk Yeol
SEOUL — South Korea’s National Assembly has rejected a Supreme Court chief justice nominee for the f...
October 7, 2023
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Chairman of Maruti Suzuki: Country Should Move to Ethanol or Hydrogen Cars Instead of Electric Cars
The carbon footprint of electric cars in India would be much bigger than that of hybrid cars because...
October 7, 2023
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Vietnam: Writer wins the Southeast Asian Write Award for novel ‘Inside Infinity’
Vietnamese writer Vinh Quyen has won the Southeast Asian (SEA) Write Award for his novel “Inside Inf...
October 7, 2023
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Exclusive Interview with Taiwan Vice President William Lai, Candidate for President, on China, Defense
TAIPEI — Taiwan Vice President William Lai Chinge-te believes Taiwan and Japan need to cooperate in ...
October 7, 2023
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Yomiuri Chairman Shoichi Oikawa Interview Aired on South Korean TV, Calls for Two Nations to Deepen Exchange
SEOUL — Shoichi Oikawa, representative director and chairman of the board of The Yomiuri Shimbun Hol...
October 4, 2023
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Thai Police Arrest 14-yr-old Suspected Gunman after 3 killed at Bangkok Mall
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Tuesday said they had arrested a 14-year-old suspected gunman aft...
October 3, 2023
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