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China’s aircraft carrier drills near Japan aimed at around-the-clock attack capability
BEIJING — As China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier heads home after completing military drills near Japa...
May 26, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Nepal: Thamel buzzes once again as tourists return
Thamel is alive again. All shops are open, the streets are filled with rickshaws again, and vendors...
May 26, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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China: World’s highest automatic weather station established
Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station a...
May 26, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Urban Malaysia floods drive pleas for climate action
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — The damaged furniture and mud-caked walls left by floodw...
May 26, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Quad seeks India’s support in containing Russia, China
With the international order shaken by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s hegemonic actions, t...
May 25, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Singapore: NUS scientists develop painless way to shrink breast cancer using magnetic fields
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a painless way to kill breast ...
May 25, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Cambodia: Big-name divers explore deepest Mekong pools in key survey
A group of well-known underwater explorers have dived to a depth of about 75 meters below the surfac...
May 25, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Biden starts Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda
President Joe Biden is opening his trip to Asia with a focus on the computer chip shortage that has ...
May 20, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea, Japan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden embarked Thursday on a six-day trip to South Korea and Japan a...
May 20, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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In Pakistan, Afghan refugees face hardship, hostility
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — When Khair Wali heard the Taliban had started kill...
May 18, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Cambodia: Cambodia gets 1st publicly available EV charging unit
Chevron (Cambodia) Ltd., the local manager of the Caltex petroleum brand, on April 26 launched the K...
May 18, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Singapore: Index shows nation world’s 2nd most influenced by China
Singapore has been ranked second in the world — behind Cambodia and just ahead of Thailand — in a st...
May 18, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Nobel laureate: Powerful people use SNS to ‘manipulate minds’
MANILA — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa has expressed concerns over the way powerful people...
May 16, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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China expected to launch its 3rd aircraft carrier soon
BEIJING — China is thought to be planning to unveil its third aircraft carrier, which is expected to...
May 14, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Japan says S.Korea wants to work on improving ties
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and South Korea have agreed that their frayed relationship can be improved, ...
May 10, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Chinese drills sound alarms in Japan, Taiwan
The Chinese navy conducted takeoff and landing exercises on the Liaoning aircraft carrier in waters ...
May 10, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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U.S. to launch Indo-Pacific framework in May
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press)—The official launch of the U.S.-proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is ...
May 10, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Japan, Palau vow to ensure free Indo-Pacific
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Palau President Surangel Whipps...
May 8, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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North Korea fires apparent ballistic missile, Japanese Defense Ministry says
North Korea launched a projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, the South Korean Joint Chiefs...
May 7, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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North Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday from the vicinity o...
May 4, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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China increasing arms exports to Middle East and Eastern Europe
BEIJING — China is expanding its arms exports beyond Asia to the Middle East and Eastern Europe, pot...
May 4, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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South Korea: Large retailers enter e-commerce market for designer goods
Large retailers including Hanwha and Shinsegae are keen to jump into the e-commerce market for desig...
May 2, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Singapore: 70% of tech-enabled sexual violence cases in 2021 image-related
While attending an online event hosted on video conferencing platform Zoom last year, a woman in her...
May 2, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Laos: Luang Prabang sees 74% surge in visitor numbers
Since the Laos-China Railway became operational, more people in Laos have travelled around the count...
May 2, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Vietnam: Organic farming brings young couple the good life
Because of their passion for organic vegetables, Nguyen Thi Duyen and her husband, Nguyen Duc Chinh,...
May 2, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Singapore: Sabbaticals, leave programs part of banks’ progressive arsenal to attract and retain talent
Banks in Singapore have put in place progressive leave policies in recent years amid intensifying co...
May 2, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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South Korea: AI robots being deployed to fill void in senior care
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly cruel to older people. Digitally estranged, those living...
May 2, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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South Korea: Citizens to get younger by ditching ‘Korean age’
The transition committee for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said April 11 that it would amend laws to...
April 25, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Singapore: Researchers identify 12 plants that remove toxic contaminants
Plants readily found in Singapore are now being tapped to clean the soil of toxic contaminants, with...
April 25, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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Vietnam: Sweet flavor of lychee honey
Luc Ngan District in the northern province of Bac Giang is known as the land of lychee with more tha...
April 25, 2022 - ASIA-PACIFIC
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