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Vietnam: China Reopening Likely to Give Vietnam GDP 2% Boost in 2023: VinaCapital Economist
China’s reopening is expected to boost Vietnam’s GDP growth by over 2 percentage points next year, d...
January 14, 2023
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China Reverses Stance on Domestic Production Rule for Office Equipment
GENEVA / BEIJING — China has done an about-face since an October 2022 World Trade Organization meeti...
January 14, 2023
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S. Korea Considers Japan Relations in New Proposal on Compensation
SEOUL — In an open forum on the one of most contentious issues between Japan and South Korea, a high...
January 13, 2023
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Saving face means more to China than economic recovery
China has put its dignity or face, known as “mianzi” in Chinese, ahead of economic recovery. Not on...
January 12, 2023
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Kim Jong Un’s revelation of daughter hints at prolonged family rule
SEOUL (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s disclosure of his daughter in recent public events wa...
January 12, 2023
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India befriends Sri Lanka as China’s shadow looms
COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) — When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades le...
January 12, 2023
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Seoul Explains Plan for Foundation to Cover Wartime Labor Compensation
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — South Korea’s Foreign Ministry in an open debate on Thursday explained a plan f...
January 12, 2023
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Beijing seen shifting stance over control over IT giants
BEIJING — The Chinese Communist Party and the government is increasingly believed to be loosening it...
January 12, 2023
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China halts visa issuance for Japanese and S. Koreans
In retaliation for Tokyo and Seoul heightening border controls for arrivals from China, Beijing on T...
January 11, 2023
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Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Predicted to Fail: U.S. Think Tank
Washington, Jan. 11 (Jiji Press)—A Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026 would end in failure for Beiji...
January 11, 2023
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In Hong Kong, designers try out new assistant: AI fashion maven AiDA
At the Fashion X AI show in Hong Kong, attendees noticed a certain “alien” quality about the new clo...
January 7, 2023
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BTS fandom tech firm Weverse reaches beyond K-Pop
SEOUL (Reuters) — When Jin became the first member of K-Pop supergroup BTS to enlist for South Korea...
January 5, 2023
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Afghan women defy gym ban with secret clubs
Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad tak...
January 5, 2023
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Napal: Increased emigration may cause labor shortages in the nation’s food-basket areas
In the last three years, as the coronavirus strangled the economy and rendered tens of thousands job...
January 5, 2023
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Risk of incident rising as China encroaches on sea, air around Taiwan
TAIPEI / BEIJING — The Chinese military has been expanding its activities around Taiwan, with the fr...
January 5, 2023
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