Asia-Pacific
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Japan dispatches planes with water, supplies for Tonga
As an international emergency relief activity, the Defense Ministry dispatched two Air Self-Defense ...
January 21, 2022
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Vietnam: ‘Crazy guy’ aims to save ocean from waste
Every time he goes out to catch seafood, Tran Van Cuong, from Phu Vang District, Thua Thien Hue Prov...
January 19, 2022
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Singapore: Ship officer converts industrial oxygen for medical use on crew with COVID-19
Mr. Shaun Gerald D’Souza was part of a team sailing a natural gas tanker from the United States to I...
January 19, 2022
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N. Korea flaunting progress in its missile development
SEOUL — North Korea’s repeated missile launches are believed to be aimed at showing off its improved...
January 18, 2022
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Bangladesh: Young people turning to tourism business
Young people in Bangladesh are increasingly joining the country’s largely untapped tourism sector on...
January 16, 2022
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South Korea: Surviving the winters of bygone Korea
The winters in Korea can be notoriously tough, with temperatures sometimes falling to below minus 10...
January 16, 2022
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DPRK’s latest missile launch might be diplomatic gambit
The Japanese government believes that Friday’s firing of at least one ballistic missile by North Kor...
January 15, 2022
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Singapore: Taxi operators ramp up electrification of fleets
The country’s largest taxi operator, ComfortDelGro Taxi, on Jan. 5 said it will put up to 400 fully ...
January 14, 2022
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Laos: Holiday hotspots bustle again as visitors return
Popular tourist sites in Luang Prabang Province and Vangvieng, Vientiane Province, are once again fi...
January 14, 2022
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South Korea: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes 1st foreign film to top Korean annual box
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” topped the annual South Korean box office last year to become the first fo...
January 14, 2022
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North Korea fires an unidentified projectile
According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea fired an unidentified projectile in...
January 14, 2022
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South Korea: Is Korean media silencing LGBT voices?
A rendition of Lady Gaga’s LGBT anthem “Born This Way” with a missing lyric by a South Korean group ...
January 12, 2022
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Laos: Communities of the Nakai Plateau get new livelihoods
The creation of a reservoir on the Nakai Plateau gave birth to new communities and new livelihoods. ...
January 12, 2022
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Japan pursues ‘freedom of navigation’ to deter China
Since last spring, Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers have repeatedly sailed through waters near...
January 11, 2022
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Taiwan mulls lifting ban on Japanese food imports
TAIPEI (Jiji Press) — Taiwan is moving toward a possible removal of a ban on agricultural imports fr...
January 10, 2022
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