Asia-Pacific
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South Korea: Seoul to splurge $204 mil. in effort to create financial hub
Seoul Metropolitan Government will invest 241.8 billion won ($204 million) over five years as part o...
November 21, 2021
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South Korea: Digital rush triggers war over developers
As artificial intelligence, big data and digital technologies emerge as the forces driving change in...
November 19, 2021
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Singapore: Government to invest additional $180 mil. to accelerate AI research
Two new public artificial intelligence (AI) programs have been launched as part of the republic’s st...
November 19, 2021
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Taiwan expedites efforts to enhance defense capabilities
TAIPEI — If China invaded Taiwan, to what extent would the Taiwan military be able to defend the isl...
November 18, 2021
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China could make ‘high-risk’ Taiwan invasion amid declining U.S. deterrence, U.S. report says
WASHINGTON — China’s military leaders “now likely assess they have, or will soon have, the initial c...
November 18, 2021
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South Korea: Music agency ventures into NFT market
Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind BTS, said on Nov. 4 that it has teamed up with South Korea’s top c...
November 17, 2021
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China: Young couples increasingly shun ‘formal weddings’
Young Chinese couples are increasingly abandoning large formal wedding ceremonies for smaller, intim...
November 17, 2021
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Online summit meant to establish ‘guardrails’ for U.S.-China relations
WASHINGTON/BEIJING — The leaders of the United States and China confirmed in an online meeting Tuesd...
November 17, 2021
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Japan, U.S. hold antisubmarine drills in S. China Sea
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has conducted antisubmarine drills with the U.S. Navy in the South C...
November 17, 2021
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Japan welcomes Biden-Xi meeting’s conflict avoidance outcome
The dialogue between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first online...
November 17, 2021
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Laos: Electricity earnings soar by 12% as govt eyes new plants
Laos earned $2,012 million from the export of electricity in the first nine months of this year, an ...
November 17, 2021
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China intensifies information warfare in bid to join TPP
SHANGHAI/BEIJING — China is intensifying its “information war” in a bid to join the Trans-Pacific Pa...
November 13, 2021
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Japan, China, S. Korea summit ‘canceled’ again
The Yomiuri Shimbun [postdate] A trilateral summit between Japan, China and South Korea is unlikely ...
November 13, 2021
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Japan seeks to host 2nd Quad meeting
Japan has reached out to its fellow Quad members — the United States, Australia and India — about po...
November 13, 2021
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China’s shadow reaches Uighurs living in Japan
Uighurs from China living in Japan are thought to number about 2,000. Amid the oppression of their e...
November 13, 2021
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