Asia-Pacific
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Nepal: Electricity cleared for sale on India exchange
India, for the first time, has opened the door for Nepal to sell its electricity in India’s power ex...
November 12, 2021
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Vietnam: Foreign tourists allowed to visit under certain conditions
International tourists with vaccine passports or those who have made a full recovery from COVID-19 c...
November 12, 2021
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Xi bolsters status with resolution on CCP’s history
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping has paved the way to ensuring he keeps a grip on power for ye...
November 12, 2021
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Myanmar military aims to further solidify grip on power
One year has passed since the general election in Myanmar, in which the National League for Democrac...
November 12, 2021
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Tense Japan-China relations: Strategic diplomacy needed to deal with Beijing
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic ties next year, the Jap...
November 12, 2021
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Laos: Expectations high for new railway
Luang Namtha Province is politically stable, socially safe, secure, and orderly, and its economy con...
November 10, 2021
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South Korea: Will forestry cooperation speed up inter-Korean talks?
President Moon Jae-in made another overture toward North Korea at a U.N. climate summit on Nov. 1, s...
November 10, 2021
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Southeast Asian trainees on standby as Japan’s entry ban ends
HANOI/JAKARTA — The lifting of Japan’s ban on some new foreign arrivals opens the door to Southeast ...
November 9, 2021
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With 35 mil. more men than women, China’s rural marriage crisis deepens
BIYANG COUNTY, Henan Province, China — There are now 35 million more men than women in China. This p...
November 9, 2021
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CCP Central Committee begins to etch Xi’s name in history
BEIJING — The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party started its sixth plenary sessio...
November 8, 2021
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Exports of food, agricultural products to Asia booming
BANGKOK — Exports of Japanese food and agricultural products to other Asian nations are thriving, wi...
November 8, 2021
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South Korea: Occupational wage gap widens amid pandemic
Pay gaps between occupations grew wider amid the COVID-19 pandemic as wages in the tech and TV broad...
November 7, 2021
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Philippine: More nurses leave to seek better salary overseas
How ironic that the world’s so-called biggest supplier of nurses may soon be facing a shortage, and ...
November 7, 2021
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Vietnam: Walking tour strides toward ‘new normal’ in tourism
After many months of keeping her daughter at home due to social distancing, Thai Kim Tuyet can final...
November 7, 2021
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Muji operator ordered to pay damages for defamation in China
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — A Beijing court has ordered Japan’s Ryohin Keikaku Co., the operator of the M...
November 6, 2021
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