Rising rents narrow housing choices for Seoul’s foreign residents

Foreign tenants also face challenges like language barriers and limited rental contract knowledge.

China extends probes into US trade barriers until December

The investigations into US practices were due to conclude on Sept 27.

Indonesian authorities demolish luxury prison 'villas' where whisky, TVs seized

Officers emptied several "villas" of furniture, bottles of alcohol and at least one big-screen TV, before taking an excavator to 10 of the units and smashing them to the ground.

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‘Luxury villas’ demolished at Indonesian prison as probe finds ‘abuse of authority’

This comes amid allegations that selected inmates received special treatment.

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Thai floods disrupt factories, capital still at risk, PM says

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Bangkok, its metropolitan area and Thailand's central region were still at risk from floodwaters flowing in from the north.

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What does it mean to win the AI race?

When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington last week, artificial intelligence was among the issues dividing their countries. Days earlier, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two sides had agreed to establish a formal AI dialogue, including an incident line,