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Leadership paralysis amid rising global risk

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‘I’m so in debt’: China’s personal loan subsidy draws scepticism as financial strain grows among youth

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South Korean workers return home a week after immigration raid to hugs and cheers

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India is said to plan $4.4 billion rail lines near China border

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Xi-Modi sends powerful message to US and the world: Henry Huiyao Wang

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The likely upshots of Russia’s Poland drone incursion

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North Korea deepens repression with more surveillance, executions, UN report says

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Can Anutin revive Thailand’s flagging stock market?

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Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

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North Korea executing more people for watching foreign films and TV, UN finds

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Mother admits to killing children in New Zealand ‘suitcase murder’, says prosecutor

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‘Claims of surrender are false’: Taiwan updates security handbook wary of China threat

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'Claims of surrender are false': Taiwan updates security handbook wary of China threat

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Scrutiny on Thai zoo grows after lion attack

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Explainer: Why South Korea wants the US to change its visa policies

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Explainer-Why South Korea wants the US to change its visa policies

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Rescue boat capsizes in Pakistan floods, killing at least nine

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Philippine fishermen fear China’s nature reserve plan could lead to more harassment

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Taiwan, China foreign ministers make unusual simultaneous visits to Europe

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Nepal’s former chief justice Karki likely to be interim PM, source says

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Major Australian gas project extended until 2070

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UK launches new Russia-related sanctions targeting shadow fleet, weapons suppliers

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South Korean workers return home a week after immigration raid

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Indonesia’s new ‘cowboy style’ finance minister bets big on growth

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Beijing’s nature reserve move in disputed South China Sea seen as bid for moral high ground

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Scrutiny on Bangkok zoo grows after fatal lion attack

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‘When’s daddy coming home?’ Families of detained South Koreans tell of anxious week of waiting

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Japan centenarian numbers reach record high at nearly 100,000, with 88% of them women

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Waters recede in Bali after floods kill 16 people, with two still missing

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South Korean police deploy 55,000 officers to protect kids amid string of abduction attempts

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‘I’m just really happy to be home’: S. Korean workers land in Seoul a week after detention in US

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Singapore government pledges US$50,000 for flood-hit Pakistan

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Nepal seeks new leader as army reclaims streets after protest violence

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Death toll from Nepal protest violence rises to 51: Police

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China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability

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Poor waste management, land conversion worsened deadly Bali floods, says Indonesia’s environment minister

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Russia, Belarus start 'Zapad 2025' joint military exercise

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A new world order isn’t coming–it’s already here

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South Korean airport workers to strike from Sept 19 to Oct 9, sparking concerns for travellers

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China's newest aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait into South China Sea

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More than two million people evacuated from deadly floods in Pakistan

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Thai prison department plans to assign Thaksin as language teacher

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Trump assuring yuan’s future global dominance

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Autopsy finds zookeeper’s neck broken, windpipe torn by lion attack in Bangkok

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Mahjong grows in popularity among Japanese students, fuelled by game’s portrayal in manga and anime

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South Korean workers detained in US raid arrive home

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Malaysia to enforce mandatory use of seatbelts for all drivers and passengers in private vehicles

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Nepal’s social media ban backfires as citizens nominate new leader in chat room

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