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Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan: Defence minister

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What’s it like to deal with brutal US tariffs? Ask Malaysia

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Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

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Trump threatens India with 'substantial' tariff hike for buying Russian oil

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Israel's Netanyahu to convene cabinet on Gaza war goals

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Trump says he will 'substantially' raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases

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Trump says he will 'substantially' raise tariffs on India over Russia oil purchases

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Philippines, India conduct joint exercises in South China Sea

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Toddler dies after falling into a manhole in Sarawak

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Cambodia and Thailand begin talks in Malaysia amid fragile ceasefire

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Many silver linings in China’s export slowdown

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Staff shortages hamper Jakarta’s battle against blazes

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China’s drone swarms just got smarter, faster and harder to kill

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Wrong time, wrong direction for gas tax cut in Japan

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Malaysian police to seek help from Meta in Singapore over defamatory post on artiste: Reports

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China's military conducted patrols in South China Sea, spokesperson says

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Pirate anime flag becomes tool of protest ahead of Indonesia’s Independence Day

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South Korea pulls plug on AI textbooks, leaving schools, companies without funding for them

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Fatal manhole accident in Japan: Hydrogen sulphide level reportedly exceeded legal limit

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Trump’s tariffs to hurt the US more than most others

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Suspended Thai PM Paetongtarn hopes for fair court ruling in ethics case

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Malaysia will ‘protect every inch of Sabah’ in maritime dispute with Indonesia, says PM Anwar

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Australia lifts foreign student cap to 295,000 and prioritises South-east Asia

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Anwar vows transparent probe into death of 13-year-old Sabah student amid bullying claims

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South Korea, US prepare for summit with details of trade deal unresolved

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Former North Korean soldier, jailed in the South for 42 years, may return home

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Heavy rain to return to S. Korea with extreme downpours in southern regions

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17 heat records broken in Japan

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Patriotic film Dead to Rights leads China’s box office as WWII remembrance campaign intensifies

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Beijing evacuates residents, expands storm alert as deadly floods keep city on edge

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Influential Indian tribal leader Shibu Soren dies at 81

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Dependent and exposed: Taiwan’s military supply chain crisis

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Cambodia, Thailand begin talks after biggest clashes in decades

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Philippine, Indian navies begin first joint South China Sea patrols

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Australian police charge Chinese national with ‘foreign interference’

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Japan fears both Trump abandonment and entrapment

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Torrential rain in Taiwan kills five over past week

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Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s top rice producer, but fall in farmer numbers threatens viability

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New sound proof we’re living in a giant void

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South Korea begins removing loudspeakers on border with North

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Hong Kong sees first chikungunya case from China outbreak

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HK stablecoin: Between crypto’s decline and digital yuan’s rise

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Taiwan cultivates young overseas chip talent with summer camps, university courses

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80 years on, Korean survivors of World WarII atomic bombs still suffer

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China can’t buy its way to a baby boom

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Chinese university students told to spy on classmates, report says

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‘See you in Seoul’: Pope Leo says Catholic Church’s World Youth Day to be held in S. Korea in 2027

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Nearly 1,500 Singapore drivers fined for entering Johor without VEP tag since July 1

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Japan ready to compile extra budget to cushion US tariff blow, PM Ishiba says

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