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How Myanmar’s junta-run vote works, and why it might not

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Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war

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The Asian danger from Trump’s spheres-of-interest approach

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Voting begins in Myanmar’s restricted election after five years of civil war

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First and second largest economies in charts and figures

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Whodunnit? Vietnam’s online sleuths step up their game, tracking true crime

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Putin says Ukraine in no hurry to reach peace, agencies report

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Taiwan rattled by 7-magnitude quake

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Taiwan rattled by 7.0-magnitude earthquake

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China welcomes Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire, plans talks

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Even as Najib faces two decades in jail, damaging divisions haunt Malaysia over 1MDB scandal

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Cambodia, Thailand have agreed terms on new ceasefire. Will it hold?

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Japan’s year-end homecoming rush peaks as long holiday begins

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Two dead in 50-vehicle pile up on Japan highway

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China issues draft rules to govern use of human-like AI systems

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Malaysian PM Anwar welcomes latest Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire

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China issues draft rules to regulate AI with human-like interaction

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Singaporean, 5 others hurt in car and excavator crash in Ipoh

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As Hong Kong’s ‘king of umbrellas’ retires, a vanishing craft takes a final bow

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Spanish family missing after tourist boat sinks near Labuan Bajo in Indonesia

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Spanish family missing after tourist boat sinks in Indonesia

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China passes revised foreign trade law to bolster trade war capabilities

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Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire begins after weeks of deadly clashes

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At least 7 killed in Vietnam after bus overturns

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Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce border conflict

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China revises aviation law to regulate drones, tighten safety rules

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Thailand and Cambodia sign ceasefire agreement

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Thailand and Cambodia sign ceasefire agreement to halt fierce border conflict

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Thailand and Cambodia halt fierce border conflict with second ceasefire

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Conflict and fear sap campaign energy ahead of Myanmar election

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Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis

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Man arrested over attack at Japan rubber factory where he previously worked

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Japan’s wedding industry faces battle to adapt to changing culture amid drop in number of traditional ceremonies

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Indonesia grants Christmas remissions to over 16,000 prisoners, including graft convicts

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2 dead, 26 injured in 67-vehicle expressway pile-up north-west of Tokyo

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2 dead, 26 injured in 50-vehicle expressway pile-up north-west of Tokyo

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Myanmar election: military seeks legitimacy amid war, exclusion

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1MDB trial verdict: Former Malaysian PM Najib admits to feeling ‘alone’ in struggle for freedom

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China sealing Hainan customs borders to make full free trade port

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North Korea’s Kim stresses shared bloodshed in New Year message to Putin

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