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South Korea to send envoy to Iran as Hormuz remains blocked

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Malaysians rethinking trips to Singapore due to 2027 VEP hike

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Trolley thieves in Malaysia take a toll on grocers

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South Korea President Lee to hold summit with Polish PM Tusk on April 13, media reports say

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Asia Pacific faces weaker growth and higher inflation from Middle East crisis, ADB warns

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Japan plans to release extra 20 days' oil reserves from May

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America’s Soviet moment: Why Trump is looking like Yeltsin

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Japan downgrades description of China in annual diplomatic report

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Asian stocks set for best week since 2022 ahead of US-Iran talks

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US-Iran ceasefire deal shows strain ahead of talks with oil flows squeezed

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Japan to release extra 20 days’ worth of oil reserve from May

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Indonesia reprimands YouTube over breach of social media curbs

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Chinese President Xi to meet Taiwan’s KMT chief for first time in decade

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India proposes new rules to regulate news and political posts on social media

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Chinese foreign minister tells North Korean minister Pyongyang is making strides despite US 'oppression'

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China’s top diplomat Wang Yi says N. Korea is making strides despite US ‘oppression’

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Hot in the city: Energy crisis tests Singapore's air-con addiction

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Malaysia ramps up border crackdown on subsidised fuel, controlled goods as energy crunch bites

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A new airport, a ‘Merlion’ and a vow to clean up scams: Can Cambodia attract more tourists?

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CNBC anchor mulls investor ‘upside’ of Trump civilizational threat

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Panama president seeks to calm China tensions

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With Middle East in flames, Trump eyes ‘next conquest’

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Pakistan’s high-stakes Iran peace bid is fraught with risk

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Pakistan's high-stakes Iran peace bid is fraught with risk

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Can Pakistan deliver as Washington’s go-to mediator with Iran?

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Dozens of states condemn attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon

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Hong Kong offers diesel subsidy, toll waivers to lower fuel cost pain

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A toll for using Hormuz would be a 'dangerous precedent', UN's ship agency says

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BTS battle torrential rain to kick off $1bn world tour

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Vietnam: all the power in To Lam’s grasping hands

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Chinese foreign minister visits Pyongyang to advance relations

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NATO's Rutte told allies Trump wants Hormuz commitments within days, diplomats say

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Mooted South China Sea oil deal with China draws fire in Manila

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Cambodia’s alleged scam group execs suspected of money laundering in Japan

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'No strings attached': UAE minister calls for Strait of Hormuz to be opened unconditionally

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Don’t fear the dip: Gold is still headed to $6,000

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Bangladesh sentences two policemen to death for murder of student protester

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Russia hands Ukraine 1,000 war dead

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Thailand seizes $329 million assets linked to alleged scammers

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Mitsui O.S.K. awaits safety clarity, government guidance to move vessels from the Gulf, CEO says

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UK deployed military to deter Russian submarines from its waters

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Japan’s Narita airport partially reopens upgraded Terminal 1 with footbath deck, tatami area

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Eight arrested as Vietnam-UK migrant smuggling network dismantled, Europol says

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AI glasses, robot concerts: G-Dragon’s agency eyes launch of entertainment tech in K-pop experiment

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'Devastated': Cop testifies fatally shooting assailant after seeing colleagues killed in attack on Johor police post

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Australian couple moves house from wrong plot of land

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China drills for US nuclear attack in a Taiwan war

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Vietnam braces itself for extreme heat as forecasters warn of worsening conditions

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Italy working to restore freedom of navigation in Hormuz, Meloni says

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