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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin to be freed after royal pardon

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India removes exam chief over marking fiasco

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Australia’s nicotine use soars 40% on black market cigarettes

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Military seeks prison time for Indonesian soldiers in acid attack

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Growing foreign electorate puts voting rights in focus at South Korea's local polls

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Indonesia vessels headed towards Singapore with smuggled rare earth metals intercepted

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Why the Shangri-La Dialogue finally really mattered

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Indonesia free meals agency office locked down as investigators raid premises

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Putin squeezes Armenia as Russia seeks to retain global clout

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Indonesia arrests officials over alleged corruption in free meals programme

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Three Myanmar migrants in Thailand killed by errant war drone

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Japan’s Fujiya to reduce packaging colours for about 10 products, including Country Ma’am cookies

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Is Hormuz the US dollar’s Suez?

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Philippines’ Marcos urges Senate to return to work as gridlock deepens ahead of break

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Philippines' Marcos urges Senate to return to work as gridlock deepens ahead of break

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Japan rejects Taiwan’s demand for talks over delimitation with Philippines

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Frenchman crashes into Sydney fountain, found enjoying a McDonald’s meal in car when detained

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Hijab-switching researcher scandal puts Indonesian academia under scrutiny

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Food Republic’s last Beijing outlet to close on June 15 after 26 years of operations

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Indonesia's Prabowo fires head of free meals scheme plagued by poisonings

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More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’

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Japan's government backs US$19 billion to dampen Iran war impact

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North Korea slams US remarks comparing South to ‘dagger’

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Explainer-Cambodia turns to obscure UN process to resolve maritime dispute with Thailand

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Cambodia turns to little-used UN process to resolve maritime dispute with Thailand

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The mirage of Israel-Lebanon rapprochement

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Malaysia moves to register refugees, link those eligible to jobs amid labour shortages

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Now you can hire people to carry your shopping bags in Delhi - will it work?

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North Korea slams US remarks comparing South to 'dagger'

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Tropical storm Jangmi batters Japan, cuts power to 60,000 homes

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Solomons Islands to review security pact with China

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Viral Barisan Nasional candidate list for state polls is fake, says party’s Johor chairman

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Central Jakarta fire destroys more than 300 homes

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New Solomon Islands leader reviews security pact with China, seeks treaty with Australia

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Intel envisions AI agents handling PC tasks locally to keep private data secure

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South Korea secures access to Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, Science Ministry says

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Watch: Man attacked by bear at steel works in Japan

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Indonesian president Prabowo sacks head of free meal scheme

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Singaporeans in Japan advised to be on alert as Typhoon Jangmi heads towards Tokyo

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Japan approves $24.8 billion extra budget to subsidise surging fuel costs from Iran war

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South Koreans vote in local elections seen as gauge of President Lee’s first year

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South Koreans vote in local elections seen as gauge of President Lee's first year

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Sailors stressed and exhausted after months trapped by Strait of Hormuz blockade

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Typhoon Jangmi makes landfall in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture

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IN FOCUS: With landfills almost full, Indonesia grapples with ‘ticking time bomb’ of waste crisis

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Commentary: What China’s underperforming tech stocks say about its real economy

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