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Facing China, one Taiwan Coast Guard officer draws strength from the gods

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‘No one would want to marry her’: Japan ruling party lawmaker rejects female emperor

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‘See you soon’: Stalker’s chilling prison letter sparks outrage in South Korea

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Sweet tooth stick up: Premium-grade durian carted away by machete-wielding robbers in Melaka

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Chinese spies, smuggled drugs fuel Japan PM Takaichi’s economic security push

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Australia’s ruling Labor Party retakes poll lead from right-wing One Nation

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Johor goes to the polls: The coalitions, the conflicts, and what to watch

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From Harvard to Tsinghua: Indonesian students look east as ties with China deepen

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AI’s next frontier? China and the US look to space in the computing race

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Pakistani news channel apologises after ban over documentary

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Indonesia police charge four after anti-government protest in Surabaya

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Pakistan watchdog suspends Geo News for 15 days over 'offensive' religious broadcast

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Bangladesh's fugitive ex-PM says will return to Dhaka 'this year'

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Vietnamese police bust transnational online fraud ring, arrest 12 suspects

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Where are they? Dogs disappear before South Korea meat ban

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PAS call to back Barisan Nasional in Johor state polls could backfire, say analysts

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Thai family mourns teen girl found dead in suitcase as Australian arrested

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Son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi demands proof of life from military government

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Indonesia rights body urges end to military training in Prabowo cooperative project after five die

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South Korea, Japan reaffirm denuclearisation goal, closer defence ties

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Asia's vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics

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Asia’s vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics

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South Korea, Japan reaffirm pledge to denuclearise Korean peninsula

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China strips generals, ex-financial regulator, politburo member of lawmaker posts

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A mayor is taking maternity leave in Japan. Some men are furious

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Virtual AI police chief introduced in Osaka amid rising imposter scams

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A year after losing pandas, western Japan town seeks to rebuild tourism

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Malaysia vows smooth borders for Johor polls – here’s what voters in Singapore need to do

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French loyalists set to top delayed New Caledonia vote, preliminary results show

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Shark attacks prompt daily drone monitoring of Sydney beaches

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What news reports from 1600s tell us about life in Mughal India

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Why Kim Jong Un never talks about his mother - or her controversial bloodline

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6.1-magnitude quake jolts north-eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

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Rural escapism: Why China’s young urbanites are romanticising countryside living

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Strong earthquake hits Hindu Kush, shaking Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Three Pakistani rangers killed in Karachi attack, Dawn newspaper reports

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Seoul says Chinese, Russian military aircraft enter its air defence zone

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2 typhoons pass along Japan’s Pacific coast, 1 dead in landslide

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6-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region

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Trump bombs Iran after strike on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz

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Australia toughens kids’ social media ban, doubles potential penalties for tech firms

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Australia toughens kids' social media ban, doubles potential penalties for tech firms

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Vespa riders take to roads in Rome to mark 80th birthday

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Small aircraft crashes in Beijing over past 20 years

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Pilot killed when small plane crashed into Beijing skyscraper

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