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Once a village, now barren land - BBC in valley devastated by floods

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Japan to survey emergency shelters in preparation for missile strikes

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Japan seeks record US$55.6 billion defence budget, with AI focus

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S. Korean police under fire after backtracking on hanging evidence in missing woman’s death in Jeju

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Japan seeks record $70.9b defence budget, with AI focus

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Japan’s biggest curry chain CoCo Ichibanya headed for sale

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Suspicious man in Ultraman costume nabbed at Malaysia’s National Day celebration in Perak

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Surge in orders for repellent made with Aomori chilli pepper amid more bear sightings

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As typhoon risks grow, farmers in China’s Guangdong adapt to protect their livelihoods

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Japan’s oldest person, 115-year-old woman from Nara prefecture, dies

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China’s visa-free boom is rewriting inbound tourism

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Nepal-Tibet disaster: Singapore to send police officers specialising in disaster victim identification

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US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced

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China punishes 10 people over Nepal-Tibet disaster ‘rumours’ amid misinformation crackdown

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China penalises 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide

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Chinese guitar capital’s stairway to export heaven

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South Korea court sentences Unification Church leader to jail in political influence case

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Smaller countries like Singapore, Uzbekistan must stay open as global rivalries grow: SM Lee

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Mauled Australian swimmer recalls punching shark attacking her at Sydney beach

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Indonesia’s commodity exchange bid won’t work without global trust

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South Korean court rules ‘room cafes’ off-limits to minors

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Four areas in Sarawak record 'hazardous' air quality; East Malaysian state prepares for possible haze emergency

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‘Hazardous’ levels of air quality in parts of Indonesia’s Borneo

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Nepal recovers bodies but presses on for trapped tunnel workers

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'Moonies' church leader jailed for two years over bribery offences

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South Korea court gives Unification Church leader 2 years’ prison for bribery

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North Korea says hostile US policy unchanged, vows to strengthen nuclear force

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US carrier visit to Thailand’s Pattaya lifts hope and sex-tourism risk

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Kazakhstan's president appoints top adviser as vice president

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Rescue efforts continue on both sides of Nepal-Tibet border

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Hong Kong 2025 high-rise blaze: Nearly 98% of flat owners accept buyout offer

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US, allies’ maritime drills are a ‘threat’ to North Korea: KCNA

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Sarawak nears haze emergency as air quality hits worst level since 2019

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Trump following a long US tradition of losing a pointless war

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Former Malaysian MP quits DAP, says will keep promise to help ex-minister Khairy in general election

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China’s robot beat Bolt – then it hit the wall

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Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster

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Malaysia’s Sabah on haze alert as air quality in state capital hits unhealthy level

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Nepal PM says nation facing ‘unimaginable’ disaster

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Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

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One line or two? South Koreans can’t agree on escalator etiquette

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US-Taiwan ties ‘never been stronger’, says top diplomat in Taipei

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Heavy traffic expected at Singapore-Malaysia land checkpoints during September school holidays

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Nepal-China flood deaths surge past 900 as rescuers struggle through ‘unimaginable’ disaster

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G20 countries should consider more trade barriers on China to cut imbalances, Bessent says

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JB folk feeling the pinch of food prices ‘higher than in KL’

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China shows way in new pharma race: Own meds, don’t just make ’em

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New Delhi in the context of India-China thaw, Russia, US, Canada

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Minsk-Karachi railway shows Eurasia’s quiet geopolitical rewiring

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