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‘Not a real election’: Myanmar holds first polls since 2021 coup but many aren’t voting

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Weak turnout seen in Myanmar's phased election, first since 2021 coup

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China welcomes Thailand-Cambodia truce ahead of trilateral talks

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Thais, Cambodians fear returning home despite border truce

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Bangladesh police say student leader Sharif Osman Hadi’s killers fled to India

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Bangladesh police say student leader's killers fled to India

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As some boycott Myanmar’s flawed election, others hope for change

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‘Unfair election’: Young voters absent from Myanmar polls

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5-year-old boy dies after arm gets trapped in travelator at Hokkaido ski resort

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Hannah Arendt can help us understand today’s far-right populism

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Russia vows to support China if Taiwan contingency flares up: Top diplomat

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Sydney could see army patrols after Bondi attack, New South Wales Premier says

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'Unfair election': Young voters absent from Myanmar polls

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South Korean President Lee names conservative lawmaker as budget minister

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13 people arrested over armed fight at restaurant in JB’s Taman Mount Austin

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‘Vape valley’: Double standards in China’s powering of world’s e-cigarette boom

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Over 4,000 schools closed in South Korea, with 82 left unused for 30 years

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Nearly 80% of South Korea’s dog meat farms shut ahead of 2027 ban

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Malaysia army chief placed on leave amid investigation: Media

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The lure of Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara? No traffic

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Coupang founder Kim Bom apologises for data leak, pledges compensation

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South Korea’s presidential office completes move back to historic Blue House

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New alliance vows to address youth demands in Nepal polls

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Polls close on first day of Myanmar's widely criticised 'sham' election

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'Acoustic hazard': Noise complaints spark Vietnam pickleball wars

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Car breathalysers to be mandated for habitual drink driving offenders in South Korea

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BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on

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‘Acoustic hazard’: Noise complaints spark Vietnam pickleball wars

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Valencia coach Fernando Martin dies in Indonesia boat accident

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Biodegradation unit lightening load of bear hunters in Hokkaido

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Wolf captured after escaping enclosure at zoo in western Tokyo, visitors flee to safety

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'Make emitters responsible': Thailand's clean air activists

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Mild earthquake hits Malaysia, with tremors felt across Johor and Melaka

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One year after Jeju Air disaster, questions remain unanswered

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‘Make emitters responsible’, urge Thailand’s clean air activists

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South Korean man accused of scalding Thai wife denies charges

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What next for the high-speed rail from KL to Singapore?

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Malaysia army chief put on leave amid probe, says defence minister

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Myanmar’s election is derided as fake, but the nation’s suffering is all too real

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How Myanmar's junta-run vote works

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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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