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Malaysia blocks Grok AI chatbot over sexually explicit content

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Japan doubles down on Asia’s defence by expanding budget, reach of security aid scheme

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Autogate fault unresolved, foreigners advised to continue using NIISe app: Malaysia border agency

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Philippine fast-food giant Jollibee eyes global expansion with planned US listing

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Nearly all Seoul students use generative AI, teachers warn of over-reliance

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Buddhist monk gets 1-year jail for beating wife in South Korea

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Express bus with 42 people involved in crash with lorry on North-South Expressway in Malaysia

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North Korea demands detailed 'explanation' from Seoul over drone incursion

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Social media cooks up new flavours for South Korea’s ramyeon

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Two passports, one grudge: Roots of South Korea’s unease with ‘black-haired foreigners’

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Zoo visitors in Malaysia thrilled as panda enclosure opens to public

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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says

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Myanmar votes in second phase of military-run election

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Japan PM Takaichi may call early election, says coalition partner

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Japan PM Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says

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Japan's coalition partner head signals snap election may be nearing

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Myanmar stages second phase of military-run election

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Cyclone Koji downgraded to storm after crossing Australia’s north-east coast

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Australia's Queensland state braces for Tropical Cyclone Koji

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Human remains found amid Australia bush fires, police say

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Australia bushfires to burn out of control for weeks, authorities say

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'Hermès of durian': The luxury fruit cashing in on China's billion-dollar appetite

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How a sporting snub has rolled back India-Bangladesh relations

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Bangladesh seeks to join international force in Gaza

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New law bans China-based IT engineers from Pentagon cloud access

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North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong urges South Korea to investigate drone incidents

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North Korea's Kim Yo Jong urges South Korea to investigate drone incidents

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South Korea walks a narrow bridge between China and Japan

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Trial balloon: Japan PM Takaichi contemplates Feb. snap election

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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Talaud Islands

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6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Talaud Islands

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Beijing’s long game in a post-Maduro Venezuela

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Rescuers race to find dozens missing in deadly Philippines landfill collapse

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Greenland's parliament will bring forward meeting to discuss US threats, party leaders say

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Beware of bears: Japan’s 2025 kanji character reflects worries over attacks on humans

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Man arrested on suspicion of hiding woman’s body in wall of bar he runs in Japan’s Hokkaido

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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images

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20 Air Force officers believed to be involved in ‘yeye’ culture, says RMAF chief

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China, Russia, Iran start 'BRICS Plus' naval exercises in South African waters

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Indonesia records first death linked to ‘super flu’

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Death toll in Philippines landfill collapse rises to 4

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20 Malaysia air force officers face disciplinary action over military camp scandal

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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images

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Malaysia border agency advises foreign travellers to use NIISe app following autogate crash

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Estate in deadly Hong Kong fire won’t be reused as housing, minister tells broadcaster RTHK

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Physiotherapy, not surgery, to aid Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir as he recovers from fall, says aide

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Chinese villagers in Hebei province struggle for heat as gas subsidies fade

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Death toll climbs after trash site collapse buries dozens in Philippines

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