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Can South Korea really afford nuclear submarines?

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South Korea’s unfinished fight for menstrual rights

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New Zealand boosts defence spending in face of ‘adverse’ security environment

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From Arash to Epstein: Iran’s loaded billboard propaganda

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Thai court acquits opposition politician accused of royal insult

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Australia extends quarantine for hantavirus-hit cruise ship passengers

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Kuwait says air defences intercepting hostile missile, drone attacks

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Penang gazettes 50 heritage items in major cultural preservation move

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Rescuers in Laos say more oxygen needed to save 7 divers trapped in cave

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French veterans laid to rest in South Korea, decades after war

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Australian woman linked to Islamic State charged with terror offences

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13 dead after overloaded bus rear-ends truck in central China

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Rescuers in Laos say more oxygen needed to save 7 people trapped in cave

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New Zealand shuns ‘sugar hits’ in budget, slashes growth forecast as Iran war jolts economy

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‘Shoebox’ flat reform leaves low-income Hong Kong residents in limbo

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Australia sues 3M for $1.82b over contamination from PFAS at defence sites

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Nvidia chief Jensen Huang to join board of Beijing’s Tsinghua University: Media

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Thirteen dead after overloaded bus rear-ends truck in central China

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Any conflict over Taiwan would risk US-China nuclear escalation: Study

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Australia introduces Bill to overhaul property tax breaks, capital gains rule

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Crackdown nabs 8,000 litterbugs in six Malaysian states

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Marcos’ sister flags support for Philippine V-P Sara Duterte ahead of Senate trial

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The world's carmakers are struggling to compete with China

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Gardenia move: As Malaysia draws more Singapore manufacturers, experts flag competition fears

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Commentary: Ex-Malaysian ministers Rafizi and Nik Nazmi’s 'kamikaze' mission is a brazen double dare

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RTS set to start in 2027, but JB residents are bracing themselves for ‘years’ of congestion

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Global fuel crisis adds urgency to Cambodian push to tap US$300 billion energy resources

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Trump boosts prediction markets as his family profits

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Israel declares new swathe of Lebanon 'a combat zone,' warns residents to leave

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China's military says it drove away Dutch frigate in South China Sea

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Minister: Israel won’t allow Trump to make a peace deal with Iran

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Trump hawking Abraham Accords to a Middle East that’s lost trust

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‘Trump’ buffalo spared sacrifice, sent to Bangladesh zoo

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Viral fame spares ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo from Eid sacrifice in Bangladesh

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Singapore encourages North Korea to keep dialogue channels open amid global uncertainty

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China’s military says it drove away Dutch frigate in South China Sea

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Thai cop says viral image of policemen in sparkly dresses is fake

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The challenge of militant Islam

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Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan concludes working visit to North Korea

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Cambodia sentences six men for murder of South Korean student linked to scam centre

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China issues new rules to keep senior military officials in check

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Bangladesh probes hospital deaths of six newborns

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ICC sets trial date for Philippines' Duterte over alleged crimes against humanity

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Duterte’s ICC trial for ‘crimes against humanity’ to start on Nov 30

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Russia warns Armenia on supplies over EU bid; Trump backs PM Pashinyan

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Iran says draft deal with US would reopen Hormuz shipping, end naval blockade

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