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Vietnam, Philippines raised to World Bank’s upper-middle-income status

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Australia seeks to rein in defence spending blowouts, delays

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Bear spray goes off in Japan post office, five hospitalised

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A plane breached Beijing’s tightly controlled airspace and crashed. Why couldn’t it be stopped?

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China’s EV fleet is world’s most underestimated AI asset

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South Korean school baseball team suspended over ‘Tank Day’ chants

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Searching for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar’s capital of confusion

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Asian shares fall as chipmakers drag; US jobs data looms

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Taiwan needs a ‘hornet’s nest’ of drones to deter conflict, US diplomat says

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Taiwan needs a 'hornet's nest' of drones to deter conflict, US diplomat says

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Estimated 350,000 people in Japan have used cocaine: Study

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Thai PM Anutin orders urgent drug crackdown meeting after Australia-linked smuggling cases

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South Korean shops turn to robots, self-service to escape labour woes

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South Korean fashion retailer Musinsa ramps up Asia store push ahead of IPO

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Did this AI anti-drug video make drugs look appealing?

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The South Korean mine at the centre of America’s tungsten push

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Lawsuit shows it’s past time for Samsung and SK Hynix to speak up

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Jokowi may have retired, but his ambitions remain big

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Commentary: Indian sailors’ deaths in US strike reopen old wounds and deepen new grievances

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EU to provide 200 million euros to boost South Caucasus connectivity, von der Leyen says

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China urges US to handle Taiwan issue ‘with utmost caution’

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China urges US to handle Taiwan issue 'with utmost caution'

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Body stitched, organs missing: Family seeks probe into Indian seafarer’s death in Venezuela

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Quarantine facilities on standby as Nepal battles rising cases of bird flu

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The logical case for admitting Bangladesh into ASEAN

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Communist Party of China marks 105 years with greater stress on ideology and loyalty

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Pakistan community holds funerals for 14 children killed in roof collapse

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CPEC gave Balochistan roads and power. CPEC 2.0 must deliver jobs

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Hanoi tanker driver jailed 20 years for dragging teenage girl to her death

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Philippine school shooting shines light on global online extremist network targeting children

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Chinese firm sells hyper-real, ‘always loyal’ humanoid robots

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China ethnic unity law comes into force despite overseas criticism

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Johor resident who works in Singapore starts grassroots squad to tackle rubbish problem

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New China-EU trade mechanism puts talks over tariffs

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US and Iran enter technical talks to secure peace deal, restart shipping

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Heroin found in two of 12 bags linked to Thai airline crew member in Aussie arrest, say officials

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Boy, 10, found dead in waterfall after going missing from school in Japan

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Bank of Japan’s monetary monster is finally turning on its maker

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Local councils in Selangor to hold off on summonses after cyberattack on parking app

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No more warnings for litterbugs in Penang

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Kazakhstan to hold snap parliamentary election on August 23

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Tourists to South Korea can book express bus tickets using foreign-issued cards from August

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Lawmakers press Malaysia govt to disclose findings from probe into ex-graft chief Azam Baki

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Musk remaking the world like Ford – but far more dangerously

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China imposes 'national security' rules on overseas investments

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Crow in South Korea believed to be main culprit in downed power line accident that left 1 injured

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China imposes ‘national security’ rules on overseas investments

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Myanmar set to restart contentious $4.6 billion dam project backed by China

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South Korea extends visa fee waiver for group tourists from 6 countries

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Opening of North Korea-Russia road bridge likely delayed, US think tank says

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