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North Korea to deploy new weapons to border after successful launch of spy satellite
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China closing hundreds of mosques in northern regions, rights group says
HRW says other mosques altered, for example through removal of minarets, as part of sinicisation campaign
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Taiwan’s opposition parties join forces for crucial presidential poll
Deal sharply increases odds that ruling Democratic Progressive party will lose election closely watched by China
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China sacks ‘missing’ defense minister
The government official had made no public appearances since late August
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PRESIDENT OF BHARAT: Clue India may be changing its name
A single word on a dinner invite has sparked frenzied speculation that India has changed its name, and the new one is highly controversial.
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In China, artificial intelligence extends its hold on daily life
China's artificial intelligence (AI) market is currently worth €20 billion, but that figure could more than double within two years. Beijing aspires to overtake the US to become the world leader in the sector by 2030.
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Thai king reduces former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's prison sentence to one year
Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from 15 years in exile.
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’Pleading for money’: Chinese economy in trouble as Xi Jinping’s leadership falters
Retail sales are down, exports are slipping and local governments are pleading for cash. China is in trouble – but will it drag us down with it?
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Inside Japan’s ‘miracle town,’ where the birth rate is soaring amid a demographic crisis
Nagi’s defiance of those trends stems in part from having faced its own existential crossroads two decades ago, Mayor Masachika Oku said.
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Biden declares ‘new era’ of partnership with South Korea and Japan
The meeting marked the beginning of what the White House hopes will be an extended stretch of three-way engagement
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North Korea confirms detention of American soldier Travis King
North Korea asserted Wednesday that a U.S. soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after being disillusioned with the inequality of American society and racial discrimination in its Army.
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China’s Economy Faces Yet Another Threat: Falling Prices
A deepening slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy has now raised fears of deflation, which could be crippling for heavily indebted China.
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A sports star. An actor. Now a top diplomat: Why do China's public figures keep disappearing?
The case of China's top foreign affairs diplomat Qin Gang, a disappeared 'wolf-warrior'
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Kim shows off sinister new weapons
The North Korean dictator has been impressing his visiting Russian guests with a parade featuring a slew of terrifying weaponry.
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‘Instability’: Xi under threat from shock move
One of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s top officials, who vanished for weeks, has been sacked for no reason sending
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Qin Gang: China removes foreign minister after unexplained absence
China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post.
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US soldier held by North Korea after crossing border
North Korea is reported to have detained a serving US army soldier who crossed the heavily-fortified border from South Korea without permission.
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Taiwan’s Impossible Choice: Be Ukraine or Hong Kong
Taiwan draws two opposite lessons from Russian invasion of Ukraine
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South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law
South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation's two traditional age-counting methods with international standards.
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Anxious neighbours sigh in relief as US and China talk
If China's neighbours, near and far, could have sent Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden a text in the last 48 hours, it would probably have been some version of: "Can you two please sort things out?"
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