Asia Pacific
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Taiwan emphasizes close relations with Japan despite severed diplomatic ties
TAIPEI — A Taiwan foreign ministry spokesperson stressed Thursday that Japan and Taiwan have close r...
September 30, 2022
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Japan, China firms deepening relations
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The 1972 normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China offered an op...
September 29, 2022
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Sri Lanka’s crisis pushes war-torn Tamils to brink
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (Reuters) — Under a blazing sun, a 44-year-old Tamil laborer tended his rented...
September 29, 2022
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China activists fear more surveillance as tech spreads
PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — The drones were hard to avoid: they buzzed low over the cr...
September 26, 2022
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China smoothes path to Xi’s third term by clamping down on cyberspace critiques
SHENYANG, China — The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping is tightening its regulation of...
September 26, 2022
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Envoy to Beijing calls for trust between Japan, China at commemorative event
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi on Saturday stressed the importance...
September 25, 2022
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S. Korea: How do S. Korean 20-somethings view young politicians’ rise and fall?
It was during the 20th presidential election that the young generation suddenly surged as a tie-brea...
September 24, 2022
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At U.N., Micronesia denounces Japan plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia denounced at the...
September 23, 2022
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Taiwan stepping up calls for U.N. participation
TAIPEI / BEIJING — With the annual gathering of leaders at the U.N. General Assembly underway in New...
September 23, 2022
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Streaming to survive: Thailand’s out-of-work elephants face crisis
SURIN, Thailand (Reuters) — In the northeastern village of Ban Ta Klang in Thailand, Siriporn Sapmak...
September 21, 2022
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Japan, U.S. aim for stronger economic cooperation with ASEAN nations
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Japan and the United States are trying to accelerate economic cooperation with...
September 21, 2022
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Japan, U.S. seek to expand framework to support Pacific Islands, counter China
A five-nation grouping that includes Japan and the United States is looking to add members to its fr...
September 20, 2022
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Disquiet grows as S. Korea to expand use of nuclear power
GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) — Hwang Bun-hee, 74, lives in a pink house near the sea surrounded b...
September 19, 2022
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Rural Indians join rush to study abroad as prospects dim at home
AMBALA/SYDNEY/TORONTO (Reuters) — When 19-year-old Sachin failed to score the grades he needed to ge...
September 17, 2022
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Putin to Xi: Russia values China’s ‘balanced position’ on Ukraine
The two leaders were meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzb...
September 15, 2022
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