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South Korea suspends military pact with North after spy satellite launch
Decision approved by Yoon Suk Yeol from London, where he is conducting state visit
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Taiwan’s presidential hopeful wants to restart dialogue with China after seven years
Ko Wen-je admits his country cannot win a conflict with the superpower but says aggression comes with a high price
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Golden rice and an awkward walk can’t paper over cracks between world’s most powerful men
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping decide at a California meeting at Filoli mansion to keep the US-China relationship 'rational and manageable'
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Muslim anti-LGBT groups descend on Coldplay’s first concert in Indonesia
Around 300 protesters clashed with police and fans of the band, whose members are openly supportive of the LGBT community
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Myanmar junta faces ‘biggest threat’ since coup as fighting engulfs border region
The UN warned 50,000 have been forced to flee, with the junta conceding the country could be split if it cannot contain the clashes
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Doctor who caught Crimean-Congo fever at Pakistan hospital dies in ambulance traffic jam
The medic was one of several healthcare workers who contracted the virus at the same hospital after ‘critical lapses’ in infection control
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Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables
Plant owner calls for 'precise and safe system' after second serious incident involving automated machinery
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Prince of Wales: this is the moment we rejected climate denial and defeatism
Winners at star-studded Earthshot Prize event in Singapore include battery recycling scheme and tree-planting initiative
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South Korea’s capital launches bedbug ‘response team’ to fight wave of infestations
Seoul’s city government to inspect 3,000 public facilities such as hotels and bathhouses in initiative dubbed the ‘zero-bedbug city project’
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Experts warn of ‘respiratory health disaster’ as toxic air engulfs New Delhi
Heavy smog triggers a surge in hospital admissions, school closures and a suspension of construction work in the Indian capital
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British man ‘looking forward’ to seeing his mother executed
Arjun Singh testified after watching his mother slit his father’s throat when he was only nine years-old
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Filipino journalist shot dead while live on air
Radio anchor is killed in own home as country remains one of the most dangerous places in which to work as a reporter
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Paiwan warrior skulls to be returned to Taiwan by Edinburgh University
Institution is repatriating the 150-year-old remains to make good on its 'colonial legacy'
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Jail for Indonesian drug manufacturers over cough syrup linked to 200 child deaths
Company’s chief executive and three other senior employees given two-year prison sentences and fined £52,000
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Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law suggests young people in India should work 70-hour week
Billionaire Narayana Murthy gains support of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, but others say move would exploit workers
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Seatless subway trains to be trialled in Seoul to ease overcrowding
Carriages will be emptied of seats on the two busiest train lines to create more space for passengers who will stand during rush hour
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Meet the elderly Britons swapping the NHS for luxury care homes in Thailand
With social care in the UK on its knees – and the NHS in a similar state – retirement resorts are becoming an attractive alternative
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Xi urges women to have more babies as China battles record low birth rate
Chinese president tells women to 'actively cultivate a new culture of marriage and childbearing'
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Afghan women died in earthquake as they feared Taliban punishment for not wearing hijab
Strict laws forbidding men from mixing with women who are strangers led to a larger female death toll
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Prince William to highlight Southeast Asia’s role in illegal wildlife trade with Singapore summit
The Prince’s United for Wildlife taskforce aims to protect endangered species from poaching and trafficking
