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Taiwan submarine dream surfaces as China tensions rise
Taipei to unveil island-made sub despite years of Beijing pressure on suppliers
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China deflation dread stalks property trade, struggling firms
Summer CPI gloom leaves consumers, markets bracing for impact of weak demand
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Indonesia climate deal in $20bn gridlock as Vietnam, India on hold
'Breakthrough' funded by G7+ investors misses deadline; Hanoi's $15.5bn plan delayed
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Thai PM Srettha faces pivotal test over pledges to party heartland
Pheu Thai promised northeasterners hefty handouts and better days; can it deliver?
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Papua New Guinea's Marape: Pacific power broker or PM in peril?
Amid U.S.-China balancing act, PNG leader faces mounting pressure at home
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Afghanistan rulers win tacit acceptance as women face 'apartheid'
World struggles to give aid without helping Taliban as regime enters third year
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Bollywood becomes political battleground as India's election looms
Some filmmakers find amplifying Modi government's message is good for business
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Japan's growing debt mountain: Crisis, what crisis?
Why the world's No. 3 economy stays afloat despite towering debt-GDP ratio
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China's jobless graduate army falls through cracks in economy
Record youth unemployment after Beijing clampdown on private sector, FDI slump
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Cambodia democracy dream fades as Hun Sen eyes election walkover
Strongman to coast to July 23 victory, signaling start of handover to eldest son
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Hong Kong becomes China's 'wolf warrior' in Fukushima water fight
City's vocal opposition to Japan's plan contrasts with past pragmatism
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Philippines' Marcos Jr. defies skeptics but challenges persist
As president enters second year in power, Filipinos fed up with inflation
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Trans rights progress in Asia hits barricade of tradition, legal maze
Gradual LGBTQ advances in some countries shrouded by stigma, safety concerns
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China targets sea change in global diplomacy race with West
As Blinken calls, Beijing wields 'Xivilization' to promote China worldview
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Aging Japan wants foreign workers, but will they come?
Stagnant wages and old culture loom over Kishida's restructured policies
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Pakistan's Imran Khan takes on powerful military establishment
Allies break from embattled former PM in aftermath of May 9 violence
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China's massive new canal aims for closer ASEAN connectivity
G-7 nations are not the only ones 'de-risking' as global trade tensions mount
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Indonesia bets on critical mineral export bans as deadline nears
History of policy flip-flops could hamper climb up resource value-chain
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South Korea's weak growth tests Yoon's resolve to cut spending
Subsidy and patronage habits keep economy tied to inefficient old ways
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Philippines' Marcos muscles up ASEAN's South China Sea posture
China tensions loom over bloc summit as Malaysia asserts gas rights, Vietnam hones defense
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Cambodia's Hun Sen plans power succession to son, allies' children
Strongman prime minister mulling when to hand over to his eldest child, Hun Manet
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India pushes 'Global South' goals on to G-20 agenda
Grouping of less industrialized countries remains loosely defined
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Myanmar tests Indonesia's resolve as ASEAN fissures deepen
Bloc's 2023 chair works quietly to overcome two years of Five Point Consensus failure
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How Japan's National Security Council rewrote China strategy
As Kishida prepares for G-7, Tokyo has closer White House ties and a clearer global role
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Thailand election becomes game of economic handouts, nostalgia
Prayuth, Pheu Thai and Move Forward eye escape from middle-income trap