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The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities
With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed the arrival of the Lunar New Year.
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Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary
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As Indonesia goes to the polls, women and minority candidates face challenges
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Indonesians join the final campaign events before the presidential election
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Asia welcomes Lunar New Year of the Dragon with temple visits and celebrations
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Delays, deals, nepo babies, trends and vote rigging: Five takeaways from Pakistan’s elections
Pakistan held its parliamentary election with 44 parties fighting for a share of 266 seats in the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament.
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Taylor Swift rushes in private jet from show in Tokyo to the Super Bowl
Taylor Swift’s last song was still ringing in the ears of thousands of fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night when the singer was expected to rush to a private jet at Haneda airport that would take her on a time-zone-spanning journey to see her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce.
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Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law
Myanmar’s military government has for the first time activated a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately.
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Indonesian presidential vote highlights tradeoffs between fast growth and a healthy environment
Tradeoffs between strong growth and a healthy environment are not dominating the headlines in the runup to the Feb. 14 presidential election in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy.
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Malaysia’s top court invalidates state’s Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offenses
Malaysia’s top court has struck down Shariah-based criminal laws in an opposition-run state, saying they encroached on federal authority.
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UN experts investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks valued at about $3 billion
U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately $3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction.
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Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at age 88
World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa has died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management office said Friday. He was 88.
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Japan’s government OKs new foreign trainee program to attract more workers as its population shrinks
The Japanese government has adopted plans to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will actually teach skills and safeguard trainees’ rights as Japan desperately seeks more foreign workers to su
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Chinese technology company lashes back at US claims it has ties to military
A Nasdaq-listed Chinese technology company that makes parts for self-driving vehicles has threatened to sue the U.S. government after it was included in a list of companies the Pentagon says have links to the Chinese military.
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AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Feb. 2-Feb. 8, 2024
People prepare to celebrate Lunar New Year in many Asian countries including China and Taiwan; senior high school students celebrate graduation in Seoul, South Korea; fans cheers for a K-pop band in Jakarta, Indonesia; Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray during Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark Prophet Muha
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US military drills in Philippines unaffected by America’s focus on Ukraine and Gaza, US general says
A U.S. general says combat exercises between the United States and the Philippines that involve thousands of forces each year will not be affected by America’s focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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With ‘Eternity in a Moment,’ Japanese artist Mika Ninagawa portrays everyday wonders
With “Eternity in a Moment,” the Japanese photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa has created an immersive installation in Tokyo where a visitor walks through rooms with various motifs.
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North Korea’s Kim says he has no desire for talks and repeats a threat to destroy South if provoked
North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un has restated he has no desire for diplomacy with South Korea and that the North would annihilate its rival if provoked.
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Thailand says deliveries of humanitarian aid to war-wracked Myanmar are expected to start soon
Thailand’s foreign minister says it expects to open up a humanitarian corridor in about a month to deliver aid to suffering civilians in war-torn Myanmar.
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340 Myanmar troops flee into Bangladesh during fighting with armed ethnic group
Bangladesh’s foreign minister says 340 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police and soldiers have fled into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic minority army.
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India to replace military personnel in Maldives with civilians after president demanded they leave
India says it will replace its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who will operate three aircraft from India that provide humanitarian services.
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Ships from US, Australia and Japan conduct joint drills in South China Sea in defiance of Beijing
Warships from the U.S., Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China Sea in defiance of Beijing, which claims sovereignty over virtually the entire strategic waterway.
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European monitors says Azerbaijan’s election took place in a restrictive environment
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says Azerbaijan’s presidential election took place in a “restrictive” environment and that critical voices were silenced.
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China names a new stock regulator and reports new developer financing in a bid to soothe markets
Shares have risen in China after Beijing ousted its top stock market regulator and announced more funding for hard-strapped property developers.
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The ruined Fukushima nuclear plant leaked radioactive water, but none escaped the facility
Highly radioactive water leaked from a treatment machine at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but no one was injured and radiation monitoring shows no impact to the outside environment, the utility operator said Thursday.
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Papua New Guinea’s prime minister becomes the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has become the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament.
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Indian state passes uniform marriage legislation opposed by Muslims as a Hindu code applied to all
An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities in the state.
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Ex-Pakistani PM Sharif strikes confident note in vote marred by controversy, mobile phone shutdown
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expressing confidence his party will win national elections.
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Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say militants fire on workers from Punjab state, killing 1
Police say militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir have fired at two workers from the northern state of Punjab, killing one and wounding another.
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South Korean president reiterates that Seoul will not seek its own nuclear deterrent
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reiterated that the country would not seek its own nuclear deterrent in the face of threats from nuclear-armed North Korea as he vowed efforts to sharpen nuclear deterrence strategies with ally United States to calm security jitters in the South.
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Japan court approves a transgender man’s request for legal recognition without needing surgery
A court in western Japan has approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official records without undergoing sterilization surgery.
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Indonesian rebels say they’re ready to free a New Zealand pilot taken hostage a year ago
Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have expressed their readiness to release a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage exactly a year ago.
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Thailand and Muslim separatist rebels agree on roadmap to peace, Malaysian facilitator says
Malaysia says the Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have agreed in principle to a roadmap to try to end a decades-long Muslim insurgency.
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A stray dog attacks 11 people, mostly children playing at a park north of Tokyo
Japanese officials say a stray dog attacked 11 people, most of them children playing in a park, causing minor injuries.
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Ex-Malaysian leader Najib disappointed he wasn’t given a full royal pardon for 12-year graft term
A lawyer for Malaysia’s ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak says he is disapppinted he wasn’t given a full royal pardon of his 12-year prison sentence for graft and may file a new appeal to the new monarch.
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A landslide hits a village in the southern Philippines, leaving 7 dead and 48 missing
Officials in the Philippines say a landslide in the south has left at least seven villagers dead and 48 others missing.
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Pakistan’s election: Who’s running, what’s the mood and will anything change?
Pakistanis are electing a new parliament Thursday in a race that essentially is concentrated on two parties.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet visits Thailand with busy schedule to extend close ties
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has made his first official visit to neighboring Thailand since becoming his country’s leader last year.
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India’s clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up
For years, renewable projects in India have been growing steadily — from small-town rooftop solar installations to large-scale projects across the desert and long stretches of wind turbines and solar panels on farmland all helping the country transition to clean energy.
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Senators approve an Asia veteran as No. 2 diplomat, underscoring US efforts to keep focus on China
Senators have confirmed a veteran of U.S.-Asian engagement and security as the State Department’s second-ranking diplomat. Tuesday’s vote by the full Senate was 92-5.
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