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South Korea, Taiwan top Japan in exports for first time on AI boom

Both economies benefit more from surging demand for semiconductors in 2026 first half

Suzuki starts flex-fuel race in India as Modi pushes homegrown energy

Government aims to use ethanol blends to cut reliance on Middle East oil imports

South Korea to reconsider plan for ammonia use in coal plants: energy minister

Policy shift could hinder global production and supply chains of new energy source

South Korea revives rail project aimed at linking it to North

Border region spending gets new backing as exchanges remain stalled

Indonesia's GDP growth slows to 5.3% in Q2; economist doubts linger

Government's upbeat full-year forecast requires 'significant game changer'

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing to visit Thailand on quest for legitimacy

Anti-regime NUG urges ASEAN to keep pressure on the former military strongman

Tari Lang's 'My Neighbour, The Dictator' looks back at Suharto era

Memoir recounts repression and upheaval in Indonesia through a teenager's eyes

US and Iran attack infrastructure, raising fears of escalation

American forces have launched strikes for 7th straight night, Central Command says

Japan's Kawasaki Heavy proposes making naphtha from hydrogen

Energy sector looks to older technology for synthetic alternative

India's army cost cuts leave 'fire braveheart' recruits in limbo

Three-quarters of 'Agniveer' soldiers who signed up in 2022 set to be dismissed this year

US restores Hong Kong preferential trade privileges, drawing China's thanks

Trump administration not renewing order signed in 2020 over national security law

Sara Duterte trial, Takaichi-Lee summit, Samsung unionists go on strike

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Sri Lankan baking novice becomes Parisian baguette champion

Sithamparappillai Jegatheepan's prize-winning loaves will supply France's president

Thailand intensifies operation to rescue scam workers in Myanmar

Freeing of nearly 300 foreigners this month belies scale of human trafficking

Xi seeks to defuse China-EU tensions over trade imbalance

First in-person summit in years comes as Italy heads for Belt and Road exit

Thai police resort to tear gas, arrest warrants against protesters

Leaders send people home as prime minister mulls curfew

Alibaba and Amazon borrow furloughed service workers

Cross-industry arrangements ease unemployment pain as pandemic skews labor markets

Malaysia open to Huawei for 5G equipment, authority chief says

Security agency has 'no objection' after investigating cyberespionage claims