Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-27 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-02-27 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WITH two days remaining, the Government Cyber Resilience Summit – Philippines Edition 2026 will take place on March 2, 2026, at Fairmont Makati, convening senior government leaders, cybersecurity authorities, and technology experts at a critical juncture in the Philippines’ digital transformation.
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[2026-02-27 17:03 UTC+10:00] [Mindanao] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-27 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The tandems of Marcial Alapag III and Michael Ibañez, and Tereza Tanzo and Emma Florida delivered commanding performances to rule their respective divisions in the Novice level of the Pickle Fest 2026 Adult Categories Sectional Tournament at Pickletown here recently.
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[2026-02-27 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have agreed to conduct 22 field training drills as initially planned during their annual joint springtime military exercise next month, officials said Friday, marking a sharp cutdown from the previous year.
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[2026-02-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Researchers push back the timeline for their arrival by 600,000 years, raising new questions about how the species spread around the globe
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[2026-02-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sex reassignment surgery recipient who faces problems using women’s facilities because of her size says she wants to slim down, wear miniskirts
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[2026-02-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Brimming with confidence, Jan Cadee Dagoon and Krelz Gecosala tightened their grip on the Mindanao swing of the Palawan Pawnshop Junior Tennis Circuit, powering their way to another pair of title romps in the Governor’s Cup Championships at the Capitol Sports Complex last weekend.
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[2026-02-27 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's three major mobile carriers are preparing to spotlight artificial intelligence-driven networks and services at this year's Mobile World Congress, as the industry's largest annual gathering opens next week in Barcelona.
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[2026-02-27 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.
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[2026-02-27 16:53 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Many observers believe North Korean leader has decided daughter Kim Ju-ae will succeed him, but others say gender politics could block her path to power
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[2026-02-27 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prosecutors allege the crew knowingly transported nearly two tonnes of meth, while lawyers say criminal intent must be assessed individually
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[2026-02-27 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a visit that is seen to further strengthen the two countries' defense, maritime and economic cooperation, Malacañang announced Friday.
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[2026-02-27 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Indonesia is preparing to send 1,000 soldiers to Gaza within weeks, the first contingent of some 8,000 personnel that Jakarta has pledged to deploy to the Palestinian territory as part of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) under United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
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[2026-02-27 16:42 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-27 16:39 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-27 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info from 2nd para, new photo)
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[2026-02-27 16:33 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-27 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Around 150,000 young ravers are expected to flood Pattaya for the world’s largest electronic music festival in December
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[2026-02-27 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Medit, a global provider of digital dentistry solutions, today announced that the "Glow Together" campaign will begin this March. The 'Glow Together' initiative began with small steps taken by the female employees of Medit. Light becomes more powerful when it is shared.
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[2026-02-27 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Swiss sportswear brand On announced Thursday that it was operating a LightSpray robotic manufacturing facility in Busan, the company’s second such site, after opening its first in Zurich in July last year.
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[2026-02-27 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on Friday that she opposes changing the imperial family's male succession rules.
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[2026-02-27 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will announce a detailed plan in the first half of the year aimed at internationalizing the Korean won, the finance ministry said Friday, as authorities seek to bolster the currency's global standing.
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[2026-02-27 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of South Korea to its overseas facilities, contingent on supplementary measures to address security concerns.
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[2026-02-27 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-02-27 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1948 -- Kim Koo, a Korean independence fighter and politician, publicly opposes the U.N.'s proposal to hold a separate general election in southern Korea. Kim said the election would lead to the division of the Korean Peninsula and that the communist-controlled northern Korea and the U.N.-supervised southern Korea should set up a common government.
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[2026-02-27 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SriLankan Airlines unveiled strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing connectivity between India and Sri Lanka while further strengthening the time- honoured bond between the two nations at a special press conference in Delhi, India, alongside SATTE 2026, South Asia’s leading travel and tourism exhibition.
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[2026-02-27 15:54 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-27 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-02-27 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Central policy to be finalized in March; boosting household spending 'significantly' a formal target for first time
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[2026-02-27 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: China has removed 19 officials, including nine from the military, from its list of lawmakers ahead of its biggest annual political meeting next week.
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[2026-02-27 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: General Santos City — Young International Master Christian Gian Carlo Arca of the Philippines jumped to a share of the lead with three others following huge back-to-back wins Thursday heading into the penultimate round of the prize-rich Manny Pacquiao International Chess Open at the Family Country Hotel here.
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[2026-02-27 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RIMAN, a premium Korean skincare and wellness brand, announced its ICD Dermatology Line, featuring boosters, serums, and creams, has received the iF DESIGN AWARD 2026 in the Packaging Design category. The packaging reimagines RIMAN's signature ingredient, Giant BYoungPool™ (Giant Centella Asiatica), in a minimalist and sophisticated form.
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[2026-02-27 15:18 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-27 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's fisheries output hit a record high in 2025, driven partly by strong overseas demand for dried seaweed products, the statistics agency said Friday.
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[2026-02-27 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From China tracking military moves near Iran to why tourists are ditching Tokyo for Seoul, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-02-27 15:10 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Thailand may have seen its best economic days. The one-time star risks settling into a new — and entrenched — role as Southeast Asia’s laggard. The ruling conservative bloc shows scant appetite for rekindling the rapid gains that made the country a model for contemporary standouts like Vietnam.
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[2026-02-27 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- An official at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources who formulated the "Make American Shipbuilding Great Again" (MASGA) proposal, one of the major projects that helped South Korea secure its tariff agreement with the United States, has been promoted two notches to the director-general level, the ministry said Friday.
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[2026-02-27 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: India reignited their Twenty20 World Cup title defence in emphatic fashion on Thursday, piling up a tournament-record 256-4 before condemning Zimbabwe to a 72-run defeat in a one-sided Super Eight contest in Chennai.
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[2026-02-27 14:59 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-02-27 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war" following months of tit-for-tat clashes.
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[2026-02-27 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Australia women's cricket team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Updates from the match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart
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[2026-02-27 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kerry Adrianto Riza, son of ‘gasoline godfather’ Riza Chalid, was given 15 years’ jail and ordered to pay US$173 million in restitution
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[2026-02-27 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used the latest party congress as an occasion for consolidating his base for a long-term grip on power, effectively declaring the start of his own era, Seoul's unification ministry said Friday.
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[2026-02-27 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Kim Jong-un just gave a fresh nuclear speech, vowing that North Korea will expand its atomic arsenal in both scale and sophistication, and that this is necessary given pressure from nuclear-armed "imperialist" superpowers like the United States.
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[2026-02-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's total arable land dropped for the 13th consecutive year in 2025, as rice paddies continued to shrink amid declining rice consumption, government data showed Friday.
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[2026-02-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign currency deposits in South Korea fell for the first time in three months in January, due to a decline in corporate deposits, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-02-27 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a bar crawl for a good cause to a flea market and an art exhibition exploring China’s economic rise, here are our picks for the weekend
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[2026-02-27 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SINGAPORE, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynosure Lutronic, a global leader in energy-based medical aesthetic devices, announced today that Clarity II, its dual-wavelength long-pulse laser platform, has received regulatory approval in China and Japan. This marks a significant expansion of the company's clinically approved laser portfolio across two of Asia's most highly regulated aesthetic markets.
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[2026-02-27 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Col. Lee Sang-hun has taken office as the Eighth Army's deputy commanding officer for South Korea, the U.S. Army stationed in the South said Friday.
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