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Newest first · UTC+11:00Investors prepare for ‘super-central-bank week’ as US rate increase appears done deal
Traders are bracing for central bank decisions in the US, the UK and Japan and are weighing whether a Fed rate increase marks one-off move or new cycle
· Zhang Shidong
Investors prepare for ‘super-central-bank week’ as US rate increase appears done deal
Traders are bracing for central bank decisions in the US, the UK and Japan and are weighing whether a Fed rate increase marks one-off move or new cycle
· Zhang Shidong
Supreme Court OKs petitions pushing Congress to pass anti-dynasty law
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· Jairo Bolledo
(Asiad) Football team delayed by bus mix-up at Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men's national football team was delayed in getting to a recovery training session Wednesday after organizers of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games failed to provide an official bus, a South Korean team official said.
· Kim Boram
Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war
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· Kartikeya Walia
Japanese monks embrace material world to raise cash as donations shrink
Temple upkeep costs are soaring while Japan’s Buddhist population has dropped about 14 per cent in the last two decades
· Bloomberg
Japanese monks embrace material world to raise cash as donations shrink
Temple upkeep costs are soaring while Japan’s Buddhist population has dropped about 14 per cent in the last two decades
· Bloomberg
(Asiad) Sharpshooting forward credits teammates' work on defense in big win over Jordan
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Lee Hyun-jung was the offensive star for South Korea in its men's basketball victory over Jordan at the Asian Games in Japan on Wednesday, but the sharpshooting forward deferred credit to his teammates for doing the dirty work on the defensive end.
· Yoo Jee-ho
Korea to phase in abortion pills for pregnancies up to 9 weeks
Government targets rollout by March 2027, with hospital-only prescribing and dispensing during initial two-year period
· Yoon Min-sik
Japan’s Jera looks to pivot LNG buying muscle into global sales
Jera, one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas buyers, is seeking to broaden long-term exports of the fuel as a way to expand its global presence and offload excess supply.
· Sing Yee Ong
China's AI leaders keep quiet despite U.S. 'publicity' on tech risks
BEIJING — While frontier U.S. labs have sounded the alarm on artificial intelligence in recent high-profile speeches, Chinese companies have largely kept quiet.
· Evelyn Cheng
Confidential and intelligence funds
Confidential funds are government budget allocations for surveillance and other sensitive government civilian operations. Intelligence funds, on the other hand, are designed for intelligence-gathering activities by law enforcement agencies.
Chinese scientists build world’s smallest CT scanner, weighing just 6kg
Compact and portable device can be used to analyse fossils and archaeological relics in the field, developer says
· Ling Xin
Chinese scientists build world’s smallest CT scanner, weighing just 6kg
Compact and portable device can be used to analyse fossils and archaeological relics in the field, developer says
· Ling Xin
‘We weren’t shy. We were queers in leather!’ Sunil Gupta on his momentous photographs of gay life
From Delhi to New York, from the street to the bath house, he has captured clandestine moments, risked his freedom – and even referenced Romantic painters. Ahead of a major show, the photographer relives his landmark shots
· Charlotte Jansen
Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirms Global Hawk drone crash
A Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance drone is displayed at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Misawa Air Base on Sept. 8, 2024. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)
· Staff Writer
Japan trading house lobby chief urges stronger yen despite sector windfall
Masahiro Okafuji, chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council as well as chair and CEO of Itochu, urges a stronger yen for the good of Japan. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
· Staff Writer
Hong Kong unveils first-ever five-year plan to align goals with Beijing
Hong Kong's government is adopting its first-ever Chinese Communist Party-style five-year plan, while insisting that the city's economy will continue to thrive as a free market. © Reuters
· LORRETTA CHEN
(LEAD) (Asiad) S. Korea blows out Jordan to reach men's basketball semifinals
(ATTN: ADDS details from para 6)By Yoo Jee-ho
· Yoo Jee-ho
(Asiad) S. Korea blows out Jordan to reach men's basketball semifinals
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea breezed past Jordan 114-80 to reach the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Asian Games in Japan on Wednesday, moving within two wins of claiming its first gold medal in a dozen years.
· Yoo Jee-ho
India and Russia push to expand defence ties with more joint production
Analysts say offers of Su-57 stealth jet tech and BrahMos upgrades signal an exit from simple buyer-seller deals
· Biman Mukherji
‘Growing stronger’: India and Russia push to expand defence ties
Analysts say offers of Su-57 stealth jet tech and BrahMos upgrades signal an exit from simple buyer-seller deals
· Biman Mukherji
UK eyes role in Vietnam infrastructure boom with $2.5bn metro financing
Ho Chi Minh City commuters skip the megacity's traffic jams by taking a new metro train line. (Lien Hoang)
· Staff Writer
Dong Jun adopts softer stance on US at Xiangshan Forum as Xi prepares for Trump summit
Retired PLA colonel says defence minister’s speech signals growing confidence and lower tension with US
· Dewey Sim
Dong Jun adopts softer stance on US at Xiangshan Forum as Xi prepares for Trump summit
Retired PLA colonel says defence minister’s speech signals growing confidence and lower tension with US
· Dewey Sim
Japan to charge rescue fee on Mount Fuji during off season
The fee is among a series of measures Yamanashi prefecture is introducing to deter reckless climbers
· Bbcnews
Seoul court orders N. Korea to pay W44.6b for blowing up inter-Korean liaison office
A Seoul court ruled Wednesday that North Korea must pay the South Korean government more than 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) for demolishing the inter-Korean joint liaison office in Kaesong in June 2020.
· Lee Seung-ku
Leaders of S. Korea, Tajikistan agree to forge comprehensive partnership
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan agreed Wednesday to establish a comprehensive partnership between their countries, with the South Korean leader expressing hope the new partnership will help expand the countries' cooperation in various areas,…
· Park Boram
Martin Romualdez pleads not guilty to plunder; case moves to trial
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· Jairo Bolledo
(LEAD) Court orders N. Korea to pay S. Korea 44.6 bln won over 2020 demolition of liaison office
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· Woo Jae-yeon
Australia's rising far-right leader raises alarm over China's EV influx
One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson attends a press conference in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, on Aug. 28. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
· Staff Writer
China launches new canal, first of its kind since 1949, giving inland access to sea lanes
Newly opened Pinglu Canal will allow cargo from inland provinces to reach the Gulf of Tonkin, avoiding a 560km detour, deepening trade ties
· Sherry Wang
China launches new canal, first of its kind since 1949, giving inland access to sea lanes
Newly opened Pinglu Canal will allow cargo from inland provinces to reach the Gulf of Tonkin, avoiding a 560km detour, deepening trade ties
· Sherry Wang
Hefty extra budgets leave Japan's industry ministry bloated
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pushing to integrate Japan's big supplementary budgets into the initial budget. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
· Staff Writer
South Korean court orders Pyongyang to pay US$32.5m for destroying border office
The lawsuit over the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office marks the first time Seoul has sought damages directly from the North
· Agence France-Presse
South Korean court orders Pyongyang to pay US$32.5m for destroying border office
The lawsuit over the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office marks the first time Seoul has sought damages directly from the North
· Agence France-Presse
He came to study. Trot gave him a stage — and a larger mission
Vicent Creux, an Equatorial Guinean student at BUFS, hopes to turn his growing profile into closer ties between the two countries and, one day, his country’s first embassy in Korea
· Park Jun-hee
Court orders N. Korea to pay S. Korea W44.6b over 2020 demolition of liaison office
A Seoul court ruled Wednesday that North Korea must pay about 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) in compensation to the South Korean government for the 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in the North's border town of Kaesong.
· Yonhap
Amid AI debates, China catches US
As the rapid development of artificial intelligence triggers a renewed debate about its risks, the US and China keep racing to develop increasingly powerful models.
· Yonhap
Fragility and cooperation: the takeaways from Dong Jun’s Xiangshan Forum speech
The Chinese defence minister officially opens the security conference with a warning about ‘zero-sum’ mindsets
· Seong Hyeon Choi
Fragility and cooperation: the takeaways from Dong Jun’s Xiangshan Forum speech
The Chinese defence minister officially opens the security conference with a warning about ‘zero-sum’ mindsets
· Seong Hyeon Choi
US commandos blow up ‘drug boat’ (VIDEO)
The US military has released what it said was video of commandos intercepting and blowing up a vessel involved in the drug trade in the Eastern Pacific.
· RT
Court orders N. Korea to pay S. Korea 44.6 bln won over 2020 demolition of liaison office
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court ruled Wednesday that North Korea must pay about 44.6 billion won (US$32.5 million) in compensation to the South Korean government for the 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in the North's border town of Kaesong.
· Yoo Cheong-mo
U.S. admission of space weapons seen as landmark moment in race with China and Russia
Paris/Washington – The U.S. acknowledgment this week that the Pentagon is operating weapons in Earth’s orbit marks a landmark moment in space militarization aimed at deterring what U.S. officials describe as aggressive orbital activities from China and Russia, officials and analysts said.
· Cassell Bryan-low
(LEAD) S. Korea, UAE agree to expand partnership in investment forum
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· Kang Jae-eun
GSK licenses Chinese firm’s cancer drug in US$750 million deal
The acquisition is the latest in a string of major licensing deals involving Chinese biotechnology firms
· Xinmei Shen
GSK’s US$750 million cancer drug deal highlights China’s rise as biotech player
The acquisition is the latest in a string of major licensing deals involving Chinese biotechnology firms
· Xinmei Shen
Where are we now in Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC case?
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· Jairo Bolledo
From rooftops to rickshaws, Bangladesh bets on a distributed power system
The Bangladeshi government is offering incentives for rooftop solar panels backed with batteries to add generation closer to consumers, while requiring millions of battery-powered rickshaws to charge from solar rather than the national grid. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images and Reuters)
· MASUM BILLAH