Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Quiapo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Filipinos wanting to end unwanted pregnancies have resorted to black-market alternatives that can result in life-threatening consequences
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[2026-07-02 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe wants to narrow its record trade deficit with China by October, but the bloc's worst-ever heat wave is driving unprecedented demand for imports of Chinese-made air conditioners, a telling tale illustrating how hard it will be for Brussels to address the trade imbalance.
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[2026-07-02 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of pharmaceuticals surpassed US$10 billion for the first time last year, while production of such products also climbed to a new record high, government data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s current population of 51.8 million is expected to shrink by almost a third to 36.2 million by 2072
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[2026-07-02 12:36 UTC+10:00] [labour crunch] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s current population of 51.8 million is expected to shrink by almost a third to 36.2 million by 2072
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[2026-07-02 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New tracks expand K-Tech Pass, offering long-term stay, education, housing and tax benefits to foreign tech professionals
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[2026-07-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area
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[2026-07-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [State Administration for Market Regulation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area
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[2026-07-02 12:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Boy group Close Your Eyes was chosen for Billboard Korea’s artist project, its agency Uncore said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea's largest genre film fest, will kick off its 11-day run Thursday with a record 321 films, organizers said.
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[2026-07-02 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The EU and China have agreed to start a ministerial dialogue addressing trade imbalances and export controls imposed by China, with Brussels shooting for "tangible results." (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
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[2026-07-02 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Attempts to pin down former speaker and Leyte representative Martin Romualdez to anomalous flood control projects are "not supported by evidence" and "do not square with how the national budget process actually work," according to his spokesman.
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[2026-07-02 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Lexus's “LF-ZC” is displayed in Tokyo, Japan on Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
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[2026-07-02 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — La justicia de Perú ordenó a una reguladora peruana supervisar el cumplimiento de los derechos de los usuarios en un gigantesco puerto clave del Pacífico cercano a Lima, que acorta hasta diez días la distancia entre Sudamérica y China, y cuya propiedad mayoritaria es de una empresa estatal de China.
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[2026-07-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-02 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-07-02 11:42 UTC+10:00] [Special Coverages] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)-led rally entered its third day on Thursday, July 2, after organizers moved the gathering from the Edsa People Power Monument in Quezon City to Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila.
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[2026-07-02 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A court order to compensate the family of a detainee shows reforms to immigration centres are urgently needed, observers say
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[2026-07-02 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Shinichi Ishizuka] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A court order to compensate the family of a detainee shows reforms to immigration centres are urgently needed, observers say
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[2026-07-02 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s extraterritorial clause reaches only acts that endanger national security, unlike the US’ overreaching Global Magnitsky Act
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[2026-07-02 11:30 UTC+10:00] [China's Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s extraterritorial clause reaches only acts that endanger national security, unlike the US’ overreaching Global Magnitsky Act
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[2026-07-02 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lee Geon Hui looks at a computer screen as a video clip shows a digital likeness of his late grandfather speaking at Seoul-based tech firm Vaice, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-02 11:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: After seven years and 16 successful rescues across South Korea, fire rescue dog Chungseong officially retired on Wednesday and joined his adoptive family.
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[2026-07-02 11:17 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Law comes into effect that critics fear will further erode rights of Uyghurs and Tibetans, as well as allow Beijing to pursue dissidents abroad
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[2026-07-02 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: China’s Inner Mongolia is expanding both renewable energy and coal use. Despite the growth of solar and wind farms, coal remains essential. Inner Mongolia aims to replace coal-fired electricity with renewables while meeting rising power demand. (Video by Olivia Zhang and Wayne Zhang. Produced by Brittany Peterson)
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[2026-07-02 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plummeted more than 7% in early Thursday trading, dragging down South Korea's benchmark Kospi after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped overnight.
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[2026-07-02 11:01 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zou says her daughter promised to study hard while Zou toiled at construction sites
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[2026-07-02 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zou says her daughter promised to study hard while Zou toiled at construction sites
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[2026-07-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is ramping up its move into humanoid robots.
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[2026-07-02 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday highlighted its military achievements during the 1950-53 Korean War in a move seen as aimed at bolstering the regime's unity ahead of the 73rd anniversary of the armistice signing.
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[2026-07-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government says the probability of a Nankai Trough megaquake occurring within the next 30 years stands at 60 to 90 per cent or higher
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[2026-07-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [Takehiko Yoshizawa] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government says the probability of a Nankai Trough megaquake occurring within the next 30 years stands at 60 to 90 per cent or higher
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[2026-07-02 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives here in Vancouver, Canada for a four-day official visit.
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[2026-07-02 10:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Co., BYD Korea, Mercedes-Benz Korea and three other automakers will voluntarily recall more than 146,000 vehicles in South Korea to fix defective components, the transport ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A surge in shares becoming eligible for trading comes as investors pour into AI-linked stocks in rival markets
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[2026-07-02 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong stocks] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A surge in shares becoming eligible for trading comes as investors pour into AI-linked stocks in rival markets
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[2026-07-02 10:28 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-02 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As tropical cyclone in South China Sea edges towards coast of southern China, local winds will strengthen on Friday, with squally showers expected
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[2026-07-02 10:23 UTC+10:00] [HKO] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As tropical cyclone in South China Sea edges towards coast of southern China, local winds will strengthen on Friday, with squally showers expected
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[2026-07-02 10:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US House committee on Wednesday released a report accusing South Korea of "discriminatory attacks" on e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. and other American companies, claiming the Asian country's treatment of them violates last year's bilateral trade deal.
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[2026-07-02 10:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday it has been selected as the preferred bidder for South Korea's next-generation Navy destroyer project worth 7.8 trillion won ($5.1 billion).
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[2026-07-02 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Thursday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the index tumbled on heavy selling in semiconductor shares.
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[2026-07-02 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore.
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[2026-07-02 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 10:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's consumer prices rose more than 3 percent from a year earlier for two straight months in June, reflecting the lingering impact of the Middle East war on supply chains and oil prices, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine wants weapons in exchange for the soldiers, but analysts say South Korea fears provoking Russia and Pyongyang
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[2026-07-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine wants weapons in exchange for the soldiers, but analysts say South Korea fears provoking Russia and Pyongyang
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[2026-07-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping used a major speech marking the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday to both tout China's global influence and pledge a stronger armed forces build-up while staying steadfast in an ongoing crackdown on corruption within top military ranks.
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[2026-07-02 09:56 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: China has denounced Japan’s ‘reckless new militarism’, while Tokyo has protested what it claims are Beijing’s defensive incursions, as relations sour
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