Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has extended by three years the compliance period for corrective measures imposed as a condition of a major shipbuilder acquisition led by Hanwha Group in 2022.
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[2026-04-28 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘The canteen and even the 7-Eleven downstairs are cooler than our office, which is why people end up gathering there,’ a Thai worker says
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[2026-04-28 12:57 UTC+10:00] [Southeast Asia heatwave] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘The canteen and even the 7-Eleven downstairs are cooler than our office, which is why people end up gathering there,’ a Thai worker says
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[2026-04-28 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon returned to the Navotas Sanitary Landfill on Tuesday, leading a high-level inspection team amid escalating concerns over toxic emissions and persistent underground fires at the dumpsite.
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[2026-04-28 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The Literature Translation Institute (LTI) of Korea on Tuesday announced a plan to establish a graduate school next year in efforts to nurture more translators specializing in Korean literature, officials said.
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[2026-04-28 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of China's Contemporary Amperex Technology declined 8.5% Tuesday after the EV battery giant unveiled plans for a roughly $5 billion equity offering in Hong Kong.
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[2026-04-28 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Participants and visitors attend the SusHi Tech startup conference, one of Japan's largest startup gatherings, on April 27 in Tokyo. (SusHi Tech Tokyo)
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[2026-04-28 12:39 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-28 12:39 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Four trucks and a passenger bus have just completed a 40,000-kilometer road trip around Java. The epic journey — a distance equivalent to a circumnavigation of the globe — will help to determine whether Indonesia can deliver one of the world’s most ambitious biofuel-blending mandates in the next few months.
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[2026-04-28 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers and rescuers examine the wreckage following a train collision in Bekasi, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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[2026-04-28 12:20 UTC+10:00] [Metro Manila] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-28 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Lottery sales in South Korea are expected to increase 4 percent next year compared with this year's projection to about 8.42 trillion won (US$5.71 billion), the Ministry of Planning and Budget said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: "The security environment in the Indo-Pacific is becoming increasingly severe," Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's defense minister, says as he touts tighter Japan-Australia ties.
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[2026-04-28 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: "The security environment in the Indo-Pacific is becoming increasingly severe," Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's defense minister, says as he touts tighter Japan-Australia ties.
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[2026-04-28 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The local currency reached a low P60.81:$1 as of morning trading on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police say the man, a tourist from South East Asia, was swept from rocks at Indijup Natural Spa in WA's South West. (Supplied: Scott Palmer / @droneimageWA on Instagram)
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[2026-04-28 12:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's military has identified the remains of another soldier killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, raising the number of such service members to 273, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: North Korea has continued its surprising level of public acknowledgement of troop deaths in the Russia-Ukraine war, where it has maintained some 10,000 or more troops in support of Moscow. Starting last summer North Korea began issuing footage of coffins of slain DPRK troops being flown into Pyongyang, with Kim Jong Un in attendance.
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[2026-04-28 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai-based firm’s IPO reflects mainland China’s push for photonics chips as a fast-growing alternative to conventional semiconductors
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[2026-04-28 12:03 UTC+10:00] [Lightelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai-based firm’s IPO reflects mainland China’s push for photonics chips as a fast-growing alternative to conventional semiconductors
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[2026-04-28 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Activists from the Forum for the Protection of Voting Rights press up against a police barricade during a protest in Kolkata on March 28 against the Election Commission of India's ongoing Special Intensive Revision that has struck millions of voters off West Bengal's electoral rolls. © AP
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[2026-04-28 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military has identified the remains of another soldier killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, raising the number of such service members to 273, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STEELASIA Manufacturing Corp. has signed a contract with Buskowitz Energy for the Compostela Works Solar Rooftop Project in Cebu, an 8-MWp installation set to become the largest single-roof rooftop solar system in heavy industry in the Philippines.
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[2026-04-28 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is set to conduct a communication campaign aimed at enhancing the capacity of public information officers and media practitioners in reporting science-based information on geologic hazards.
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[2026-04-28 11:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cumulative donations top W50b, leading imported carmakers in Korea
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[2026-04-28 11:44 UTC+10:00] [Indonesia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Efforts continue to free two trapped passengers in wreckage after long-distance train collides with commuter train outside Jakarta, injuring 81
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[2026-04-28 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Battery maker says it plans to sell 62.4 million Hong Kong-traded shares for HK$628.20 apiece to at least six unspecified investors
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[2026-04-28 11:42 UTC+10:00] [CATL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Battery maker says it plans to sell 62.4 million Hong Kong-traded shares for HK$628.20 apiece to at least six unspecified investors
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[2026-04-28 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) on Tuesday reported that it had a net income of P7.90 billion in the first quarter of 2026, a 71 percent increase over the P4.6 billion recorded in the same period in 2025.
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[2026-04-28 11:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the Greater Bay Area as the regional ecosystem, maritime tourism, blue bonds and marine innovation are three areas of opportunity
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[2026-04-28 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Survivors of deadly Indonesia train crash pulled from wreckage
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[2026-04-28 11:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's top nuclear envoy has stressed the need to swiftly resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, calling it the "most urgent" challenge to the nonproliferation regime, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 11:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy has stressed the need to swiftly resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, calling it the "most urgent" challenge to the nonproliferation regime, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, right, met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana last week, in the first state visit from a leader of the country to Kazakhstan in 20 years. (Akorda, Kazakhstan's presidential office)
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[2026-04-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iconic bear with the ‘might of a divine beast’ goes from relative obscurity to world of international diplomacy over many centuries
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[2026-04-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iconic bear with the ‘might of a divine beast’ goes from relative obscurity to world of international diplomacy over many centuries
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[2026-04-28 10:58 UTC+10:00] [Campus Bulletin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Celebrating 20 years of legacy and distinction, this year ARCHINET holds its 15th National Architecture Symposium. The NAS 2026 symposium will be held on May 2, 2026 at the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes O.P. Building in the campus of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Many renowned professionals will converge into the Philippine scene this coming NAS 2026.
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[2026-04-28 10:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Executions rose sharply in North Korea for offenses including watching South Korean cultural content during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldados del Ejército de Indonesia examinan los daños después de un choque de tren, el martes 28 de abril de 2026, en Bekasi, Indonesia. (AP Foto/Fadlan Syam)
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[2026-04-28 10:39 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-28 10:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's exports of K-pop albums hit a record high of $120 million in the first quarter of this year, customs data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Executions rose sharply in North Korea for offenses including watching South Korean cultural content during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of K-pop albums hit a record high of US$120 million in the first quarter of this year, customs data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 10:17 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-28 10:17 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-28 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) under the stewardship of its chief, Persida Rueda-Acosta, has emerged as the only attached agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that achieved a perfect score based on the 2025 Annual Agency Performance Review (AAPR) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Southeast Asia’s pivot may be for economic reasons, but some analysts warn Moscow could seek to build lasting influence in the region
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Southeast Asia’s pivot may be for economic reasons, but some analysts warn Moscow could seek to build lasting influence in the region
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising pension burdens and social security subsidies are also straining public finances – though trends remain uneven, analysts say
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Allen Feng] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising pension burdens and social security subsidies are also straining public finances – though trends remain uneven, analysts say
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