Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-21 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's customs agency said Tuesday it has signed a joint statement with the government of Alberta, Canada, to simplify the origin certification process of crude oil produced from the province.
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[2026-04-21 14:52 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-21 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- The commander of the U.S. military stationed in South Korea, Gen. Xavier Brunson, has lodged a protest against the unification minister's recent remarks that allegedly leaked classified U.S. information about North Korea's nuclear facility, a lawmaker said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-21 14:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-21 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Activist played central role in publicizing Gwangju Uprising and lobbying US Congress
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[2026-04-21 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has lifted a ban on exporting lethal weapons, including fighter jets, in a major shift to Japan’s pacifist post-World War II constitution.
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[2026-04-21 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Remote work for civil servants sounds like an easy solution in an energy crisis. Analysts aren’t so sure
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[2026-04-21 14:35 UTC+10:00] [Indonesia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Remote work for civil servants sounds like an easy solution in an energy crisis. Analysts aren’t so sure
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[2026-04-21 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 21 (Yonhap) -- A prominent American expert has urged the United States to abandon its longstanding but unsuccessful focus on North Korea's denuclearization and shift toward "immediate" goals, including arms control, stressing that Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament is "unattainable for now."
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[2026-04-21 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Driverless trucks carry coal at a mine in Hulunbuir, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in May 2025. Conversion of coal to gas and chemicals is seen as a way to foster higher-value industries in inland regions. (China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
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[2026-04-21 14:22 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-21 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —A resolution has been filed at the House of Representatives commending P-pop girl group BINI for making history as the first Filipino group to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2026.
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[2026-04-21 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A free electric tram service is once again rolling through Intramuros, giving visitors a convenient way to explore Manila’s historic walled city, with daily rides stopping at major landmarks.
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[2026-04-21 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police said Tuesday they are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investigation into allegations that he illegally gained more than $100 million in an investor fraud scheme.
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[2026-04-21 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-21 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Researchers said their 35kV direct-connection synchronous condenser successfully passed testing, in repurposing of old technology
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[2026-04-21 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Dongfang Electric Machinery] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Researchers said their 35kV direct-connection synchronous condenser successfully passed testing, in repurposing of old technology
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[2026-04-21 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s official youth jobless rate climbed to 16.9 per cent in March, with another 12.7 million graduates set to enter the job market this summer
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[2026-04-21 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s official youth jobless rate climbed to 16.9 per cent in March, with another 12.7 million graduates set to enter the job market this summer
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[2026-04-21 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Authorities say there is no tsunami risk as a result of the earthquake. (Geoscience Australia)
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[2026-04-21 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will repatriate the remains of 12 Chinese troops who were killed while fighting alongside North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War this week, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-21 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bang Si-Hyuk, a chairman of HYBE answers reporters’ question upon his arrival at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (Kim Keun-soo/Newsis via AP)
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[2026-04-21 13:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung will wrap up his three-day visit to India on Tuesday, marking a South Korean president's first state visit to the country in eight years.
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[2026-04-21 13:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Vietnamese man in his 30s was given a suspended prison sentence in South Korea for binding his 10-year-old stepdaughter while pretending to be a kidnapper, in a case the court said could not be considered a joke.
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[2026-04-21 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala has stepped down as chairman of Globe Telecom after 30 years at the helm of the company’s board.
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[2026-04-21 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- Kuwait's declaration of force majeure on crude oil shipments will have a limited impact on South Korea's oil supply as the country has already been working to cope with the impact of the Strait of Hormuz blockade, an industry ministry official said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-21 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Workers construct a facility at the Greenbase Industrial & Logistics Parks near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 29, 2024. The cabinet has approved spending of 336.6 billion rupees ($3.6 billion) on developing 100 industrial parks featuring ready-to-use infrastructure. © Reuters
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[2026-04-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- The government has retrieved over 72 percent of the public funds used to bail out troubled financial firms since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, the financial regulator said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The number of members from the country’s elite research academies in a key decision-making body has doubled in the course of a decade
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[2026-04-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Chen Jining] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The number of members from the country’s elite research academies in a key decision-making body has doubled in the course of a decade
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[2026-04-21 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One year ago, in the immediate aftermath of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs, there was a flurry of discussion over who is more reliant on whom: the US on Chinese rare earth materials, or China on US ethane output (see "Chinese Plastics Factories Face Mass Closure As US Ethane Supply Evaporates" and "Who Blinks First?
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[2026-04-21 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: AI-linked companies like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, whose Galaxy models are shown, are driving the stock market. (Photo by Nami Matsuura)
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[2026-04-21 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Tuesday extended assistance to the families of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) killed in Beirut, Lebanon last April 15.
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[2026-04-21 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS gov't task force meeting with exporters in last 3 paras)
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[2026-04-21 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States has partially limited South Korea's access to intelligence on North Korea-related technology collected via satellites, military officials said Tuesday, following a controversy over the unification minister's disclosure of information on the North's nuclear facility.
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[2026-04-21 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it has signed an agreement with TVS Motor Company Ltd. of India to collaborate in developing an electric three-wheeler for the Indian market.
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[2026-04-21 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- The government held an interagency meeting Tuesday to assess defense industry partnerships in North America and discuss efforts to help Korean defense companies expand their presence in the region, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-04-21 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Economic growth in China is expected to slow this year despite a 5 percent expansion in 2025, as rising oil prices weigh on the outlook, according to a senior economist at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
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[2026-04-21 12:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Mark your calendar: 'May the Fourth' fan events to bring character parade, drone show and a huge Grogu to Korea's capital
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[2026-04-21 12:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is hosting a weeklong training program for 31 education experts from four African countries as part of its vocational education cooperation efforts, the Education Ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-21 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Thai broker and a South Korean employer have been referred to prosecutors for allegedly smuggling Thai nationals into the country and exploiting them for low-paid farm work, authorities said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-21 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Team Altagracia Primus Praedia Land Holding ruled the Manny Pacquiao Chess Philippines 3x3 Tatluhan Team Tournament on Sunday at the Lica Mall 500 Shaw in Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City.
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[2026-04-21 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. dronemaker Brinc began seeking domestic suppliers more than four years ago and has invested heavily to pivot away from Chinese sources. (Pak Yiu)
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[2026-04-21 12:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding in New Delhi with NSHIP TN and Sagarmala Finance Corp. to cooperate on building core infrastructure and establishing a joint venture for a new shipyard project in India.
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[2026-04-21 12:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song on Tuesday vowed to pursue a prudent and cautious monetary policy amid heightened uncertainties stemming from the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-21 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) on Tuesday hosted a business forum in Seoul, calling for stronger regulatory alignment and policy predictability as South Korea navigates the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven era.
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[2026-04-21 11:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's benchmark stock index breached a pre-Middle East-crisis high Tuesday and is poised to reach a new high.
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[2026-04-21 11:50 UTC+10:00] [International Relations] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The Japanese government moved on Tuesday to allow the sale of more weapons abroad, in the latest shift away from pacifist policies imposed after World War II, as it grapples with rising security threats from China and a rapidly changing global order.
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[2026-04-21 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Co., South Korea's leading shipbuilding conglomerate, said Tuesday it has forged a partnership with Indian government-backed entities to establish a joint shipyard in India.
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[2026-04-21 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has maintained high approval ratings during her half-year in office despite a series of domestic and diplomatic challenges. (Photo by Sae Kamae)
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