Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-19 10:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Office of National Security at Cheong Wa Dae was set to hold an emergency meeting Sunday after North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea.
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[2026-04-19 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea off its eastern coast, according to South Korea and Japan.
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[2026-04-19 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The Office of National Security at Cheong Wa Dae was set to hold an emergency meeting Sunday after North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea.
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[2026-04-19 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: What makes a country “polite”—and which ones stand out globally?
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[2026-04-19 10:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung is set to depart for India on Sunday for a two-nation trip that also includes a visit to Vietnam for summit talks likely to focus on stabilizing supply chains amid global energy market uncertainties stemming from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-19 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung is set to depart for India on Sunday for a two-nation trip that also includes a visit to Vietnam for summit talks likely to focus on stabilizing supply chains amid global energy market uncertainties stemming from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, the North’s latest weapons testing activity this year.
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Singtel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI supercharges cyber threats, a new study reveals seven in 10 Singaporean boardrooms treat cybersecurity as an IT silo
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI supercharges cyber threats, a new study reveals seven in 10 Singaporean boardrooms treat cybersecurity as an IT silo
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [hydropower] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As focus switches to renewable energy, pumped-storage hydropower project in Koh Kong province expected to be completed by 2029
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As focus switches to renewable energy, pumped-storage hydropower project in Koh Kong province expected to be completed by 2029
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[2026-04-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Yujin Han is a North Korean defector who now runs a matchmaking agency in Seoul. She says defectors like her are looking for "stability" — not looks — in a relationship. Credit: SBS Dateline / Caroline Huang / Getty / Xiaolu Chu
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[2026-04-19 09:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For years, South Korea drew comfort from a familiar belief. China might scale faster, but Korea would stay ahead in the technologies that mattered most: semiconductors, precision manufacturing and secondary batteries.
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[2026-04-19 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – The entire archipelago would again experience another hot and humid weather throughout the day, the state-run weather bureau said on Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: North Korea fired suspected ballistic missiles, Japan said on Sunday, marking the latest in a flurry of launches by Pyongyang to accelerate efforts to boost its military capabilities.
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[2026-04-19 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Constructure Joint Venture and BESIX Watpac have been selected to take part in the tender process for the $1.13 billion Macquarie Point Stadium. (Supplied: Cox Architecture)
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[2026-04-19 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- On weekends, Shimokitazawa feels less like a Tokyo neighborhood than a village in a 1960s art-house film. Young Japanese sport green hair, guitar cases and bags stuffed with secondhand clothes. The aroma of drip coffee wafts along lanes, and handwritten signs point the way to basement music venues known as live houses.
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[2026-04-19 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout, byline)By Lee Minji
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[2026-04-19 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Beef Cattle Farming
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[2026-04-19 07:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [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 ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-04-19 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired at least one unspecified ballistic missile eastward on Sunday, South Korea's military said.
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[2026-04-19 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-04-19 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The government aims to draw more retail investor money into private assets. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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[2026-04-19 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Al-Ahli is the sole remaining Saudi Arabian team in the last four of the AFC Champions League Elite and will take on Vissel Kobe of Japan on Monday while Japan’s Machida Zelvia meets Shabab Al-Ahli of the United Arab Emirates with a place in the final at stake.
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[2026-04-19 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michigan State at Washington — Big Ten Plus
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[2026-04-19 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —Stephen Holt led Barangay Ginebra’s third quarter offensive as the Gin Kings rolled past free-falling Terrafirma Dyip, 111-103 to boost its PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup playoff bid on Saturday at the Ynares Center in Montalban, Rizal.
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[2026-04-19 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Bol Bol dropped 50 points, including 14 in a critical fourth quarter run as TNT turned back Titan Ultra, 97-92 for its fifth win in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup on Saturday at the Ynares Center in Montalban.
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[2026-04-19 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-19 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Shirashima National Petroleum Stockpiling Base sits in Kitakyushu, south-western Japan. (Reuters: Kyodo)
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[2026-04-19 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Two Indian-flagged vessels carrying crude oil were on Saturday attacked while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, India's Ministry of External Affairs confirmed in a statement.
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[2026-04-19 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: India has summoned the Iranian ambassador in New Delhi in a rare moment of inter-BRICS discord after its tanker was attacked earlier Saturday while trying to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed once again.
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[2026-04-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Kawasaki Heavy will look to apply technology from its Corleo quadrupedal robot to the shipbuilding robot. (Photo by Eisaku Nitta)
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[2026-04-19 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordSunday, 19 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-19 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuSunday, 19 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-19 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchSunday, 19 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-19 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Adamson Lady Falcons secured the third semifinals berth in the UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament after denying the FEU Lady Tamaraws, 25-20, 25-22, 25-23, at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Saturday.
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[2026-04-19 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY, Australia — Japan agreed on Saturday on a deal to provide Australia’s navy with the first of almost a dozen stealth frigates, part of a wider military buildup by Canberra aimed at boosting its long-range firepower to deter China.
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[2026-04-19 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A restaurant chain serving Singaporean cuisine continues to expand its presence in the Philippines, offering diners a menu inspired by the flavors of hawker centers.
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[2026-04-19 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Claire Papa has formally begun her term as chairman of the International Public Relations Association Philippines for 2026 to 2028 following the oath-taking of the organization’s new set of officers before Presidential Communications Office Secretary Dave Gomez at the Malacañang Palace compound. Papa is assistant vice president and head of External Affairs and Social Partnerships Division of Unilab Inc.
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[2026-04-19 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WELLINGTON — New Zealand rejected on Saturday Beijing’s allegations of “disruptive and irresponsible” military surveillance in Chinese airspace and insisted its maneuvers were part of UN-backed efforts to enforce sanctions against North Korea.
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-19 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, Lavrov said the foundations of globalisation powered primarily by the US had ‘come to an end’
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[2026-04-19 01:42 UTC+10:00] [Antalya Diplomacy Forum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, Lavrov said the foundations of globalisation powered primarily by the US had ‘come to an end’
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[2026-04-19 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: India has raised alarm after two of its oil tankers came under fire while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in the vital shipping route.
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[2026-04-19 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Delhi Capitals’ David Miller plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru, India, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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[2026-04-19 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Delhi Capitals denied Royal Challengers Bengaluru the chance of going top of the Indian Premier League by securing a thrilling six-wicket victory at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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[2026-04-19 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: De visita à China, o Presidente Daniel Chapo convidou os empresários daquele país a investirem em Moçambique para ajudar no desenvolvimento e industrialização através da transformação local das matérias-primas.
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[2026-04-19 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sixty-six job seekers were hired on the spot at the Marikina City Day Job Fair, where 1,227 applicants registered for employment opportunities, Mayor Marjorie Ann “Maan” Teodoro said on Saturday, April 18.
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