Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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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 11:42 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 11:30 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 11:18 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 10:53 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 10:39 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 10:00 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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[2026-04-28 09:57 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-28 09:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US government has renewed its criticism of South Korea’s network usage fee policy, underscoring a persistent friction point in bilateral trade relations.
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[2026-04-28 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Beijing will be capable of handling up to 250 shop visits per year
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[2026-04-28 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Asia-Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Beijing will be capable of handling up to 250 shop visits per year
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[2026-04-28 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Over 20 million people in Japan practice a Radio Taiso session at least once a week in a country with one of the highest life expectancies
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[2026-04-28 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Radio Taiso] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Over 20 million people in Japan practice a Radio Taiso session at least once a week in a country with one of the highest life expectancies
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[2026-04-28 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's CNBC's The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what's driving the world's second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.
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[2026-04-28 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Eight in 10 South Koreans reported being satisfied with their lives, according to Statistics Korea.
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[2026-04-28 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Crackdown urged on fake refugee brokers exploiting system
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[2026-04-28 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Diplomacy shouldn't be a reward systemCronyism in diplomatic posts backfires
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[2026-04-28 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Legal limboMishandling of audit official's graft case exposes holes in criminal justice system
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[2026-04-28 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: DeepSeek’s move aims to attract more enterprise clients, developers and agent-based users, according to an academic
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[2026-04-28 08:00 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: DeepSeek’s move aims to attract more enterprise clients, developers and agent-based users, according to an academic
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[2026-04-28 07:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Products line the shelves at a supermarket in Tokyo. Some worry that the food-packaging industry will be further affected by the naphtha shortage from May onward. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-04-28 07:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Nishi-Nippon Railroad's Taro Koyama, center right, and Nam Long ADC's Chu Chee Kwang, center left, at the signing of a partnership agreement on April 24. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
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[2026-04-28 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Nippon Shokubai is ramping up production of the electrolyte LiFSI, left, which helps extend the life of EV batteries. (Nippon Shokubai)
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[2026-04-28 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Despite the ongoing Middle East crisis, business sentiment in South Korea rebounded in April as corporate inventories declined, a central bank survey showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The new Netflix drama Straight To Hell is a scripted take on the life of one of Japan’s most famous fortune tellers, who would go on TV and tell the people she was reading that they would being “going to hell” and other blunt assessments.
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[2026-04-28 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As a scholar observing the shifting dynamics of the US-South Korea alliance, I have become increasingly concerned by what appears to be a notable new pattern: The utilization of Washington’s lobbying machinery by corporate leaders seeking to avoid legal accountability in Seoul.
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[2026-04-28 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: This year’s World Immunization Week (April 24-30) carries a simple but powerful message: “For every generation, vaccines work.” It is a timely reminder for Korea, a country whose public health success was shaped by vaccination. Although Korea is now seen as an advanced economy with strong health institutions, this confidence was built over decades of sustained investment in prevention, public trust and collective action.
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[2026-04-28 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: China has said it is blocking tech giant Meta from an acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus, tightening scrutiny of investment in domestic startups developing frontier technologies from the United States.
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[2026-04-28 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An ideal acquisition should balance corporate value and shareholder interests, Japan's economy ministry will argue. (Nikkei illustration)
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[2026-04-28 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lankan Information Communication Technology (ICT) companies participated in Japan IT Week Spring 2026, held from April 6th to 10th at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan in collaboration with the The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Japan,
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[2026-04-28 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: In Japan, the prices of new drugs are 61% lower than the U.S. at the time of launch. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-04-28 05:33 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lankan women’s Kabaddi team gave a superb display in the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China yesterday when they clinched the silver medal after a tough final with India .
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[2026-04-28 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka–Korea Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently hosted an awareness session titled ‘Doing Business with South Korea’, bringing together key stakeholders to explore opportunities for strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations between Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea.
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[2026-04-28 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When Foreign Minister Penny Wong travels to Japan, China and South Korea, she is moving through a region where relationships point in different directions at the same time. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
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[2026-04-28 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Travel news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China is now the fifth most-visited nation by Australian travellers. But will it rise even higher?
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[2026-04-28 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Is onigiri the new sushi roll? A ubiquitous snack found in every convenience store across Japan, these triangle-shaped, nori-wrapped rice balls are riding a wave of popularity not seen in Sydney since the turn of the century, when sushi went from a relative curiosity to lunchtime staple.
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[2026-04-28 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Z convertible EV from BYD's luxury brand Denza seen at the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. © Reuters
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[2026-04-28 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, center, has had consistently high support rates since taking office six months ago. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-04-28 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Nghi Son Refinery in northern Vietnam supplies 30% to 40% of the country's petroleum products. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
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[2026-04-28 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the Pakistan Foreign Ministry, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, left, upon his arrival at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, April 24, 2026. (Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
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[2026-04-28 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Philip Fong/Pool Photo via AP)
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