Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-04 19:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea recorded 186 heat-related illness cases, including two deaths, on Monday, the highest daily figure reported so far this year, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's fair trade watchdog on Tuesday vowed to impose fines on conglomerate heads when their business groups omit affiliates from regulatory filings to avoid antitrust rules.
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[2026-08-04 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan needs to boost its military with a "sense of urgency and crisis," its defense minister said Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.
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[2026-08-04 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Crazy to stop right now’: researcher rejects retirement to build on his 40-year legacy during the golden age of artificial intelligence
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[2026-08-04 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Crazy to stop right now’: researcher rejects retirement to build on his 40-year legacy during the golden age of artificial intelligence
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[2026-08-04 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea's summer heat has killed 16 people so far this year, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as the nation swelters in a wave of searing weather.
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[2026-08-04 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed forward with her plan to slash the consumption tax on food, which reportedly would be the first time the tax will be cut since its implementation in 1989 if she succeeds. On Tuesday, the ruling Liberal Democratic party advanced the bill through key committees, with Nikkei reporting Takaichi wants cabinet approval by this month, and for the bill to be tabled in parliament in the autumn.
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[2026-08-04 18:03 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: A third-party panel at Shogakukan said Monday that the publisher encouraged human rights violations by hiring a male manga artist who had committed sexual misconduct as an author for a new series under a different pseudonym.
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[2026-08-04 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s Project mBridge, the multilateral central bank digital currency platform, is moving closer to broader commercial adoption
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[2026-08-04 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s Project mBridge, the multilateral central bank digital currency platform, is moving closer to broader commercial adoption
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[2026-08-04 18:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-04 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Also for the first time, female athletes will have the option of wearing trousers or skirts, a change that has sparked widespread discussion
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[2026-08-04 17:59 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Also for the first time, female athletes will have the option of wearing trousers or skirts, a change that has sparked widespread discussion
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[2026-08-04 17:35 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Not content with sweating their way through training, the Wallabies have been doing added sauna sessions as well as they prepare for Japan to try and use heatwave conditions to their favour on Saturday and run the wilting Australians into submission.
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[2026-08-04 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine women’s national softball team is shifting its focus to the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, after a solid fifth-place finish in Group B of the 2027 Women’s Softball World Cup.
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[2026-08-04 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Toyota dealership, April 30, 2026, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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[2026-08-04 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Leading Chinese carmakers and an aggressive Tesla together command more than 13% of western Europe’s surging EV market
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[2026-08-04 17:26 UTC+10:00] [SAIC Motor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Leading Chinese carmakers and an aggressive Tesla together command more than 13% of western Europe’s surging EV market
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[2026-08-04 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with defense ministry's summoning of Japanese military attache in 5th para)
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[2026-08-04 17:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Ji-eun, head of the Democratic Party of Korea's Mapo-A constituency committee in Seoul, has warned that she will take legal action against those who insinuate inappropriate relations between herself and Rep. Jung Chung-rae.
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[2026-08-04 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ar Lu and Ronnie Kui from Hong Kong won the grand prize for their costumes inspired by the Monster Hunter video game
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[2026-08-04 17:15 UTC+10:00] [Ani-Com & Games HK] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ar Lu and Ronnie Kui from Hong Kong won the grand prize for their costumes inspired by the Monster Hunter video game
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[2026-08-04 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trespassing into the city’s water facilities carries a maximum penalty of HK$50,000 and up to two years in prison.
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[2026-08-04 17:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Police have blocked the sale of a foreign seasoning product on an online secondhand marketplace after finding it contained narcotic substances and was prohibited from being brought into South Korea.
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[2026-08-04 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry lodged a "strong" protest Tuesday after Japan again laid a territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in its latest defense white paper and urged Tokyo to immediately withdraw it.
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[2026-08-04 16:54 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-04 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities at Tama Zoological Park have strengthened cooling measures to help the animals beat the heat
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[2026-08-04 16:49 UTC+10:00] [Kyodo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities at Tama Zoological Park have strengthened cooling measures to help the animals beat the heat
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[2026-08-04 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing targets installed capacity of 110 gigawatts by 2030, aiming to surpass US capacity and achieve a 50 per cent non-fossil power mix
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[2026-08-04 16:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing targets installed capacity of 110 gigawatts by 2030, aiming to surpass US capacity and achieve a 50 per cent non-fossil power mix
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[2026-08-04 16:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, said Tuesday it aims to go public by 2028 after strengthening its governance, internal controls and financial reporting.
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[2026-08-04 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Michelle Park Steel, the new U.S. ambassador to South Korea, met with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Tuesday, as she began her official duties by submitting a copy of her credentials.
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[2026-08-04 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan's trading houses have extensive interests in resources such as liquefied natural gas, the price of which has soared during the Iran war. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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[2026-08-04 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trend includes controversial methods like ‘crying therapy,’ promoted as an emotional ‘fire extinguisher’ to clear dampness linked to ‘heart fire’
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[2026-08-04 16:15 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trend includes controversial methods like ‘crying therapy,’ promoted as an emotional ‘fire extinguisher’ to clear dampness linked to ‘heart fire’
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[2026-08-04 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Newly released photographs are among the few images that show the democratic leader since she was detained by the military in 2021.
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[2026-08-04 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is set to send a research probe to the region of space between Earth and the Moon in 2031 to observe solar activity, the country's space agency said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 16:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-08-04 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Analysts see return to W1,300 range, though carry-trade unwinding could fuel volatility
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[2026-08-04 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Survey finds 8 in 10 foreign-national youth raised in Korea received no integration support
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[2026-08-04 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea international defender Lee Han-beom has officially joined Belgian champion Club Brugge.
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[2026-08-04 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Da-yeon, who recently reached 10 career titles on the Korea LPGA Tour, just made a significant leap in the latest women's golf world rankings.
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[2026-08-04 15:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-08-04 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Eight liberal student activists were apprehended Tuesday after infiltrating a U.S. military air base in Pyeongtaek, about 60 kilometers south of Seoul, police said.
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[2026-08-04 15:46 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summer
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[2026-08-04 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will cover up to 100 percent of the cost of building power, water and other infrastructure for designated semiconductor clusters under enforcement rules approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 15:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Veterans Ministry brings together 70 descendants of Korean War veterans and history teachers from Korea, US
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[2026-08-04 15:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs has launched a campaign honoring Korean independence activists who died overseas before they could return to their liberated home, ahead of the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation on Aug. 15.
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[2026-08-04 15:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, will launch a five-year study of archival materials tracing how Korean artists' studies and careers in Japan shaped modern and contemporary Korean art and artistic exchanges between the two countries.
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[2026-08-04 15:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cygnus X-3 provides opportunity to test how black holes and other objects launch particles to highest energies in the Milky Way, team says
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