Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-29 19:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 'Devil Wears Prada' stars join talk show's growing list of Hollywood guests
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[2026-03-29 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Bilateral relations between China and Seychelles are entering a new phase, with rising trade and growing private-sector collaboration, alongside new cooperation in the blue economy and digital innovation.
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[2026-03-29 19:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has instructed officials to open an embassy in North Korea following his summit with the North's leader Kim Jong-un, according to a news report Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shipowners say billionaire Richard Liu’s new venture to make yacht ownership more affordable will need to surmount significant challenges
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[2026-03-29 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s private kindergartens have largely failed to accommodate children with developmental delays or disabilities, with only one institution operating a dedicated class for such children, according to government data.
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[2026-03-29 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded, high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons and hailed it as a significant development to boost the country’s strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons and hailed it as a development to boost the country’s strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 18:08 UTC+10:00] [Formula One 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Italian leads Mercedes teammate Russell by nine points
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[2026-03-29 17:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As cherry blossoms bloom, South Korea’s food and beverage industry is rolling out a familiar but strategic playbook: limited-edition spring menus designed to capture fleeting seasonal demand.
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[2026-03-29 17:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Last remaining trace of decadeslong system shows how women near US bases were detained and controlled under state oversight
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[2026-03-29 17:07 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [lived-in home transactions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Increased resale activity, driven by first-time buyers and policy support, is fuelling hopes that China’s property market may be stabilising
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[2026-03-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Virtual cats, dogs, even dolphins see classmates up their academic game for points with which they can feed, upgrade their digital companions
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[2026-03-29 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Esta imagen sin fecha proporcionada el 29 de marzo de 2026 muestra lo que describe como una prueba de motor de combustible sólido en un lugar no revelado de Corea del Norte. Periodistas independientes no tuvieron acceso al evento mostrado en esta imagen distribuida por el gobierno norcoreano. El contenido de la imagen está tal y como se proporcionó y no pudo verificarse de forma independiente.
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[2026-03-29 16:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The police have launched a full-scale review of about 70,000 state awards granted to officers since 1945, following Korea’s liberation from Japan, in a move aimed at rectifying honors linked to wrongdoing under past authoritarian governments.
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[2026-03-29 16:49 UTC+10:00] [Alexander Lukashenko] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The engine may be used in the Hwasong-20, which analysts say is capable of hitting targets around the globe
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[2026-03-29 16:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: By now, most Generation Z consumers have likely fastened at least one charm to their bags, a personal “it” item signaling taste and identity. Along with Korea’s ongoing “text-hip” trend, an unexpected object has begun to dangle from straps: books.
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[2026-03-29 16:16 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-29 15:55 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Defense Ministry will next month establish a new office aimed at tackling the challenge of how best to defend Japan’s vulnerable Pacific flank, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has announced.
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[2026-03-29 15:45 UTC+10:00] [Traditional Chinese medicine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The dish from Guizhou is prized for its cooling and digestive properties, smells better than it sounds, and tastes like bitter beef broth
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[2026-03-29 15:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's KAIST, the country's leading science and technology university, said the compression technology behind Google's TurboQuant will strengthen memory semiconductor demand rather than weaken it, pushing back against the investor fears that drove chip stocks lower this week.
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[2026-03-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Nairobi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A black market in harvester ants has sprung up in Kenya, with big implications for the environment
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[2026-03-29 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Defence stocks in South Korea have surged in the weeks following the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli conflict involving Iran, Yonhap news agency reported, citing market data.
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[2026-03-29 14:25 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-29 14:18 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan's Digital Agency has formally selected Sakura Internet and four major U.S. companies as service providers for the "government cloud" common information system infrastructure for central and local governments for fiscal 2026.
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[2026-03-29 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines and China have made "initial exchanges” on a potential oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, nearly four years since previous talks were terminated in 2022.
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[2026-03-29 13:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rebuilding Korea Party chair calls for Korean equivalent to Germany's '9 euro ticket' public transport initiative
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[2026-03-29 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, claps hands as he was re-elected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, during the party’s Congress in Pyongyang, on Feb. 22, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.
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[2026-03-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The market capitalization of defense stocks rose while that of auto and shipbuilding shares fell on the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index about a month after US-Israeli air strikes on Iran, bourse data showed Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Institute of Medical Information & Library] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese researcher says traditional measure of a paper’s citations is susceptible to manipulation and lacks Chinese perspective
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[2026-03-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Cambodia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scam bosses and their multibillion-dollar crime networks are fleeing to Myanmar, Laos and Thailand ahead of an April deadline
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[2026-03-29 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli of Italy, left, and Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, right, greet each other prior to the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Suzuka, central Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-03-29 12:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Visitors crowd the streets along cherry blossom-lined streams and railway tracks in Jinhae, Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, as the nation’s largest spring flower festival draws large numbers from its first weekend.
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[2026-03-29 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spectators are seen reflected on the sunglasses of Hyo Joo Kim, of South Korea, before she hits from the third tee during the final round of the LPGA Fortinet Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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[2026-03-29 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: With South Korea trying to pick up the pieces after a 4-0 loss to Ivory Coast in their friendly match in England on Saturday, captain Son Heung-min insisted the team must use the occasion as a learning experience.
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[2026-03-29 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Social and economic stability is now the key focus as Beijing works to preserve households’ property asset wealth against developers’ debt
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[2026-03-29 12:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea has joined as a co-sponsor of this year's U.N. resolution on North Korean human rights, the foreign ministry said Saturday, despite earlier expectations that Seoul might skip the move in line with its conciliatory gestures toward Pyongyang.
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[2026-03-29 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s Junya Ito scores the opening goal during the international friendly soccer match against Scotland, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday March 28, 2026. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
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[2026-03-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The South China Morning Post finds multiple factual errors in official transcript, leading to calls for future proceedings to be live-streamed
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[2026-03-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tears flow as 3-decade search finally locates long-lost sibling who was starved, beaten and abused by human traffickers before being adopted
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[2026-03-29 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A victim of Japan's sexual slavery of Korean women during World War II has died, the gender ministry said Saturday, bringing the number of officially registered surviving victims down to five.
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[2026-03-29 11:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a ground test of a high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine using a composite carbon fiber material, saying the test was a part of the North's five-year plan to upgrade its strategic strike capabilities, according to state media Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 11:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Unlucky on offense and sloppy on defense, South Korea lost to Ivory Coast 4-0 in England on Saturday in their first match of the World Cup year.
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[2026-03-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Opponents say the proposal to revise height restrictions for buildings around Kyoto Station to 60 metres will destroy the city’s unique views
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[2026-03-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite the renewed investments, the trend may be difficult to sustain as China remains under US export controls, say analysts
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[2026-03-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean lawmakers are seeking legal means to limit exposure of "algorithm-driven" content to children as concerns over the influence digital content have on minors grow.
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[2026-03-29 10:15 UTC+10:00] [Zhao Leji] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the wake of the ‘two sessions’, Beijing is taking advantage of key annual conferences to speak with global stakeholders about its agenda
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[2026-03-29 09:00 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the United States steps back from cultural governance, China aims to reshape how the world reclaims looted heritage – with Japan its biggest test
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[2026-03-29 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rule-breakers on bikes won’t be able to pedal away that easily any longer. Japan is introducing new cycling laws which will fine violators on the spot if they are caught breaking traffic rules — such as using smartphones or ignoring stoplights. The new legislation, which will roll out on April 1, was enacted in response to an increase in accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists, which hit a record high last year with nearly 3,300 cases.
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[2026-03-29 06:14 UTC+10:00] [Friendlies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scotland’s followers have discovered there is a drawback to World Cup qualification after all. Nobody who paid – and handsomely – to sit through the sheer tedium of this fixture could reasonably deny that. Yes, Scotland, you can come to the party; but only after a clutch of international friendlies.
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