Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-11 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US dollar is still dominant, but a slump in Europe may see China’s currency gain strength and reach the No 2 spot in global settlements
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[2026-06-11 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- Another vessel operated by a South Korean shipper has successfully passed through the crisis-stricken Strait of Hormuz, marking the second case of its kind, Seoul's oceans ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-06-11 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Bank of Japan's 74-year-old Governor Kazuo Ueda has been hospitalized for medical treatment and will miss the June 15 to 16 policy meeting, the central bank said on Wednesday. It is the first time for the governor, who chairs the BOJ's policy discussions, to miss a scheduled meeting since the central bank began deciding policy under the current arrangement in 1998.
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[2026-06-11 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Parties turn inward after voters' warningFollowing the June 3 local elections, both the ruling and opposition parties are sinking deeper into factional strife instead of addressing public discontent and pursuing reform.
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[2026-06-11 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Xi emboldens Kim Jong-unSeoul should bolster ties with US, Japan
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[2026-06-11 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Predetermined verdictLee signals intent to enact special counsel bill allowing withdrawal of indictments
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[2026-06-11 07:52 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: Most Filipinos favor alliances with like-minded nations, particularly the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada and South Korea, to defend the country’s sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), according to the latest Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Stratbase Group and released on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-11 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With their combined strengths, China and Britain can advance an artificial intelligence age defined by safety, inclusion and prosperity
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[2026-06-11 07:30 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With their combined strengths, China and Britain can advance an artificial intelligence age defined by safety, inclusion and prosperity
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[2026-06-11 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-06-11 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have declared a new upgrade in relations between their two countries following Xi’s visit to Pyongyang this week. Even without the official announcement, the extraordinary welcoming ceremony organized by North Korea would be enough to mark the event as a significant milestone in the history of North Korea-China relations.
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[2026-06-11 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: From John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev navigating the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 to Henry Kissinger and Zhou Enlai’s meetings that laid the groundwork for China’s opening up in 1971 — modern history is full of examples of human judgment shaping great diplomatic moments.
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[2026-06-11 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won says Japan would be an ideal candidate for the South Korean conglomerate to expands its chip operations. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
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[2026-06-11 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won says Japan would be an ideal candidate for the South Korean conglomerate to expands its chip operations. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
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[2026-06-11 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista aérea de coches nuevos para exportación en un puerto de Shanghái, el 10 de marzo de 2026. (Chinatopix vía AP, Archivo)
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[2026-06-11 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 8-13)
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[2026-06-11 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington targets firms in China and Hong Kong accused of aiding Iranian weapons procurement as Trump warns of further military action
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[2026-06-11 05:01 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington targets firms in China and Hong Kong accused of aiding Iranian weapons procurement as Trump warns of further military action
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[2026-06-11 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Did Xi Jinping on June 8 make a deal with Kim Jong Un that will eventually give China shipping access to the Sea of Japan via North Korea and the Tumen River? (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Xinhua/Kyodo)
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[2026-06-11 04:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The threat of China severing sea cables to cut Australia’s internet access has pushed Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to launch a security assessment into seabed security, as Labor boosts training among office workers to avoid a catastrophic hacking incident.
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[2026-06-11 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese content creators cannot easily fight overseas copyright infringement on their own. (Photo by Kazuyuki Okudaira)
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[2026-06-11 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government has authorized a potential sale to South Korea of dozens of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) and related items, the State Department said Wednesday, noting the proposed sale will help enhance the Asian ally's defense capabilities.
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[2026-06-11 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tungsten scrap prices in May roughly quadrupled from a year earlier. © Reuters
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[2026-06-11 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordThursday, 11 Juneloading
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[2026-06-11 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuThursday, 11 Juneloading
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[2026-06-11 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordThursday, 11 Juneloading
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[2026-06-11 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchThursday, 11 Juneloading
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[2026-06-11 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The United States and Japan reiterated their commitment to the "complete denuclearization" of North Korea and rejected Russia's notion that Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear arms was a "closed" issue, as they held key defense talks in Tokyo this week, according to a joint statement.
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[2026-06-11 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-06-11 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 5 paras)By Park Boram
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[2026-06-11 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 2026 Xi-Trump summitsOn 13 May 2026, US President Donald Trump began a three-day state visit to China in which he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed a number of factors affecting their two countries. It was then announced that Xi would pay a visit to the UK in September of the same year.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-06-11 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 4 paras)By Park Boram
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[2026-06-11 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Concerns about China's slowing growth ranked as the No. 2 challenge among U.S. companies this year, up from No. 5 previously. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters)
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[2026-06-11 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info, minor changes throughout; ADDS photo)By Park Boram
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[2026-06-11 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China's PLA military has long been known to intimidate and threaten the self-ruled island of Taiwan, mainly with large military exercises which sometime encircle it partially or completely, or else with a heavy naval boat presence in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-06-11 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A cosmic detector is housed underground at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in Kaiping in southern China’s Guangdong province, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-06-11 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s latest move tests fragile ‘stability’ reached at leadership summit in Beijing and highlights intense competition, analysts say
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[2026-06-11 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s latest move tests fragile ‘stability’ reached at leadership summit in Beijing and highlights intense competition, analysts say
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[2026-06-11 00:30 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It was Morocco in 2022, Croatia in 2018 and Costa Rica in 2014. Which team will make an unexpected run in 2026?
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[2026-06-11 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Once touted as a project that would help make Turkey one of Europe’s centres of electric car production, a 1.6 million-square-metre plot of land in Manisa has sat idle for the past two years, covered with grass and dirt.
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[2026-06-11 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BRUSSELS, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and leaders of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday strongly condemned military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, calling it illegal and a factor enabling Russia to continue its war on Ukraine.
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[2026-06-11 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Retired politician Yohei Kono speaks during an interview at his office, in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, file)
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[2026-06-11 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-10 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US-China Business Council survey points to lost sales for American companies, with few signs of reshoring
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[2026-06-10 23:52 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US-China Business Council survey points to lost sales for American companies, with few signs of reshoring
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[2026-06-10 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A backlash is growing in Japan over US President Donald Trump's use of popular anime and manga characters in his posts on social media.
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[2026-06-10 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: VIENNA, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Public confidence in Japan's release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant can be strengthened through transparency and independent oversight, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-10 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- LG Twins slugger Austin Dean moved into a tie for the home run lead in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Wednesday by pounding out two dingers -- not that he was paying attention to that race.
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[2026-06-10 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA asserted that only the Philippines has the right to place or construct structures and conduct activities in that area. The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea earlier presented photos and videos of the floating platform in Bajo de Masinloc. The floating platform is suspected of conducting maritime scientific research.
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[2026-06-10 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A backlash is growing in Japan over US President Donald Trump's use of popular anime and manga characters in his posts on social media.
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