Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has staged a military parade in Pyongyang to mark its key ruling party congress, state media reported Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-02-26 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Korea, US not in syncTwo sides must ensure durability of alliance
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[2026-02-26 09:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Political turnover keeps public enterprises in turmoil
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[2026-02-26 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Unchecked partyDP lawmakers launch group to pressure prosecutors into dropping Lee's charges
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump’s administration drew a flurry of condemnations for its decision to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding”: a formal, evidence-based acknowledgement that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a threat to public health. Although the change may seem minor, it is anything but. Since 2009, the endangerment finding has underpinned much of the climate-related policymaking at the EPA and other agencies.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent US Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” marks a significant turning point. The policy debate surrounding these tariffs has highlighted the growing tension between domestic economic priorities and the institutional foundations of the multilateral trading system that has underpinned global economic stability since the end of the Cold War.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DP lawmakers launch group to pressure prosecutors into dropping Lee's charges
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[2026-02-26 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: KT Wiz players Lee Kang-min and Son Dong-hyun were among more than 80 South Korean baseball players and staff to travel to Geelong this year. (ABC News: Lachlan Bennett)
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[2026-02-26 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Theodore Levin United States Courthouse is photographed in Detroit on July 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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[2026-02-26 05:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A food delivery rider waits for the traffic light to change March 30, 2020, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-02-26 03:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — The militaries of the United States and South Korea said on Wednesday they would conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries’ combined defense capabilities as a diplomatic freeze with nuclear-armed North Korea deepens.
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[2026-02-26 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was under pressure on Wednesday after it emerged that she gave congratulatory gift catalogs to lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following its landslide election victory this month.
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[2026-02-26 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japanese researchers have unveiled a robot monk powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that they say can dispense spiritual advice and maybe one day ease shortages of its human counterparts.
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[2026-02-26 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian opposition politician who was convicted of inciting social disorder was granted early release from prison on Wednesday after receiving a royal pardon.
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[2026-02-26 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief Paul Chan says city will also establish a high-level steering committee to spearhead AI development
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[2026-02-26 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Japan's defence minister said the deployment on Yonaguni island would take place in the 2030 fiscal year. (Reuters: Kyodo )
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unusually detailed posts by commercial firm MizarVision about America’s deployments in the Middle East are grabbing attention
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[2026-02-26 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Japan’s plans to deploy missiles on its westernmost island, close to Taiwan, within five years will further add to the growing tensions with China, analysts say.
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[2026-02-26 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher into NVDA earnings release after the close, and the risk-on tone in the US yesterday has spread globally with tech giant's earnings a catalyst for maintaining the rally aided by Tech. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures were up 0.3% as with Nasdaq 100 contracts +0.4%; NVDA is up 0.6% in premarket trading and while blowout results from the company later today may soothe nerves about the AI trade, “even if they have tremendous
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[2026-02-26 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A former broadcaster at BBC, CNN and ESPN, Jason began his career at The Sydney Morning Herald. He spent two decades in Asia where he was a columnist for South China Morning Post and presented his own show on Singapore's Money FM. Jason is a digital producer for ABC News, while working as a TV presenter for APAC Network and radio host for 4BC Brisbane and 101FM Logan City.
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[2026-02-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: County judge says the family’s key claims are strong enough for the case to continue
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[2026-02-25 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea has confirmed one additional case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a layer farm on the northern outskirts of Seoul, bringing the total number of cases this season to 49, officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of Diageo Plc fell the most in 2 years after the maker of Guinness beer and Johnnie Walker whiskey cut its guidance for the second time this fiscal year amid soft demand in the US and China markets. The move marks an early challenge for new CEO Dave Lewis.
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[2026-02-25 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has confirmed one additional case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a layer farm on the northern outskirts of Seoul, bringing the total number of cases this season to 49, officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts expect Ottawa to diversify trade as future of North American trade pact remains uncertain, while a US departure would ‘hit Canada like an earthquake’
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[2026-02-25 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI hosting platform OpenRouter’s latest ranking shows high demand for Chinese open-source models following a series of new releases
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[2026-02-25 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS, UPDATES throughout with briefing details) By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-02-25 21:35 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In further comments on the state of peace talks, Zelenskyy also said that this Thursday’s meeting will be part of “preparations for a trilateral meeting with Russia, which we believe will take place in early March”.
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[2026-02-25 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The German chancellor’s visit comes as Europe rebalances China ties under a more assertive US foreign policy led by Donald Trump
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[2026-02-25 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: JD.com founder Richard Liu has launched a nautical brand with a massive investment in yacht production, aiming to make ownership affordable
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[2026-02-25 21:23 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan's fair trade commission conducted an on-site inspection of Microsoft's Japanese subsidiary on Wednesday over a suspected violation of antitrust law, a source close to the matter said.
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[2026-02-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan's fair trade commission conducted an on-site inspection of Microsoft's Japanese subsidiary on Wednesday over a suspected violation of anti-trust law, a source close to the matter said.
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[2026-02-25 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Andrei Lankov, a prominent Russian scholar on North Korea, said Wednesday that he was detained during a lecture in Latvia and expelled from the country after being declared persona non grata.
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[2026-02-25 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Atribuo grande importância à manutenção e ao aprofundamento dessas relações sempre que possível", disse Friedrich Merz no início da sua primeira visita de dois dias à China como chanceler, falando ao lado do primeiro-ministro chinês, Li Qiang, numa reunião em Pequim.
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[2026-02-25 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A story of a mole inside a state security team in China, Scare Out is slickly executed but narratively muddled, and far from Zhang’s best
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[2026-02-25 20:14 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [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 South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-02-25 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In nearly two-hour State of the Union speech, American leader focuses on economic strength and global leadership ahead of midterm elections
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[2026-02-25 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in 2nd para)
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[2026-02-25 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Gov't moves to end unfair pricing that taints Korea's image and discourages repeat visits
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[2026-02-25 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global monetary body calls on Beijing to roll out more forceful fiscal stimulus to bolster domestic demand amid record trade surplus
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[2026-02-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Support for ‘little giants’ and other specialised SMEs remains a vital part of the long-term strategy to bolster China’s global manufacturing
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[2026-02-25 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout)By Kim Hyun-soo
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