Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-23 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea's ruling party reelected Kim Jong-un as its general secretary at the ongoing party congress, touting the rapid improvement of the country's nuclear-based war deterrence under his leadership, state media said Monday.
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[2026-02-23 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The average hours put in by Japanese workers are lower than those of their American and Italian counterparts
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[2026-02-23 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It took just over 14 months for Yoon Suk Yeol to go from South Korea's presidential residence to a life behind bars.
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[2026-02-23 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-02-23 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as secretary-general of the nation’s Workers’ Party, extending his 15-year rule of the country’s sole governing party.
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[2026-02-23 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: HAMYANG, South Korea, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- A wildfire in the southern county of Hamyang raged for the third day Monday as firefighters and forestry authorities raced to put out the main blaze within the day.
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[2026-02-23 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout, photos; RECASTS headline, lead)
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[2026-02-23 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MILAN, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- Below is the final medal table for the top 10 countries and South Korea at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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[2026-02-23 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, Korea must prepare for 'third-round' tariffs
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[2026-02-23 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Seoul is not America's launchpadWashington must not underestimate its ally
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[2026-02-23 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ruling party reelected Kim Jong-un as its general secretary at the ongoing party congress, state media reported Monday, as the event is expected to unveil major policy goals for the next five years.
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[2026-02-23 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-02-23 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: "I fear, but I will not stand back. So long as I live, I will protect Joseon."
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[2026-02-23 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Last weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference, where he delivered a speech that was both reassuring to the European dignitaries in the audience and nerve-wracking because of its references to the kind of MAGA culture-inspired war themes that Europe generally shivers at.
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[2026-02-23 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Marcos Gomez Chicano frm Spain won the Commander’s Cup trophy, securing the highest marks in the Gents category, while Niloo Jayatilake won the Ladies’ trophy in the 13th Commander’s Cup – 2026 annual Golf Tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Eagles’ Golf Links at the picturesque settings of China Bay, close to the harbour city of Trincomalee on Saturday.
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[2026-02-23 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka will compete at the 2026 Asian Games without their top-ranked women’s golfer Kaya Daluwatte after the National Sports Selection Committee named a seven-member golf team for the Games in Japan, leaving out the Asian Youth Games bronze medallist due to university commitments in the United States.
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[2026-02-23 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Even by Donald Trump's standards, 2026 has been unusually frenetic.
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[2026-02-23 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Chinese Embassy in Manila on Sunday dismissed insinuations that the Mongolian arrested for spying in Zambales has ties with China.
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[2026-02-23 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — The Museum of Chinese in Australia officially opened in Sydney on Sunday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attending its opening ceremony and paying tribute to Chinese Australians’ “contribution, ambition and hard work.”
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[2026-02-23 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TODAY, Japan commemorates the 66th birthday of His Imperial Majesty Naruhito. On this auspicious occasion, I am pleased to share this celebration with our Filipino friends and the Japanese community in the Philippines.
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[2026-02-23 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Next-generation SSN features advanced acoustic stealth and strike capacity, narrowing tech gap with rival US
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[2026-02-22 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid increasing pressure from trade wars and climate change, Beijing is reframing agriculture as a matter of national security
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[2026-02-22 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Winter Olympics 2026] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gu and Li Fanghui take Winter Olympic gold and silver
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[2026-02-22 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with final results in paras 2-4)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-02-22 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GOSEONG, South Korea, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean authorities on Sunday issued an evacuation order for residents in a rural area of Gangwon Province after a wildfire broke out.
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[2026-02-22 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Great Britain's Zoe Atkin takes bronze in the women's halfpipe final as China's Eileen Gu takes gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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[2026-02-22 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eileen Gu becomes greatest freeskier in Winter Olympics history after winning sixth medal, while teammate Li Fanghui claims silver
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[2026-02-22 21:51 UTC+10:00] [Global economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Friedrich Merz to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing as China overtakes US as country’s leading export destination
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[2026-02-22 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: OpenMind works with several Chinese robotics companies including Unitree, UBTech, AgiBot and Engine AI
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[2026-02-22 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Emergency workers were returning from putting out blaze at a hillside home in Hunan province
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[2026-02-22 20:07 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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[2026-02-22 20:07 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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[2026-02-22 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Two-thirds of employees in South Korea have received work-related calls or text messages outside office hours over the past year, a recent survey showed.
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[2026-02-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Twin strengths, battery technology and shipbuilding, are being fused to electrify maritime transport, moving beyond short-haul passenger vessels to commercial cargo
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[2026-02-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI-generated before and after images posted online raise fears about promoting risky procedures; warping youngsters ideas about beauty
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[2026-02-22 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anzac-class frigate ‘conducted a routine transit through the South China Sea’, Australian defence department says
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[2026-02-22 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As the Lunar New Year holiday came to a close, office workers returning to their routines are already looking ahead to the next extended break.
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[2026-02-22 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A medal ceremony mishap at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics has sparked complaints from South Korea, as a misprinted national flag was discovered to have been used repeatedly throughout the games.
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[2026-02-22 17:28 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A dozen humanoid robots stand in front of a snow-covered mountain range. They hold machine guns and run across a shooting range, kneeling down to shoot at targets and change magazines, then maneuvering through an obstacle course.
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[2026-02-22 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai's Atlas at $130,000 faces Tesla’s $20,000 goal — and China’s $13,500 rival
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[2026-02-22 17:06 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: A memorial ceremony was held at Toyama College of Foreign Languages in the city of Toyama on Sunday to mark 15 years since the February 2011 earthquake in New Zealand, which killed 12 students from the school.
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[2026-02-22 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Slumping profits at Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical have dragged the shares to about HK$7 in December 2025 from HK$15.62 in December 2022
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Konflikte17.02.202617. Februar 202603:23 Min.
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Panorama20.02.202620. Februar 20267 Bilder
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[2026-02-22 16:39 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: On the edge of a vast desert in north-west China lies a dried-up salt lake.
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[2026-02-22 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry on Sunday called in a Japanese diplomat to lodge a protest over an annual regional event in Japan claiming sovereignty over South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.
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[2026-02-22 16:05 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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[2026-02-22 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1904 -- The Korea-Japan Protocol is signed. The agreement imposed by Japan states that the Korean government must accept Japanese recommendations on the modernization of its facilities and provide strategic bases for Japanese troops if a third country invades Korea. On the pretext of providing protection from other countries, Japan geared up its efforts for the colonization of Korea.
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[2026-02-22 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Drunk driving in Korea appears to have plummeted since the early 2010s, with government data showing Sunday that the 2023 figure has dropped to just one-sixth of the level reported 10 years earlier
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[2026-02-22 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Creator of new incarnation of martial arts epic says connection to the game is more than commercial – it is personal
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