Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-20 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's hopes of winning its second-ever Olympic medal in curling evaporated Thursday in northern Italy.
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[2026-02-20 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea has kicked off a rare gathering of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, state media said Friday, marking the start of the country's biggest political event in five years that would set major policy directions on defense and the economy.
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[2026-02-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US does not intend to vacate the current airbase for now due to disagreement over runway length at a replacement site, a report says
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesAn outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-20 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Researchers have controlled a temporary stable phase in the system, offering a possible avenue for preserving quantum information
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[2026-02-20 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent general election in Japan resulted in a historic landslide victory for the Liberal Democratic Party. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called the snap election in a bid to strengthen her majority in the House of Representatives, the powerful lower house of the Diet. The landslide gave the LDP 316 out of 465 seats, giving the LDP a two-thirds supermajority in its own right for the first time in history.
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[2026-02-20 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI disruption collides with Korea's rigid labor markets, squeezes young professionals
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[2026-02-20 04:44 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-20 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: SAPPORO, Japan — Tucked away in the basement of this northern Japanese city’s local history museum is a small exhibit devoted to one of World War II’s most enduring territorial disputes.
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[2026-02-20 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ssireum ist eine traditionelle südkoreanische Art des Ringens; ausgesprochen wird es wie englisch: "see room". Seine Blütezeit lag in den 1980er bis 1990er Jahren. Es gab bis zu acht professionelle Teams in Südkorea - die besten Ringer wurden zu Stars. Heute ringt der traditionsreiche Sport um Aufmerksamkeit in der koreanischen Gesellschaft und gerät durch sinkende Budgets weiter unter Druck.
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[2026-02-20 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Today's headlines: Rodrigo Duterte, Sara Duterte, Alex Eala
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[2026-02-20 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Growing up Chinese-American has not been easy for LuLu Grant and Phoebe McChesney, both wanting to fit in, while never too far from the past
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[2026-02-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two cases involving corruption raise questions about the future of a model that has thrived for the past decade
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[2026-02-20 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Drugs made with iPS, or induced pluripotent stem cells, will be used to treat patients with severe heart failure and Parkinson’s disease
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[2026-02-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ByteDance’s viral video generation model Seedance 2.0 was closely integrated with the Spring Festival gala’s programming on Monday night
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[2026-02-19 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scare Out – supported by the intelligence services and made by acclaimed director Zhang Yimou – is one of the most popular films over Lunar New Year
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[2026-02-19 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Concerns over attack on resident in Sapporo amid tense relations between China and Japan over Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan comments
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[2026-02-19 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese superstar responds to reporter who asked whether she saw her situation after two events as ‘two silvers gained or two golds lost’
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[2026-02-19 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: After more than a year of political upheaval, South Korea's disgraced former President Yoon-Suk-yeol was found guilty on Thursday of leading an insurrection in December 2024 and sentenced to life in prison.
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[2026-02-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Higher lithium prices and the end of incentives are reshaping China’s EV market, with hybrids emerging as a more practical option for many
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[2026-02-19 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Jaji aliyeongoza kesi hiyo Ji Gwi-yeon amesema Yoon aliwatuma wanajeshi kwenye jengo la bunge katika juhudi za "kuwanyamazisha wapinzani wa kisiasa ambao walikuwa wamepinga majaribio yake ya kujitwalia madaraka makubwa."
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[2026-02-19 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mahakama ya Korea Kusini imemhukumu rais wa zamani, Yoon Suk Yeol, kifungo cha maisha jela kwa kosa la kuongoza uasi kufuatia tangazo lake la kushtukiza la sheria ya kijeshi Desemba 3, 2024, tukio lililosababisha mgogoro mkubwa zaidi wa kikatiba kuwahi kushuhudiwa nchini humo katika miongo kadhaa.
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[2026-02-19 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2026-02-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fu Cong, permanent representative to the United Nations, warns of a resolute retaliation if Japan intervenes militarily on the issue
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[2026-02-19 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Snowboard star won the men’s slopestyle event on Wednesday, while veteran skier claimed the women’s aerials title on the same day
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[2026-02-19 20:06 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor is seen as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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[2026-02-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing will seize on the crisis to promote the yuan, but without capital account liberalisation – essential for a truly global currency – its rise will remain limited
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[2026-02-19 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A South Korean court found ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol guilty of insurrection on Thursday, saying his martial law declaration in December 2024 was a deliberate plot to “paralyse” the National Assembly.
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[2026-02-19 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflictA territorial dispute between Cambodia and Thailand broke out into armed conflict along their borders on July 24, 2025. An unconditional ceasefire was agreed on by both parties on July 28, 2025 but fighting began again in December 2025.SHOW FULL PROFILE
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[2026-02-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Envoy makes the pledge as Beijing prepares to roll out tax-free access to the Chinese market for goods from 53 African nations
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[2026-02-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Millennial parents turn to role reversal and facing the consequences methods to instil sense of self-responsibility in their children
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[2026-02-19 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been found guilty of masterminding an insurrection over his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.
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[2026-02-19 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Yoon Suk-yeol is the first democratically elected South Korean leader to be convicted of the crime
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[2026-02-19 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-02-19 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: US allies Philippines, Thailand and trade deal partner Malaysia notably missing
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[2026-02-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese team makes record-breaking advances on ‘kissing number’ using a reinforcement learning system called PackingStar
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[2026-02-19 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Cambodia takes its border grievances to Trump’s Board of Peace, Thailand rejects its ‘false’ claims and threatens a border wall
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[2026-02-19 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 165-year-old map on display at National Museum of Korea, offering glimpse into how Koreans understood the peninsula
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[2026-02-19 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dense digital market, global revenue stakes heighten US scrutiny
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[2026-02-19 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Takaichi ameahidi kuuinua uchumi na kuimarisha ulinzi wa Japan ili kuilinda mipaka na bahari yake jambo ambalo huenda likaharibu uhusiano zaidi na China.
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[2026-02-19 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony to unveil huge, multiple rocket launchers capable of firing nuclear warheads, state media reported on Thursday.
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