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What happened to Bhutan’s ‘kingdom of happiness’?
The Himalayan country is facing unprecedented emigration and high youth unemployment, casting doubt on its fam…
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Stamps, sticks and stories: looking for traces of baseball in North Korea
Like a trail of breadcrumbs, there are signs this most cherished of American sports may still be played in a c…
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Reality TV contestant apologises for killing and eating protected New Zealand bird
An American contestant on Race to Survive has apologised for eating a weka, a large, brown flightless bird kno…
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India election results 2024: Narendra Modi claims third term but projections show party unlikely to win outright majority – as it happened
Narendra Modi says India has placed its faith in the ruling coalition ‘for a third consecutive time’, as figur…
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‘China’s threats to annex Taiwan will not simply disappear,’ says Taiwan’s new president – as it happened
This blog is closed. See all of our Taiwan coverage. The Guardian’s Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin are at the …
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Teenager among 15 heat-related deaths as Japan and South Korea swelter
In South Korea, 12 people died from heat-related deaths last weekend, while in Japan, three people died includ…
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Gunman who killed two had family violence history, say New Zealand police – as it happened
This blog is now closed. You can read our full story on the shooting in Auckland at the link below:Full report…
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Chizuko Ueno: the Japanese writer stoking China’s feminist underground
Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent fe…
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South Korea to give $490 allowance to reclusive youths to help them leave the house
Programme is for people aged between nine and 24 who are experiencing extreme social withdrawalSouth Korea is …
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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin’s ‘travel options extremely limited’ after international criminal court warrant – as it happened
Russian president accused of ‘unlawful deportation’ of children ‘from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian…
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China’s ‘rotten girls’ are escaping into erotic fiction about gay men
Danmei is by some measures the most popular genre of fiction for women in China, and its popularity hasn’t gon…
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China’s rising power and influence in the Pacific explained in 30 seconds
Beijing and Washington are battling for influence in the strategically important Pacific regionLocated between…
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China’s censored feminist movement finds solace in Sally Rooney
Rooney is among a number of successful western authors who have found a growing audience in China’s restless y…
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Spy balloons: what are they and why are they still being used?
The idea emerged during the American civil war, so what is their appeal now, in the age of the satellite?Penta…
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China’s shrinking population: what it means for the rest of the world – expert panel
From climate change to women’s rights, what effect will the demographic time bomb at the heart of China’s econ…