Asia Pacific
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University expels student who called for accountability over Hong Kong fire
Discipline committee decides to terminate Miles Kwan from studies because of ‘multiple acts of misconduct’A Ho…
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Beijing pastry shop overrun by shoppers after Xi Jinping’s visit
Customers flock to Daoxiangcun to pick up cakes selected by the president during lunar new year tour around ci…
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Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic waters amid rift with Beijing
Japan’s fisheries agency said the vessel failed to comply with an order to stop. The incident comes weeks afte…
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Kim close to naming teenage daughter as future North Korean leader, South believes
South Korea’s spy agency monitoring whether girl, believed to be 13, will appear at political conference this …
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South Korean intelligence officials assess Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter as successor – video
South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers it believes the teenage daughter of the North Korean dictator, Kim…
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Father of activist Anna Kwok convicted under Hong Kong national security law
Kwok Yin-sang arrested after he tried to end pro-democracy daughter’s insurance policy and withdraw fundsA Hon…
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‘Wake-up call’ for Greece as air force officer accused of spying for China
Christos Flessas detained in case seen as exposing Beijing’s strategy of infiltrating western military and sec…
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Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence
Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say expertsT…
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‘A free limo is hard to turn away’: how car diplomacy turbo charges politics in the Pacific
A luxury Chinese sedan gifted to Fiji is the latest in a string of vehicles donated by foreign countries to de…
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Parents of Melbourne methanol-poisoning victims ‘shocked’ by $185 fines handed to Laos hostel staff
Fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, who died after a night out at the Nana Backpackers H…
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Japanese shares hit record high as Sanae Takaichi wins landslide election victory
Prime minister’s Liberal Democratic party to be pressed on promised tax cuts and fiscal stimulus plansBusiness…
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UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence
Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next fi…
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Jimmy Lai sentencing – as it happened
This blog is closedFull report: Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years over national security chargesFollowing Jimmy …
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison
Family of media tycoon say he will ‘die a martyr behind bars’ amid widespread criticism from press freedom gro…
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Christchurch gunman seeks to appeal convictions and withdraw guilty plea
Australian white supremacist tells NZ court he was suffering from ‘nervous exhaustion’ when he entered his gui…