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Myanmar military marks rebel ceasefire despite rebel clashes 15 Oct 2023 - 02:17 pm
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 8th anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Naypyidaw on October 15, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region 15 Oct 2023 - 08:04 am
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Australian voters reject greater Indigenous rights 14 Oct 2023 - 03:31 pm
Shadow minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (R) and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton attend a press conference following the results of Australia's historic Indigenous rights referendum, in Brisbane on October 14, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Hamilton / AFP)
Two dead as floods hit central Vietnam 14 Oct 2023 - 02:10 pm
This photo taken on October 13, 2023 shows local workers removing fallen trees on a flooded road by the Perfume River in Hue city in central Vietnam. (Photo by Tam GIANG / AFP)
'Licence to hide': Western plastic waste dumped in Myanmar 13 Oct 2023 - 11:11 pm
This photo taken on October 11, 2023 shows plastic waste in Yangon's Shwepyithar township. In a working-class neighbourhood of Myanmar's Yangon, plastic waste is piled a metre high, the toxic product of what a recent investigation says is rampant dumping of Western trash. (Photo by AFP) 
Hong Kong adds two shark families on controlled trade list 13 Oct 2023 - 10:05 pm
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Seoul to adopt crowd alert to avoid repeat of Halloween tragedy 13 Oct 2023 - 11:11 am
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Russian President Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad 12 Oct 2023 - 04:53 pm
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov attending a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary the Kant Russian aviation military base in Kyrgyzstan, at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek on October 12, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov / POOL / AFP)
Jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan says 'stronger than ever' 12 Oct 2023 - 03:51 pm
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'Cuter in real life': South Korea names its twin panda 'treasures' 12 Oct 2023 - 11:49 am
Panda cubs Rui Bao (L) and Hui Bao (R), who were born 97 days ago in South Korea, are seen during a ceremony to reveal their names at Everland Amusement and Animal Park in Yongin on October 12, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Passenger train derails in eastern India, killing 4 people and injuring dozens 12 Oct 2023 - 11:30 am
A general view shows damaged carriages near Raghunathpur railway station some 44 Km from Buxar on October 12, 2023, after an express train derailed late on October 11 in India's Bihar state. Photo by Sachin KUMAR / AFP
K-pop, K-food, K-beauty, K-content top foreigner interests: survey 12 Oct 2023 - 09:36 am
Locals and tourists take a stroll at Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on September 23, 2023. Photo by Alexandra Evangelista/ The Peninsula
China loses Paris Olympics team eventing spot due to horse's 'controlled medication’ 11 Oct 2023 - 08:20 pm
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Vast majority of dead in Afghan quakes women and children 11 Oct 2023 - 04:20 pm
Afghan volunteers clear the debris of damaged village houses after a series of earthquakes in Zendeh Jan district of Herat province on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi / AFP)
Chinese scientists join Fukushima water review 11 Oct 2023 - 11:41 am
A shoreline is pictured from Futaba-machi, Fukushima Prefecture, around 5 km away from the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant on August 24, 2023, the day on which Japan's government plan to begin releasing wastewater from the stricken plant into the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
6.3-magnitude earthquake shakes western Afghanistan 11 Oct 2023 - 09:39 am
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IMF lowers China 2023 economic growth forecast to 5.0% 10 Oct 2023 - 02:25 pm
A worker cleans windows on a high-rise building in Beijing on October 10, 2023. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
Nongshim highlights K-Culture impact; desires to offer new flavours to consumers 10 Oct 2023 - 10:08 am
Nongshim office buildings in Seoul.