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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Japan News

More Japanese textbooks warn about risks of generative AI

The Korea Herald

AI plans emerge as central theme in South Korean politics

The Star

Malaysia aims to use AI to investigate commercial crimes

The Straits Times

Jack Ma-backed Ant touts AI breakthrough built on Chinese chips

The Korea Herald

Samsung eyes AI, M&A deals to reignite stock growth

Vientiane Times

AI seen to advance digital governance, industry, ethics in Laos

Viet Nam News

Vietnam accelerates AI adoption in public sector with strategic policy push

The Korea Herald

AI video of late South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron sparks debate

China Daily

Chinese authorities issued AI label guidelines to combat the misuse, spread of false information

China Daily

AI expected to accelerate China’s self-driving tech

The Korea Herald

South Korea to host APEC 2025 with focus on AI, demographic shifts

The Korea Herald

South Korea ups ante in chips, AI with US$34.4 policy financing

The Korea Herald

South Korea’s AI digital textbooks off to shaky start as semester begins

The Korea Herald

Korea Herald Explains: Microsoft’s new quantum computing chip: A game changer?

Viet Nam News

Vietnam’s first AI-generated film honours healthcare sector

The Straits Times

Speak easy: Can AI and language learning apps really help you achieve fluency?

COMBATING INFLATION

The Star

Malaysian identity card likely for RON95 subsidy

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Philippine government cuts imported rice max suggested retail price to P45 per kilo

The Daily Star

Expect inflation to fall below 8 percent by June: Bangladesh Chief Adviser Yunus

The Straits Times

Singapore’s core inflation falls further to 0.6% in February, lowest since June 2021

The Daily Star

Chicken prices soar ahead of Eid in Bangladesh

Eleven Media

Myanmar exporters to buy 1.5 million barrels of unprocessed rice amid falling paddy prices, difficulty selling

The Japan News

Rice supplies in Japan still low, with prices almost doubled from year ago

The Japan News

Rice price for wholesalers in Japan climbs 73% in February; record high for sixth consecutive month

The Japan News

Bank of Japan leaves interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent

Viet Nam News

Vietnam pepper price surges to decade high

The Daily Star

Gold prices hiked to US$1,260 per 11.66 grams

The Japan News

150,000 tons of rice released from Japan’s stockpile to douse prices, after Tokyo prices hit all-time high

Go Go Mongolia

Heating price to increase from May 16 and water prices to increase from Sept 16 in Mongolia

China Daily

China’s CPI down 0.7% in February

The Daily Star

New onions bring no smiles to Bangladeshi farmers

The Star

Empty shelves in Malaysia’s Johor as 1kg, 2kg bottles of cooking oil run out

TECHNOLOGY

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

CORPORATE BUZZ

CHINA AND ASEAN

The Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia, China planning sixth military drills

The Straits Times

Singapore, Shanghai ink record 15 MOUs as bilateral trade grows

The Japan News

U.S., Australia to counter China’s ‘destabilizing military activities’

China Daily

Asean-Plus defence ministers agree to improve defence collaboration

The Jakarta Post

China and Asean join hands to bring the ‘Asian moment’ in global governance

China Daily

RCEP shows strength and resilience of regional trade liberalization

The Nation

Thailand and China ink 5 agreements to boost trade, regional security

The Jakarta Post

Indonesia, China to resume joint-military training exercises, strengthen military cooperation

China Daily

Xi, Widodo vow to take ties to new level

The Jakarta Post

Indonesia-China ink $2.6 billion crude palm oil, fishery trade deals

The Straits Times

Outcome of China’s application to join CPTPP trade pact not yet known: S’pore PM

The Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia, China sign $1.6 billion deal for second expressway

The Jakarta Post

As Xi visit draws near, delays haunt Jakarta-Bandung rail project

The Jakarta Post

What does the 20th CCP National Congress mean for Indonesia?

Viet Nam News

Vietnamese, Chinese Party leaders stress peace at sea, resumption of flights in talks

Viet Nam News

Vietnam, China sign 13 cooperation documents in Party leader’s visit

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

The Korea Herald

South Korea’s fire-ravaged southeast reels from unprecedented damage

Viet Nam News

Vietnamese government urges immediate action on air pollution in major cities

The Jakarta Post

Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts again, spewing hot lava and smoke column

Kuensel

Bhutan hits record high 40°C as global temperatures rise

The Japan News

International agency’s reports confirm Fukushima treated water continues to meet safety standards

The Korea Herald

How South Korea’s massive wildfires started

Dawn

Only drinking water available amid unprecedented shortage in Pakistan

The Korea Herald

Wildfires in South Korea burn down 7th-century temple, threaten UNESCO sites

Vientiane Times

Air pollution worsens across Laos

The Korea Herald

South Korea continues to battle wildfires spreading in southeastern region

Viet Nam News

Vietnam province protects animal welfare with elephant-friendly tourism model

The Korea Herald

Massive wildfires sweep South Korea, torching area equal to 4,600 soccer fields

The Straits Times

2024 Singapore weather breaks temperature and rainfall records

The Straits Times

China’s great green march across the globe

Kuensel

Bhutanese climate activist cycles across Australia to warn of vanishing glaciers

The Straits Times

Monsoon surge in Singapore: Businesses, sports activities, travellers hit by incessant rain

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