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Voter turnout at Singapore’s GE2025 the lowest since 1968, at 92.47%

Political observers said the likeliest explanation for the lower turnout in 2025 was that Singaporeans had already made travel plans before the election was called, taking…

  • Published: May 6, 20257:15 am
  • Author Kok Yufeng
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Japan child population falls for 44th straight year

Furthermore, the proportion of children in the country’s overall population came to a record low of 11.1%, dropping for 51 years in a row.

  • Published: May 5, 20258:10 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Education minister becomes third acting president of S. Korea in five months

Lee Ju-ho, the deputy prime minister and education minister, is taking over as acting president of South Korea from Friday after Choi Sang-mok, the second in line for acting…

  • Published: May 2, 20258:54 am
  • Author Kim Arin
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Spectacular fireworks light up Ho Chi Minh City to mark 50 years of Vietnam’s National Reunification

The event formed part of a wider programme of cultural and sporting activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April…

  • Published: May 2, 20258:00 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Nepal’s national flag caught in politics. Experts call for clearer rules

Nepal's flag has been widely and randomly used in various protests, campaigns and other events in recent years.

  • Published: April 30, 20258:25 am
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First batch of Hong Kong democrats freed after 4 years’ jail for subversion

Since large and sustained pro-democracy protests erupted in Hong Kong for most of 2019, China has cracked down on the democratic opposition as well as liberal civil society and…

  • Published: April 29, 20258:50 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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South Korean ex-presidents Moon, Yoon likely to stand criminal trial simultaneously

These will be the first simultaneous criminal trials of two former presidents in 29 years. In 1996, former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo appeared in court on charges of…

  • Published: April 28, 20258:55 am
  • Author Lee Si-jin
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Japan’s opposition parties find it difficult to attack PM Ishiba amid ‘national crisis’

The tariff issue seems to have created a kind of temporary truce to political maneuvering in Japan.

  • Published: April 25, 20258:35 am
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South Korean ex-president President Moon indicted over alleged bribery

Mr. Moon, who served as president from 2017 to 2022, is facing charges of bribery in connection with allegations of facilitating the employment of his former son-in-law at an…

  • Published: April 24, 202511:59 am
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Bangladesh considers Interpol to locate factory owners owing workers

The central bank has also been instructed to investigate commercial banks that provided loans to companies without properly assessing their financial capacity, an official said.

  • Published: April 24, 20258:35 am
  • Author The Daily Star

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