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More than a vacation: Jeju’s new educational retreats to revitalise regional communities

At the heart of Jeju’s Learncation program is a simple but powerful idea: education doesn’t have to be confined to traditional classrooms.

  • Published: May 27, 202511:20 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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Survey: Filipinos mostly relied on TV in picking candidates in latest polls

Apart from TV and the internet, the poll said respondents also considered other sources that helped them the most in deciding, such as family, friends, billboards, ads, sample…

  • Published: May 27, 202510:11 am
  • Author Gabriel Pabico Lalu
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Pair of Yubari melons sells for US$7k at auction in Japan’s Sapporo

The sale marked a ¥2 million drop from last year.

  • Published: May 27, 202510:09 am
  • Author The Japan News
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Jailed but not failed: Inmates turn prison into industrial unit in Nepal’s Gulmi

Prisoners craft exports bound for the UAE and Japan. Woodcarving inmates earn up to Rs45,000 a month.

  • Published: May 27, 202510:08 am
  • Author Santosh Mahatara
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Integrative medicine key to increased cancer survival in China

Data released by the association shows that the five-year survival rate of cancer patients in China rose from 33.3 percent around a decade ago to 43.7 percent at the end of 2023.

  • Published: May 27, 20259:45 am
  • Author Wang Xiaoyu
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Open pits in Nepal’s Madhesh continue to swallow children in the monsoon

As many as 542 people, most of them children, drowned in three years in rain-filled pits and unguarded water bodies left behind by construction and excavation work.

  • Published: May 27, 20259:34 am
  • Author Ajit Tiwari and Shiva Puri
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Too many bots, too few instructors: Why the long wait for driving lessons in Singapore

The best bet for driving centres is to deter bots with advanced security features, including multi-factor authentication and Singpass login; tighter bot analysis criteria; and use…

  • Published: May 27, 20259:09 am
  • Author Elaine Lee
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Easy meals ensure Japan’s seniors living alone can eat healthy

Research by Yukako Tani, an assistant professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo, shows that elderly living alone with poor cooking skills are at higher risk of mortality.

  • Published: May 27, 20258:45 am
  • Author Yumi Miyaki
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In South Korea, more young adults economically ‘inactive,’ especially women, college grads

These individuals have stopped looking for work within one to three years of completing job training or receiving job-seeking benefits.

  • Published: May 26, 20259:40 am
  • Author Shin Ji-hye
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Man high on drugs damages imperial throne in former Vietnamese capital of Hue

The throne, reportedly the original one, situated at the palace’s centre, was officially recognised as a National Treasure of Vietnam in 2015.

  • Published: May 26, 20259:38 am
  • Author Viet Nam News

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