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More than half of foreign students wish to live, work in South Korea’s regions

The Ministry of Education's recent survey revealed that approximately 55 percent of international students studying at regional universities in the country hope to secure…

  • Published: January 7, 202511:35 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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Healing journey from Khmer Rouge: Confronting the past, building the future

For nearly half a century, the Cambodian people have carried the trauma of a genocide that devastated families, communities and institutions across the country.

  • Published: January 7, 202511:25 am
  • Author Hong Raksmey
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Where are South Korea’s young part-timers eager to work? It’s not cafes

Young Koreans on the hunt for part-time gigs are looking to trendy stores and pop-up events, while convenience stores remain their No. 1 choice.

  • Published: January 7, 202511:24 am
  • Author Kim Ha-yoon
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Japanese art student launches community paper featuring voices of Noto Quake Victims

Ayumi Sakaguchi, 22, a fourth-year student at Kanazawa College of Art in Kanazawa, did everything for the paper, from the reporting and illustrations to laying out the pages.

  • Published: January 7, 202511:23 am
  • Author The Japan News
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Laos’ inflation dropped to 16.9 percent in December 2024

Most Lao residents, however, are still complaining that despite the drop in the inflation rate, the prices of goods continued to be stable but high.

  • Published: January 7, 202511:17 am
  • Author Vientiane Times
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Child marriage is impending child rape and has no place in Nepal

A national framework may define the policy but the policy must reach every single child. So the provinces, the municipalities, the village councils—they all need to come…

  • Published: January 7, 202510:36 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Parking wealth under the Dubai sun

The city's booming real estate has also been used by Bangladeshis as an offshore haven to park wealth for a big reason – cash payments are widely accepted even by top property…

  • Published: January 7, 202510:23 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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South Korean woman exonerated after wrongful conviction for murdering father in 2000

Kim Shin-hye had said that she lied in the police investigation to prevent her brother from going to prison, believing he would be sent to prison without her intervention. Despite…

  • Published: January 7, 20259:52 am
  • Author Yoon Min-sik
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Adult Japanese women enthralled by ‘Sylvanian Families’ dolls

Launched by Epoch Co. in Tokyo in 1985, the dolls are loved in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, and more than 200 million of the little critters have been sold…

  • Published: January 7, 20259:51 am
  • Author Hiromi Kanekita
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Child’s narrow escape from danger in Thailand raises questions about safety and superstition

In Thai traditional belief, some people think that passing under the belly of an elephant, a powerful and majestic creature, would protect them from harm.

  • Published: January 7, 20259:50 am
  • Author The Nation

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