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Not enough to eat: The Kathmandu Post

Nepal cannot falter on its most basic constitutional duty to adequately feed all its citizens.

  • Published: September 4, 202510:01 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Chittagong University clash: From provost to nightguard, different faces, same disregard for women

Whether it is outright violence, or a threat of rape or simply shaming them with an official notice, the blatant disregard for women's dignity is obvious, the writer laments.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:49 am
  • Author Tanim Ahmed
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5G goes live in Bangladesh, but with few phones to connect

industry insiders warn that the benefits of 5G will be constrained by the country's severe shortage of devices able to use it.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:25 am
  • Author Mahmudul Hasan
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Stabbing rampage at Seoul pizza restaurant leaves 3 dead

Police said the restaurant owner, believed to be the suspect, allegedly attacked contractors following a dispute over interior renovations.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:24 am
  • Author Shin Ji-hye
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Four arrested for live-streaming lewd acts from Tokyo studio for stripchat pornographic website

On the website, which is based in Cyprus, viewers pay viewing fees and can also give gift money to support performers.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:23 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Will South Korea legalise abortion pills?

Without follow-up legislation to regulate procedures and guarantee safe access, women seeking abortions are left in a blind spot.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:12 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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750 hospitalised with cholera, gastroenteritis in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan

Water tanks and supply lines were inspected between August 30 and 31, with supplies suspended overnight “as a precaution”. Tanks were cleaned and disinfected on August 31,…

  • Published: September 4, 20259:11 am
  • Author Imtiaz Ali Taj
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Post-riot military presence vexes Indonesia’s civil groups

The sudden appearance of soldiers patrolling the streets of Jakarta and other major cities since Monday has prompted nervous online tweets about the potential for martial law, as…

  • Published: September 4, 20258:55 am
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Precious artifacts looted from East Java museum during Indonesia unrest

In addition to the fragment of a Ganesha statue, rioters also stole four pieces of batik cloth featuring motifs unique to Kediri and destroyed a miniature model of a traditional…

  • Published: September 4, 20258:34 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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South Korea sees marriages fall by half, births down two-thirds, more foreign spouses

The findings further point to fewer marriages for people in their 20s, later childbirths, a rise in international marital unions, and the lowest fertility rate among advanced…

  • Published: September 4, 20258:25 am
  • Author Moon Joon-hyun

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