Asia
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Cambodian, South Korean police arrest 26 for alleged scams, sex crimes: Blue House
SEOUL: A joint investigative team of Cambodian and South Korean police has arrested 26 suspects over alleged online scams and…
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India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code in security overhaul
ONGOING TUG OF WAR OVER GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS Apple, South Korea’s Samsung, Google, China’s Xiaomi and MAIT, the Indian industry group…
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Japan bets billions on chips as TSMC transforms rural Kumamoto into a semiconductor hub
SEMICONDUCTOR BOOM Taiwan’s TSMC opened its factory in Kumamoto’s Kikuyo town in February 2024, under the name Japan Advanced Semiconductor…
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Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies
SHIZUOKA: A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday (Jan 12) for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in…
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s mitigation hearing set to begin ahead of sentencing
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s High Court will on Monday (Jan 12) hear the mitigation plea of pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai,…
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Can stablecoins such as Johor Regent’s RMJDT reshape digital payments in Southeast Asia?
However, experts maintained that Southeast Asia governments can follow in the footsteps of the likes of Hong Kong and Singapore…
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Commentary: Myanmar’s flawed election is also a test of ASEAN credibility
COULD ASEAN RE-ENGAGE MYANMAR? Ultimately, the quest for credibility is not just for Myanmar but ASEAN as well. After the…
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4 injured in petrol station bombings in Thailand’s Deep South
BANGKOK: Assailants detonated bombs at nearly a dozen petrol stations in Thailand’s Deep South early Sunday (Jan 11), injuring four…
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Autogate outage affecting foreigners at Johor Bahru land checkpoint remains unresolved: Malaysia’s border agency
JOHOR BAHRU: An autogate outage affecting foreign travellers at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI) in…
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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call an early general election, the head of her party’s coalition partner, Hirofumi…
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