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Taliban propaganda blitz offers security for crime-ravaged Kabul
Robberies, murders and kidnappings are terrifying residents, who complain the police are unwilling or unable to stop criminals
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Taiwan and Chinese diplomats injured in fight in high-end Fiji hotel
Both sides have accused the other of instigating an altercation at a Taiwanese diplomatic event on the Pacific island
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Thailand's king says country needs royalists as protesters defying ban for second day are met by water canons
Thousands of protesters have been met by riot police and water canons
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Japanese fishing industry up in arms over plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into Pacific ocean
In 2011, three of the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant suffered melt-downs after the site was flooded by a series of tsunamis
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Chinese diplomat warns Canada against granting asylum to Hong Kong democracy protesters
Cong Peiwu labelled the protesters 'violent criminals' and that Canada choosing to protect them amounted to 'domestic interference'
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Communists pounce on Trump's efforts to stand up to Asia
Part five of our series on how Donald Trump has changed the world: Has America's new role left pro-democracy activists high and dry?
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Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate safe, early results suggest
Research, based on small early phase randomised clinical trials, elicits an antibody response
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South Korea criticised for 'racist' handbook on marrying foreign spouses
The handbook, published in 2019, contains numerous racial stereotypes of seven countries, including China, Cambodia and Thailand
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Thailand protests: Government declares state of emergency after demonstrators confront royal family
Protesters calling for reforms to the monarchy gestured at a royal convoy in tense scenes on Wednesday
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First coronavirus, now starvation: hunger stalks millions of Indians plunged into extreme poverty
Six months after the first infections emerged in India, the virus now threatens to cause a spate of deaths from starvation
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Thousands of anti-government demonstrators rally in Bangkok as tensions rise
Student demonstrators are also calling for reform of the monarchy, leading to street scuffles with royalists
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Anger in the Philippines as 'political prisoner' denied the right to hold her dying baby
Reina Mae Nasino lost her baby, River, last week to pneumonia but was not allowed to leave prison to see her in hospital
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Documentary about Danish chef who exposed North Korean arms deals to be sent to UN
The Danish and Swedish governments vowed to raise the country's 'extensive violations of sanctions' at the UN Sanctions Committee
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Food shortages in Afghanistan as coronavirus worsens country's humanitarian crisis
The number of people experiencing 'severe food insecurity' is now estimated at 17 million in the war-torn country
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Thailand braces for another mass protest on anniversary of a past bloody crackdown
Demands for democracy span generations as anti-government protesters take to the streets of Bangkok again
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Indonesian activists call for action to stop bride kidnapping
Women are still being forced into marriage on the Indonesian island of Sumba
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China using pangolin scales in traditional medicine despite claiming the contrary, says environment report
A new report has found that 221 companies in China remain licensed to sell products using pangolin scales
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South Korean boyband BTS facing criticism in China after making remarks about the Korean War
The controversy is the latest example of the political landmines lying in wait for big brands in China, the world's second-largest economy
