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Japan
Failure to launch: Japan’s Space One aborts Kairos flight after lift-off
The start-up has so far had three failed launches in its attempt to become the first Japanese private entity to put a satellite into orbit.
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South Korea
South Korea jails doctors for killing baby delivered at 36 weeks
4 Mar 2026 - 6:11PM
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South Korea
South Korean drink-spike killer quizzed ChatGPT for lethal doses, police say
4 Mar 2026 - 5:10PM
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North Korea
North Korea’s hostage strategy packs more bite in post-Iran US shake-up
The Pentagon wants Seoul to shoulder more of its defence burden. Analysts say it may have strengthened Kim Jong-un’s hand instead.
4 Mar 2026 - 5:25PM
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Troops march through Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang for a military parade on February 25. Photo: KCNA/KNS/AFP
Japan
Muslims in Japan were falsely blamed for illegal buildings. Then came the fires
It started with social media posts falsely blaming Muslims for building violations. Then came the fires.
4 Mar 2026 - 1:15PM
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Japanese court upholds order to dissolve Unification Church over donations
The order will take immediate effect, with the group losing its religious corporation tax status and liquidation procedures to begin.
4 Mar 2026 - 4:51PM
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South Korea
Seoul’s AI sex crime detection tool goes nationwide in South Korea
The technology uses 24-hour real-time monitoring to identify unlawful sexual images and videos, request their removal and block re-uploads.
4 Mar 2026 - 10:30AM
Officials at the Korea Communications Standards Commission hunt and remove sex videos posted without consent in 2019. The AI system helps ease the psychological burden on workers who previously had to review abusive content frame by frame. Photo: AFP
Japan
In Japan, a yakuza’s mansion is now for sale. Here’s why
Set to be sold due to a court order, the house was the target of a drive-by shooting and an arson attack in recent years.
4 Mar 2026 - 3:47PM
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‘Social morals are dying’: Japan’s under-20s are getting high like never before
The relaxed attitude towards ‘fashionable’ drugs has been cited as one reason for more young Japanese arrested for cannabis offences.
4 Mar 2026 - 8:00AM
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South Korea
South Korea to finally get fully functioning Google Maps
The move will appease Washington that has urged security-conscious Seoul to tackle what it says is discrimination against US tech companies.
3 Mar 2026 - 6:44PM
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Japan
Japanese massage parlour operator denies forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work
The 52-year-old, who made the girl ‘practise’ lewd acts on him, said he did not know she was underage.
3 Mar 2026 - 10:35AM
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People walk through the Kabukicho red-light area in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. Photo: AFP
Japan
How the Unification Church is facing fallout in Japan from Shinzo Abe’s murder
Critics have called the group a ‘money-making business’, with many people having lost huge sums of money from its ‘spiritual sales’.
3 Mar 2026 - 4:04PM
China-Middle East relations
Why the US-Israel war with Iran leaves Asian economies exposed
Mainland China imports vast amounts of oil from the Middle East but India, South Korea and others could fare worse, analysts say.
2 Mar 2026 - 9:30PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Millions of Asian migrant workers in Gulf at risk as war with Iran rages on
Deaths or injuries of people from the Philippines, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, who were working in the region, have been reported.
2 Mar 2026 - 8:25PM
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Japan
Japan’s nuclear waste dilemma: no prefecture wants Fukushima’s toxic soil
By law, the waste currently housed near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant must be moved outside the prefecture by March 2045.
2 Mar 2026 - 2:27PM
A facility in Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, temporarily stores soil and other waste from decontamination works. Photo: Kyodo
Iran
Why US strikes on Iran just made North Korea less likely to play ball
Iran’s nuclear programme was aspirational. North Korea’s is not. That distinction explains everything, analysts say.
2 Mar 2026 - 12:14PM
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South Korea
That viral Tiffany Young-Byun Yo-han wedding shoot is not what it seems
Images of the couple, who announced their marriage on Friday, were created using AI, Byun’s agency confirmed.
2 Mar 2026 - 12:03PM
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Food and Drinks
Party sober? Asia’s bars and drink giants shift gears as Gen Z ditch alcohol
As young Asians turn more health-conscious and watch their spending, drinks giants and bars are planning more low- and no-alcohol options.
2 Mar 2026 - 4:08PM
Funkytown, a cocktail bar in Bangkok, offers non-alcoholic versions of its signature cocktails, including Green Curry. Photo: Funkytown
North Korea
North Korea unveils image of Kim’s daughter firing rifle at shooting range
Speculation has mounted that Kim Jong-un is grooming his daughter – believed to be named Kim Ju-ae and about 13 years old – as his successor.
28 Feb 2026 - 8:00PM
China exports
Deals of steel: how China’s price-setting agreements are easing trade tempers
Chinese exporters agree to raise prices to avoid anti‑dumping duties, echoing earlier electric vehicle agreement with European Union.
28 Feb 2026 - 4:00PM
North Korea
Dress for succession? Why ‘twin look’ of Kim Jong-un, daughter is sparking talk
The appearance of the Kims in near-identical leather coats at a military parade is seen by some that Pyongyang’s succession plan is in place.
1 Mar 2026 - 10:09AM
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Japan
Japan on track for hottest summer ever as ocean temperatures surge
Various regions across Japan are expected to register above-normal temperatures between June and August, the weather agency says.
27 Feb 2026 - 4:25PM
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A man cooling down under a water misting system on a hot day in Tokyo in September last year. Photo: AFP
Japan
‘Hostage diplomacy’ fears mount over arrest of Japanese journalist in Iran
The incident comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, with a large American military force positioned near Iran.
26 Feb 2026 - 4:23PM
Japan
Viral video of child being shoved at Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Crossing stokes anger
The video shows a masked passer-by appearing to knock the girl to the ground, prompting calls for an investigation.
3 Mar 2026 - 11:24AM
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North Korea
North Korea’s Kim warns of ‘eternal confrontation’ without US dialogue
As long as Washington acknowledges Pyongyang as a nuclear power, there is ‘no reason not to get along’, the North Korean leader says.
27 Feb 2026 - 8:07PM
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