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GENEVA - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Monday (March 20) called on the...

Taiwan’s east coast hit by magnitude-5.3 earthquake

TAIPEI — A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's east coast on Tuesday (March 21), the island's weather bureau said, causing buildings...

Angkor Wat in Cambodia becomes favourite destination for Equinox tourism

by Khmer Times

A large number of international and domestic tourists visited the Angkor Wat Temple in Siem Reap province yesterday morning to...

Indonesia’s parliament passes controversial jobs decree into law

JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday (March 21) voted to pass President Joko Widodo's emergency decree to cement rules on investment...

North Korea claims almost 800,000 people have signed up for military to fight against US

SEOUL — North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in the nation's military to fight...

China’s tech giant Baidu unveils “Ernie” the Chinese answer to AI chatbot technology like ChatGPT and GPT4

by CBS News

Beijing — Days after popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT's developer OpenAI released its latest version, GPT4, Chinese tech giant Baidu, best...

Japanese and South Korean businesses seek to leave behind difficult history

TOKYO/SEOUL - Business leaders from Japan and South Korea pledged on Friday (March 17) to work more closely on chips and...

Vietnam arrests Facebook user for attempt to ‘overthrow the state’

HANOI - Police in Vietnam on Friday (March 17) arrested a Facebook user who authorities accuse of "attempting to overthrow the...

At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery

At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according...

SpaceX, Netflix, Boeing to join ‘biggest-ever’ US business mission to Vietnam