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Indonesia sees surge in Chinese tourists, eyes 2 million visitors in 2025 23 Mar 2025 - 12:10 am
People stand in front of an illuminated giant panda decoration in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
Key consensus reached at China-Japan high-level economic dialogue 22 Mar 2025 - 11:10 pm
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, co-chairs the sixth China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
New flight route between China's Guangzhou, Indonesia's Surabaya officially launched 22 Mar 2025 - 09:50 pm
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1 dead, several injured in 9-car crash in northern Philippines 22 Mar 2025 - 09:43 pm
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Malaysia Airlines parent company to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX planes 22 Mar 2025 - 09:29 pm
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Pakistan's footwear exports increase over 15 pct in first 8 months of FY 2025 22 Mar 2025 - 08:28 pm
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Beijing simplifies marriages to encourage Chinese to wed 22 Mar 2025 - 05:02 pm
A man walks outside a building in the central business district in Beijing on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Elon Musk's X sues Indian government over content regulation 22 Mar 2025 - 04:01 pm
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Four killed in S. Korea wildfire, hundreds told to evacuate 22 Mar 2025 - 03:42 pm
Helicopters try to extinguish a fire after a wildfire broke out in the southeastern county of Sancheong on March 22, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Tourist killed as boat capsizes off Indonesia's Bali 22 Mar 2025 - 12:53 pm
This handout from the Klungkung District Police taken on March 21, 2025 and released on March 22, 2025 shows survivors sitting on the hull of a capsized boat, as they wait to be rescued, after the snorkeling boat with tourists was hit by waves in Nusa Penida, Bali. (Photo by Handout / KLUNGKUNG DISTRICT POLICE / AFP)
Japan, S. Korea, China discuss enhancing cooperation 22 Mar 2025 - 09:42 am
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (R) shake hands as Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya looks on during a joint press conference after their meeting during the 11th Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting (Japan-China-ROK) in Tokyo on March 22, 2025. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin / POOL / AFP)
Last of six foreign hikers missing in Philippines rescued 22 Mar 2025 - 09:29 am
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Bangladesh govt says will not ban ousted PM Hasina's party 21 Mar 2025 - 03:30 pm
File photo of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the de facto leader of the Bangladeshi caretaker government / AFP
Flights cancelled, thousands evacuated after Indonesia volcano eruption 21 Mar 2025 - 02:34 pm
Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 21, 2025, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupted, shooting dark ash eight kilometres into the sky. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)
Robots to retrieve radioactive sandbags at Fukushima plant 21 Mar 2025 - 02:18 pm
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Philippine rescuers find German, British hikers, 4 still missing 21 Mar 2025 - 01:36 pm
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Europe games industry on edge as 'Assassin's Creed' hits shelves 20 Mar 2025 - 04:51 pm
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New 'Assassin's Creed' game criticised in Japan parliament 20 Mar 2025 - 04:45 pm
Visitors wait in line to play the