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14 potential oil and gas reserves discovered in South Korea's east sea 03 Feb 2025 - 12:23 pm
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South Korea appeals court upholds Samsung chief's fraud acquittal 03 Feb 2025 - 11:21 am
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong leaves after a court ruling on the controversial 2015 merger case, at the Seoul High Court in Seoul on February 3, 2025. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
EU criticizes US tariff, vows "firm response" if targeted: spokesman 02 Feb 2025 - 08:58 pm
European Union flag. File photo.
Flight or fright? Aviophobia rises in South Korea amid safety scares 02 Feb 2025 - 04:25 pm
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane bound for Hong Kong, at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Residents near Japan sinkhole urged to evacuate 02 Feb 2025 - 02:25 pm
Excavators and rescue personnel working to construct a slope for rescue operations are seen at the site where a truck on January 28 plunged into a sinkhole, trapping the vehicle's driver, in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on February 1, 2025. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
One dead in Australia floods as authorities order evacuation 02 Feb 2025 - 01:54 pm
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China issues bonds worth $11 trillion in 2024 01 Feb 2025 - 07:19 pm
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Indian troops kill eight Maoist rebels 01 Feb 2025 - 04:40 pm
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India unveils income tax cuts to boost slowing economy 01 Feb 2025 - 02:53 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) along with minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary (C, left) poses as she leaves the ministry of finance to present the annual budget at the parliament in New Delhi on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole 01 Feb 2025 - 01:04 pm
A worker controls the traffic as rescue operations continue for the truck driver in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
South Korea's language museum catches fire 01 Feb 2025 - 10:46 am
Fire engines are seen on a road as smoke rises from the roof of the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul on February 1, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Afghan women cricketers get help from new global refugee fund 31 Jan 2025 - 08:00 pm
Afghanistan Women's XI players say a prayer before the cricket match between Afghanistan Women's XI and Cricket Without Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Martin Keep / AFP)
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length 31 Jan 2025 - 05:38 pm
This photo shows a general view of a collapsed road at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Crowds welcome sumo's newest grand champion in ancient ceremony 31 Jan 2025 - 03:48 pm
Mongolian born sumo wrestler and new yokozuna, or grand champion, Hoshoryu (back) takes part in the ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Philippines arrests 100 suspects in online scam farm raid 31 Jan 2025 - 02:32 pm
Workers sit at their desks during a raid by agents of the Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission (PAOCC) and the National Bureau of Investigation at an office of a suspected online scam farm in Manila on January 31, 2025. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
South Korea watchdog to question DeepSeek over user data 31 Jan 2025 - 02:18 pm
This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company which develops open-source large language models, in Toulouse, southwestern France on January 29, 2025. Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
Trio of rare tiger cubs spotted in Thai national park 31 Jan 2025 - 02:12 pm
This screenshot from handout trap camera footage taken on July 11, 2024 and released on January 29, 2025 on the Facebook page of Kaeng Krachan National Park shows a Bengal tiger walking with three cubs in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand's Phetchaburi province. Photo by Handout / Kaeng Krachan National Park / AFP
Two soldiers, six militants killed in Pakistan security operation 30 Jan 2025 - 09:44 pm
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