Daily News

These are sample stories on Asia which we track on a daily basis. The sources and links to the stories, which are available online, are acknowledged and listed. Where any of these stories require paid subscription to access, we've listed only the portion which the site allows.



S. Korean, Russian foreign ministers discuss bilateral ties, regional security

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South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, discussed regional security on the Korean Peninsula and other bilateral matters during consultations on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting in

Thailand PM Srettha commits to $280 handout to kick-start economy

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Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin laid out his government’s policies on Monday in an address containing immediate economic deliverables for his Pheu Thai Party, few tangible solutions for structural problems, and hints at popular

China’s Guangzhou scraps controversial housing price limits

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Guangzhou has quietly abandoned a controversial, seven-year-old policy limiting new housing prices, in a move to ease controls on the ailing property market. Developers still need to file planned selling prices with authorities, but regulators

KPU plans earlier, shorter registration for presidential election candidates

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The election body is planning to move the registration deadline for presidential and vice-presidential candidates to mid-October from late November, a change that could require political parties to rush their nomination decisions. KPU chairman Hasyim

China misses ‘common prosperity’ goal as income gap now widest

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China’s income gap has grown to the widest it has ever been since records began, as the average household income of the top 20% in urban areas reaches 6.3 times of the lowest 20%. Critics