Taiwan Sees Lowest Military Recruitment in 10 Years Amid Low Birth Rates
Taiwan’s pool of military conscripts for 2022 will be the smallest in 10 years, as the island faces a population crisis owing to...
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A Brief Look at Japan’s Demographic Collapse
SINGAPORE — Earlier in May this year, Tesla chief executive and billionaire Elon Musk tweeted a warning that Japan will “cease to exist”...
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Myanmar Junta Leader Excluded From ASEAN Summit Again
SINGAPORE — Myanmar’s junta leader has been excluded from a regional Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in November, host Cambodia acknowledged...
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Pharmaceutical Giant MSD Invests in Singapore to Bolster Vaccine Development and Drug Supply Chain
SINGAPORE — Pharmaceutical giant MSD (known as Merck & Co. in the United States and Canada) unveiled a new packaging facility and broke...
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Japanese Lawmakers Fear Being Labeled “Pro-China” Amid Rising Bilateral Tensions
SINGAPORE — Amid escalating friction between Japan and China — as well as deteriorating public sentiment in Japan toward its larger neighbor —...
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Embattled Jimmy Lai Denied British Lawyer Request by Hong Kong Court
SINGAPORE — The pro-Beijing government of Hong Kong has denied imprisoned media tycoon Jimmy Lai the right to be represented by a British...
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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan, Provoking U.S. and South Korean Response
SINGAPORE — On Oct. 4, North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, leading Tokyo to...
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Major Setback for Pro-lifers as Indian Supreme Court Legalizes Abortion for Single Mothers Up to 24 Weeks of Pregnancy
SINGAPORE — Previously, unmarried women in India were permitted to kill their unborn children only up to 20 weeks gestation; the new law...
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Singapore Unveils Measures to Require Social-media Firms to Moderate Content
SINGAPORE — Social-media companies such as Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter would face increased accountability to Singaporean users as the country seeks to unveil...
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Kamala Harris Stops in South Korea, Visits DMZ Amid North Korean Missile Tests
SINGAPORE — Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea on Thursday as the final stop...
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Myanmar Sentences Ousted Leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Three Years, On Top of 20-year Sentence
SINGAPORE — On September 29, ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced by the incumbent junta to prison for three years for...
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Malaysia Has Abolished the Death Penalty; Will Singapore Be Next?
SINGAPORE — Although Singapore is being pressured to do away with the death penalty for certain crimes, its deterrence of crime is confirmed...
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Japan Imposes New Sanctions on Russia, Denounces China’s Aggression Toward Taiwan
SINGAPORE — On Sept. 26, Japan announced new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, and Japanese and American leaders denounced China's aggression...
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China’s Wang Yi Meets Antony Blinken Amid Escalating Tensions Over Taiwan
SINGAPORE — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on September 23 in New York on the...
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South Korea Expresses Ire at Biden’s Electric-vehicle Push
SINGAPORE — South Korea regards recent U.S. rules that prioritize American-made electric vehicles and batteries as a “betrayal,” a senior official in Seoul,...
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