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Beds lie in a corridor of a hospital in Duan Yao autonomous county in Guangxi region, China, on Jan. 9.
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China's aging villages face yawning health care gap in a fragile economy
Far lower wages in rural China mean many qualified doctors are heading to the cities to make a living.
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Indian Hindu pilgrims take the plunge ahead of largest gathering
Organizers expect up to 400 million pilgrims from India and beyond in the six weeks running from January 13 to February 26.
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Women on Wheels: How a driving school program empowers Pakistani women
The driving program for women has become increasingly popular as car prices have soared and motorcycles offer a cheaper alternative.
Hindu pilgrims take a dip along the banks of Sangam, ahead of the <i>maha</i> Kumbh Mela festival in the city of Prayagraj on Sunday. Beside India's holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast it will be seen from space.
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Dec 26, 2024
India readies for 400 million pilgrims at mammoth festival
By Abhaya SRIVASTAVA
The Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old festival, is held once every 12 years at the site where the holy Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet.
A vendor selling spy cameras takes a phone call inside his shop at a market in New Delhi. Elaborate Indian weddings are big business, and for some families, the first step of celebration is not to call a priest or a party planner — but a private detective.
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Dec 23, 2024
Bride, groom, spy: India's wedding detectives
By Aishwarya KUMAR
In a country where social customs are changing rapidly, more and more couples are making their own matches.
Hindu monks protest to stop the atrocities against Bangladesh's Hindu minority community, in Kolkata on Dec. 5.
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Dec 23, 2024
Minorities fear targeted attacks in post-revolution Bangladesh
By Sheikh Sabiha ALAM
Hindus make up about 8% of the mainly Muslim nation of 170 million people.
Residential buildings under construction at China Evergrande Group's Riverside Palace development in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, in November 2023
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Dec 20, 2024
China’s economic rebound hangs on the fate of its richest cities
Preserving earning power in China was given fresh urgency as U.S. Presidential-elect Donald Trump says he will choke off critical Chinese exports.
A protester wears a mask depicting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a rally calling for his impeachment, in Seoul, on Wednesday.
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Dec 12, 2024
South Korea's soft power gains at risk from extended political crisis
By Hyunjoo Jin, Lisa Barrington and Heekyong Yang
How the country — a top global destination for medical and plastic surgery tourism — gets through the period of uncertainty will impact foreign visitor numbers.
A restaurant owner waits for customers at her empty restaurant in Seoul on Oct. 31.
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Dec 11, 2024
South Korea's fading nightlife signals shift in hard-drinking culture
By Cynthia Kim
The change has been driven by corporate Korea's slowdown on after-work drinking sessions, younger female workers' refusal to partake and inflation.
A man wearing a mask depicting South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol dances on a street as people gather for a protest calling for the ouster of Yoon outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday.
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Dec 7, 2024
K-pop, carols and guillotines at South Korea impeachment protests
Protesters massed outside the National Assembly, many wearing the elaborate outfits, carrying home-made flags or blasting the K-pop tunes.

Chinese buyer of Okinawa island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
LDP heavyweight Moriyama boosting profile within party
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.
Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon's detention
A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeo arrives at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, late Saturday.
Rising Japanese star Aemu Oyama signs with Manchester City Women
Aemu Oyama, one of Japan's most promising young talents, will join Manchester City's women's squad.
Fuji TV loses more advertisers amid inquiry into host’s behavior
Fuji TV is losing more advertisers following allegations about inappropriate behavior by a celebrity host and questions about its handling of the case.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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