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Brooklyn Nets' Cam Thomas dribbles past Phoenix Suns' Oso Ighodaro during the NBA pre-season basketball game at the Venetian Arena in Macau on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2025

The NBA’s return to China is no slam dunk

From a commercial point of view, re-engaging with its second-biggest market is an obvious move.
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, holds a news conference at the Diet on Oct. 7. The collapse of the LDP-Komeito coalition highlights the risks of an opposition more focused on obstruction than solutions. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2025

Japan’s opposition coalition is a recipe for paralysis, not progress

The collapse of the LDP-Komeito coalition highlights the risks of an opposition more focused on obstruction than solutions.
Amina (L), a household helper, sits beside her mother as she speaks during an interview in Karachi on July 31.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 14, 2025

'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan

One in four households in a country of 255 million people employs a child as a domestic worker, mostly girls aged 10 to 14.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday the recent kidnappings in Cambodia were causing "significant harm to South Koreans," and urged immediate government action.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2025

80 South Koreans missing in Cambodia scam center row, Seoul says

Between January and August this year, 330 South Koreans were reported to have gone missing or been held against their will after entering Cambodia.
Instagram has tightened content filtering for teen accounts to be in tune with the U.S.' PG-13 rating standard used for films.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2025

Instagram accounts for teens to be in tune with U.S. PG-13 rating standard

The move comes as Meta and other social media platforms face pressure to show they aren't putting profit and engagement over the well-being of users, especially children.

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building