Tag: East Asia
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Hong Kong wraps up probe into ‘preventable’ deadly fire
HONG KONG: A devastating fire that ripped through a Hong Kong apartment complex last year and killed 168 people was “preventable”, lawyers told a committee investigating the blaze in closing statements on Friday (Jul
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Landslide buries residents in southwest China’s Chongqing
BEIJING: An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday (Jul 17), causing multiple residential buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.Preliminary verification indicated that a Pengshui county community worker
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China’s Moonshot AI chases ‘DeepSeek moment’ with much-hyped model
Kimi K3 drew excitement from industry insiders, with some evoking a 2025 release from China’s DeepSeek that shook assumptions of US dominance in AI.
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China’s Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country
“We should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI or placing one country’s security over that of others,” said China’s President Xi Jinping.
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Japan imperial rules tweaked but still no woman emperor
TOKYO: Japan’s parliament enacted changes to the imperial succession law on Friday (Jul 17) but maintained the bar on a woman becoming emperor despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea.The future of the imperial household – mythically descended from the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu – hinges
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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s approval rating below 50% for first time
Top reasons cited for disapproval included “cannot hope for much” and “poor policies”.
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‘Like my lover’: Chinese users bid farewell to AI companions
AI-powered companions must not “excessively cater to users, induce emotional dependence or addiction, and damage users’ real interpersonal relationships”, states China’s new rulebook.
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Senior Chinese and North Korean officials hold talks in Pyongyang
SEOUL: China’s fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, held talks in Pyongyang with a top official of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday (Jul 16).The meeting is the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between Beijing and Pyongy
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China investigates retired top media censor
BEIJING: China’s anti-graft watchdog announced investigations on Wednesday (Jul 15) into Cai Fuchao, who was in charge of ensuring media coverage aligned with Communist Party doctrine in the 2010s, over “suspected severe violations of discipline and laws”.As chief of China’s press and broadcaster administrato
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KFC Japan, major sushi chain fear shortages after cyberattack
Japan’s top frozen food supplier Nichirei said that it “came under a cyberattack”, disrupting subsidiaries’ operations including making deliveries to clients.
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