Asia

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How World Cup star Haaland helped put Norway on the map with China’s tourists
Why Japan should be able to weather a US market crash
Chinese chip start-up Biren bets on light-based ‘supernodes’ to match Nvidia
Chinese man swims 3 hours clutching tyre to check on parents in flooded village
Laos says it cannot determine cause of 2024 tourist deaths linked to tainted alcohol
‘Four years isn’t enough’: South Korean students shaken by new US stay policy
India’s Skyroot launches Vikram-1 in first private orbital rocket mission
Cash for quiet? Apartment residents in South Korea turn to paid noise settlements
China’s Xi Jinping urges Thailand and Cambodia to settle long-running border dispute
Can Philippines turn reforms into gains in Southeast Asia’s FDI race?
Statues of Myanmar’s founding father Aung San disappearing
Japan Imperial Household law to permit adoption from cadet branch
Where can Hong Kong’s DSE students turn if they don’t get into a public university?
Will Taiwan’s food safety scandal wreck the ruling DPP’s local election hopes?
Negeri Sembilan state election: Four high-stakes seats to watch amid a royal tussle
Trump’s Chinese interference claims ‘reveal huge crisis facing American democracy’
Flash flood kills 4, leaves 4 others missing in northern Vietnam
Network School in Forest City told to shut down, Johor chief minister says
How South Korean hypermarket chain’s fall reflects ‘time-poor’ consumer demands
China’s Moonshot unveils AI model, fuelling tech rout