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No Na, the Indonesian group whose four members debuted under 88rising in May 2025, is scheduled to become the first Indonesian girl group to perform at Coachella. Christy, Esther, Baila…
G7 foreign ministers warned in a declaration published late on November 11, 2026, that China's increasingly assertive activities east of Taiwan threaten regional stability and international shipping. Their warning focuses…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Manila and Shenzhen from November 16 to 19, 2026, seeking cooperation on critical minerals, online scams and energy supplies while asking regional…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Chinese border city of Dandong on October 24, 2026, nine days after a new road bridge opened between the two countries. His…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and US President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet in Manila on November 17, alongside an ASEAN gathering that will address maritime security, digital trade…
A mountain peak, a ridgeline and pine trees behind a pier point to Dapchon Port in Muncheon, Kangwon Province, as the location of a naval base that North Korean leader…
Japan's wholesale prices rose 7.1% in October 2026 from a year earlier, exceeding the 6.5% median market forecast as higher oil costs, a weaker yen and demand for chips spread price increases across businesses. Bank of Japan preliminary data released on November 12 showed prices…
President Prabowo Subianto says Indonesia could save about Rp480 trillion a year, nearly US$30 billion by his estimate, by changing how government agencies buy goods and services. Speaking at NasDem…
Bangladesh has finalised in principle its plan to replace the National Board of Revenue (NBR) with two divisions, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Wednesday, November…
Thailand's government met Apple on November 11, 2026, after a round of mercenary spyware warnings reached users in 99 countries, including two prominent Thai opposition leaders. The Ministry of Digital…
China introduced its one-child policy in 1979 and 1980, yet its total fertility rate changed little during the following decade. The sharp decline came later: fertility fell by more than…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has chosen Acer founder and Honorary Chairman Stan Shih to represent him at the November 18 to 19, 2026, APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, China,…
US federal employees will be able to spend up to one year studying Mandarin and regional affairs in Taiwan, followed by up to one year working in its legislature, ministries,…
Japan's Supreme Court ruled on November 11, 2026, that the July 20, 2025, Upper House election took place in a state of unconstitutionality, finding that a maximum 3.13 gap in…
Japan aims to complete its first national intelligence strategy by spring 2027 and establish an independent foreign intelligence agency by the end of fiscal 2027, in March 2028. The plans…
A hotel maintenance worker averaged 40 hours and two minutes of work a week before suffering a fatal brain hemorrhage. South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that the number alone…
Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications is drafting penalties for businesses that sell or supply unapproved electric assisted bicycles and micro electric two-wheelers, as crashes involving electric assisted bicycles climb…
Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Renata has promised to pay the family of Md Asaduzzaman, a medical representative killed at age 31, his monthly salary and benefits for another 29 years. The…
An office worker identified by the pseudonym Liu reportedly won 5.08 million yuan in China's Happy 8 lottery after using artificial intelligence to help write a number selection program. The…
Malaysia sent 1,476 Myanmar nationals, including 27 children, from Lumut naval base in Perak on September 29, 2026, beginning a programme to return 5,000 people from immigration detention to a…
Singapore's November 2026 Build-To-Order housing exercise received 35,603 applications for 7,964 flats by 5pm on November 11, with Toa Payoh Hillside and Tengah's Plantation Dew drawing the strongest demand for…
On November 1, 2016, an opinion column in Myanmar's state newspaper compared Rohingya people to a thorn that should be removed if it pierced. Another column that month described them…
A contract setting annual basic pay increases of about 3%, a winning bid worth 98.2% of the main company's estimated price and a subcontractor's profit margin of just 2% helped…
Samsung has raised its planned investment in South Korea's Chungcheong region to 144 trillion won, adding 4 trillion won to the package announced on July 2 and bringing forward the…
Vietnam's digital technology industry generated an estimated $254.6 billion in the first 10 months of 2026, up 53% from a year earlier, while exports reached $212 billion, according to the…
Nvidia's board met late on November 11, 2026, to consider whether to remove chief executive Jensen Huang after an allegation that he had a relationship with Kimberly Powell, the company's…
TSMC is pressing ahead with plans to manufacture 3 nanometer chips at its second Kumamoto factory, extending a Japanese expansion that now combines advanced computing with a separate Sony partnership…
The ASEAN Foundation has launched a free online scam prevention hub as Southeast Asia confronts an estimated $23.6 billion in losses from online fraud in 2024. Unveiled in Manila on…
Indonesia will make English compulsory for pupils in grades 3 to 6 from the 2027/2028 academic year, with an initial rollout targeting about 58,000 primary schools considered ready. The preparation challenge is substantial: more than 90,000 of roughly 150,000 elementary schools lack teachers with an…
Bangladesh could avoid an estimated $2.87 billion in annual fuel costs by producing more domestic gas, expanding rooftop solar, reducing gas losses and replacing some diesel irrigation pumps with solar…
Camera traps at 156 locations in Cambodia's largest mangrove expanse recorded threatened fishing cats, otters, civets and macaques between 2017 and 2023. Yet four threatened species showed declines during those…
Indonesia's Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has proposed making those responsible for converting 554,615 hectares of rice fields into housing and industrial areas replace the land at three times its…
Fires burned an estimated 2.88 million hectares across Indonesia through the end of October 2026, according to satellite analysis by Nusantara Atlas, exceeding the monitor's total for all of 2019.…
Indonesia is asking international investors and governments to support lasting protection for its forests at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, while fires are damaging the national parks and wildlife habitats the…
Sri Lanka is considering a phased introduction of natural capital accounting in 2027, starting with upper watersheds and coastal and marine ecosystems, to help public investment decisions reflect the environmental…
Bhutan has mapped 620 glacial lakes in its latest national inventory, up from 567 in 2021, while identifying 17 as potentially dangerous. The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)…
China's clean technology exports in 2026 are on course to help avoid about 450 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year once the equipment is deployed, roughly equivalent to…
India has reduced its main visa categories from 13 to nine and its subcategories from 49 to 23, while cutting the information requested in application forms by 65 to 70…
Bengaluru's 7.5 km elevated Pink Line between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere will begin carrying passengers on November 14, 2026, Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said. The opening will…
Philippine Airlines has begun nonstop flights between Manila and Chicago O'Hare International Airport, opening a direct connection between the Philippines and the American Midwest. The service started on November 9,…
Thailand and China plan to establish a joint tourist safety working group after Chinese arrivals fell 13.57% in October 2026 to 308,942, interrupting a recovery in the country's largest overseas…
Bangladesh will be able to send 83,500 pilgrims to Hajj in 2027 after Saudi Arabia approved an additional 5,000 places under an agreement signed in Jeddah on Monday, November 9,…
Mustafizur Rahman and six other Bangladesh cricketers have registered for the IPL 2027 mini-auction, scheduled for December 16, 2026, in Goa, bringing Bangladesh players back into the recruitment process after…
Bangladesh scored four goals through four different players to beat Sri Lanka 4-0 at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday, November 11, finishing top of Group A in the…
Suhail Ahmad Bhat scored his third goal in two matches and Priyansh Dubey blocked a stoppage time shot with his face as India beat Maldives 1-0 at the National Stadium…
Dhananjaya de Silva and Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis built an unbeaten partnership of 249, a national record for the fifth wicket against Pakistan, to take the visitors to 404…
China League One will expand from 16 to 18 clubs in 2028, following a season in which the Chinese Super League attracted a record 7.096 million spectators. The changes announced…
Trinh Thu Vinh scored 43 points in the women's 25m pistol final at the World Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, on November 10, 2026, winning a historic silver medal and…
China won the first women's artistic gymnastics team title in Youth Olympic Games history on November 9, 2026, scoring 107.798 points to beat Japan by just 0.234 at Dakar Expo…
PGL will bring 16 Counter-Strike 2 teams to Ulaanbaatar from April 15 to 25, 2027, moving a tournament originally planned for China to Mongolia's capital. The competition carries $1 million…
Rosé's performance of APT. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Art+Film Gala on November 7, 2026, became the focus of an international debate over her live singing after…
LISA will release her documentary Always Lalisa exclusively on YouTube Premium on November 18, 2026, alongside Leave With Me, a new single written for the film. The announcement on November…
Music composer Anirudh Ravichander and Sunrisers Hyderabad chief executive Kaviya Maran married in Greece on November 11, 2026, following a traditional Tamil engagement ceremony the previous day. Actor Rajinikanth, his…
Nintendo's remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days after launching on November 5, 2026, including 810,000…
My Chemical Romance turned Singapore Indoor Stadium into a fictional authoritarian state on November 10, 2026, opening a sold out engagement across two nights with a performance of The Black…
At Zhao Lusi's Rooosy Time dessert shop in Chengdu, the first batch of breads and pastries was nearly gone within 40 minutes of opening during its trial period. One customer…
BINI presented Regine Velasquez-Alcasid with the Woman of the Year award at Billboard Philippines Women in Music on March 24, 2026, honoring her as she marks 40 years in the…
Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana opened in Indonesia on November 11, 2026, with around 9,000 tickets sold in opening day updates and more than 1,000 scheduled shows. The release brings the adaptation…