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AJA Newsbites – September 9, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaLee Jong-sang, a leading Korean painter who modernized traditional Korean art, died on September 8 at 88. He was widely known for…
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AJA Newsbites – September 8, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korean justice minister nominee Kim Seung-won faced scrutiny after acknowledging that he contacted the food and drug safety chief in 2021,…
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AJA Newsbites – September 7, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korea’s personnel vetting system is again under scrutiny following controversy over two Cabinet nominees in President Lee Jae Myung’s reshuffle. Justice…
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AJA Newsbites – September 6, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun departed for Nepal on Sept. 5 for a three-day visit aimed at coordinating search and relief…
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AJA Newsbites – September 5, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korea’s national psychiatric hospitals are struggling to admit emergency patients because of a severe psychiatrist shortage. Gongju National Hospital has only…
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AJA Newsbites – September 4, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korea is considering deploying non-combat military assets to the Strait of Hormuz, including the Navy’s Soyang-class combat support ship and P-8A…
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AJA Newsbites – September 3, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaPolice in Daegu arrested a man in his 30s on September 2 after a 20-kilometer chase that began with a report of…
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AJA Newsbites – September 2, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaThe U.S. Army is preparing to deploy part of its Multi-Domain Task Force to South Korea, marking a significant upgrade in the…
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AJA Newsbites – September 1, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaPresidential policy chief Kim Yong-beom resigned on Sept. 1, a day after tendering his resignation to President Lee Jae Myung, who accepted…
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Kyrgyzstan and China: The Beginning of a New “Golden Period”
By Kuban Abdymen,Centralasianlight, Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan was more than just further confirmation of the close relations between the two neighboring countries. Talks with President Sadyr Japarov and the package of agreements signed attest to the transition of the Kyrgyz-Chinese partnership to a new…
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