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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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AJA Newsbites – August 31, 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, KoreaNine South Koreans remain missing after flooding struck a Himalayan area near the Nepal-China border. A rescued Doosan Enerbility site manager said…
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AJA Newsbites – August 29, 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 presidential office on August 28 rejected Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae’s nomination of Judge Son Bong-gi to the Supreme Court and…
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Death Toll In Nepal Floods and Landslides Rises To 597; Over 2,000 Missing
By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty with Bishnu Gautam from Kathmandu, Nepal DHAKA: The death toll in Nepal’s flash floods and landslides caused by a glacier avalanche in the Himalayas rose to 597 on Friday (August 28) night. More than 2,000 people, including 517 foreigners, are still missing. Among them are 933…
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AJA Newsbites – August 28, 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, KoreaPresident Lee Jae-myung met mayors, county chiefs and district heads on August 27 to discuss regional decline and decentralisation. Danyang’s Kim Moon-geun…
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