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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Shared memories and layered histories tie the region together Leader visits neighboring nation, two sides sign seven memorandums of understanding Chinese EVs make move into South Asian nation's reopened import market Nation must come up with bold pol... [1]

Japan leadership raceTrump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief Former economic security minister would be country's first female prime minister U.S. [2]

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- At dawn, the sun slowly appears like a golden globe through the mist-shrouded landscape in Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northernmost peninsula, just across the Palk Strait from India. [3]

"This Jaffna curry powder is freshly prepared," said the manager of my hotel in the northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna, handing over a small rattan box as I prepared to leave for Colombo. [4]

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- Along Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna coast, fishermen in T-shirts and sarongs grumbled about their poor catch the previous night. [5]

Global Church News - Indian bishops ask to include women in feet washing ceremony Mar 18, 2016 Women can be included in the feet washing liturgical ceremony of Maundy Thursday in Catholic parishes across India, says a note circulated by the conferenc... [6]

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week. [7]

TOKYO -- The arrival of Donald Trump as president of the U.S. presents a major challenge to the U.S.-Japan alliance. PoliticsTime for Japan to reconsider the price of security U.S. [8]

Note: This briefing is based on limited source coverage. The evidence may be incomplete or outdated.

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-04-11 · 30% match

Sri Lanka

Shared memories and layered histories tie the region together Leader visits neighboring nation, two sides sign seven memorandums of understanding Chinese EVs make move into South Asian nation's reopened import market Nation must come up with bold pol

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-07 · 30% match

Trump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief

Japan leadership raceTrump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief Former economic security minister would be country's first female prime minister U.S.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-10-12 · 43% match

Exploring Sri Lanka's beautiful but neglected north

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- At dawn, the sun slowly appears like a golden globe through the mist-shrouded landscape in Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northernmost peninsula, just across the Palk Strait from India.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-15 · 40% match

Global curry trail crosses continents

"This Jaffna curry powder is freshly prepared," said the manager of my hotel in the northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna, handing over a small rattan box as I prepared to leave for Colombo.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-02-15 · 40% match

Fisheries dispute haunts Sri Lanka-India relationship

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- Along Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna coast, fishermen in T-shirts and sarongs grumbled about their poor catch the previous night.

[6] MM heraldmalaysia.com · 40% match

Global Church News

Global Church News - Indian bishops ask to include women in feet washing ceremony Mar 18, 2016 Women can be included in the feet washing liturgical ceremony of Maundy Thursday in Catholic parishes across India, says a note circulated by the conferenc

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-11-29 · 34% match

Sri Lanka turns to untried leftists to lead break from poverty, strife

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-11-15 · 34% match

Time for Japan to reconsider the price of security

TOKYO -- The arrival of Donald Trump as president of the U.S. presents a major challenge to the U.S.-Japan alliance. PoliticsTime for Japan to reconsider the price of security U.S.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-01-31 · 34% match

The next addition to the periodic table will be japonium (or maybe nipponium)

TOKYO -- For nearly 150 years, scientists have been vying to discover new elements as they endeavor to unravel the mysteries of the universe.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-12-25 · 33% match

Sri Lankan crab curry spreads hope and flavor

When I asked my Sri Lankan friend Mathan where we could go to eat the popular local dish Jaffna crab curry, he suggested Wellawatte, a neighborhood to the south of Colombo.

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