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Content warning: child sexual abuse UDON THANI — 5 February 2026, Authorities are assisting a 13-year-old girl in Ban Dung district, Udon Thani province, after she reported being sexually assaulted [1]
Mizzima Despite decades of anti-tobacco campaigns, smoking remains a staggering public health threat across Southeast Asia, according to a landmark study published in The Lancet Public Health. [2]
VINH QUANG, Vietnam—The broken bricks and roof tiles of Doan Van Vuon’s house, bulldozed by Vietnamese authorities trying to evict him, lie next to his relatives’ new home, a shack of bamboo and corrugated iron that testifies to their perseverance. [3]
'Toxic beauty': Rise of 'looksmaxxing' influencersBy Anuj Chopra with Rachel Blundy in London Washington (AFP) April 23, 2025 Related LinksHankering for a chiseled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer -- highlight... [4]
A junta airstrike killed all five members of a family in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet Township on Tuesday, as the regime intensifies its bombing campaign ahead of this month’s election. [5]
TOKYO -- The twin giant pandas at the Ueno Zoological Gardens here will soon be transferred to China, leaving Japan with none of the beloved animals for the first time in more than half a century. [6]
Contemporary Perspectives on the Vikings Vikings in popular culture shed light on contemporary society. [7]
NEW YORK -- Welcome to Nikkei Asia's podcast: Asia Stream. Every week, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of interviews and reports by our correspondents from across the globe. (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]
Content warning: child sexual abuse UDON THANI — 5 February 2026, Authorities are assisting a 13-year-old girl in Ban Dung district, Udon Thani province, after she reported being sexually assaulted
Mizzima Despite decades of anti-tobacco campaigns, smoking remains a staggering public health threat across Southeast Asia, according to a landmark study published in The Lancet Public Health.
VINH QUANG, Vietnam—The broken bricks and roof tiles of Doan Van Vuon’s house, bulldozed by Vietnamese authorities trying to evict him, lie next to his relatives’ new home, a shack of bamboo and corrugated iron that testifies to their perseverance.
'Toxic beauty': Rise of 'looksmaxxing' influencersBy Anuj Chopra with Rachel Blundy in London Washington (AFP) April 23, 2025 Related LinksHankering for a chiseled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer -- highlight
A junta airstrike killed all five members of a family in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet Township on Tuesday, as the regime intensifies its bombing campaign ahead of this month’s election.
TOKYO -- The twin giant pandas at the Ueno Zoological Gardens here will soon be transferred to China, leaving Japan with none of the beloved animals for the first time in more than half a century.
Contemporary Perspectives on the Vikings Vikings in popular culture shed light on contemporary society.
NEW YORK -- Welcome to Nikkei Asia's podcast: Asia Stream. Every week, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of interviews and reports by our correspondents from across the globe.
Nationalist monks and pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militia have been forcing a village in Sagaing Region to supply them with food and money, according to local sources.
BALUKHALI, Bangladesh – Scared, hungry and badly beaten, Rohingya women fleeing an army crackdown in Burma recount harrowing tales of destruction and death: a father burned alive, an uncle slaughtered with a machete, a brother arrested and not heard