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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]

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[1] TH www.khaosodenglish.com · 2026-02-06 · 50% match

Udon Thani child sexual assault case prompts social welfare intervention

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

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-29 · 56% match

New study reveals smoking crisis in ASEAN: 526,000 deaths in 2021 alone

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.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-04-03 · 72% match

On Trial and Split Apart, Vietnamese Farming Clan Defiant

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.

[4] MM terradaily.com · 75% match

'Toxic beauty': Rise of 'looksmaxxing' influencers

'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

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-12-03 · 40% match

Toddler and Family Killed as Myanmar Junta Ramps Up Election Bombing Campaign

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.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-16 · 39% match

Japan's last 2 pandas headed to China in January

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.

[7] FI nordics.info · 2023-08-14 · 63% match

Contemporary Perspectives on the Vikings

Contemporary Perspectives on the Vikings Vikings in popular culture shed light on contemporary society.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-01-30 · 40% match

Asia Stream: The Afghanistan Solutions Set

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.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-12-05 · 40% match

Pro-Junta Monks and Militia Coercing Supplies and Money from Upper Myanmar Villagers

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.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-03-21 · 40% match

Rohingya Newborns Offer Frail Hope in Face of Burma Violence

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

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