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Vietnam's coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China

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August 05, 2024

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint exercises as the two countries attempt to put aside their own territorial disputes in the face of rising tensions with China over control of key features in the South China Sea.

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A South Korean truth commission says it found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions at government-funded facilities where thousands of so-called “vagrants” were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s

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Thailand to distribute first $4.2 billion of handout scheme starting this month

Thailand will distribute 145 billion baht ($4.2 billion) of its "digital wallet" handout programme earlier than scheduled to support vulnerable groups, a deputy finance minister

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Asian Development Bank says president Asakawa to leave in early 2025

The Asian Development Bank said on Monday its president, Masatsugu Asakawa, had announced his intention to step down from his position, effective Feb. 23, 2025.

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Russian military to join Chinese exercise in September, says Chinese state media

Russia's military will send naval and air forces to join an exercise held by China in the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk in September, the official Xinhua news agency reported on

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Singapore increases checkpoint security ahead of pope visit

Singapore will enhance security at its land, air and sea checkpoints this week due to an unspecified "heightened security situation in the region", its immigration authority said

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