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Like a scene from 'Parasite': Floods lay bare social disparity in South Korea 10 Aug 2022 - 02:33 pm
An employee of a herbal medicine shop cleans up debris at a traditional market damaged by flood after torrential rain, in Seoul, South Korea, August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Two Chinese among nine dead in worst Seoul storm in a century 10 Aug 2022 - 12:25 pm
A general view of the Han River Park submerged by torrential rain at Han river in Seoul, South Korea August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Typhoon Mulan slams Guangdong with heavy rains on way to Hainan 10 Aug 2022 - 12:18 pm
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UN: Rohingya return to Myanmar difficult without accountability for atrocities' perpetrators 10 Aug 2022 - 11:14 am
A Rohingya refugee woman carries her child after a massive fire broke out two days ago in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
China extends military drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit 10 Aug 2022 - 10:15 am
Army (PLA) during military exercises in the waters and airspace around Taiwan, at an undisclosed location August 9, 2022 in this handout image released on August 10, 2022. Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via REUTERS
Chinese envoy warns Australia about sovereignty by likening Taiwan to Island State of Tasmania 10 Aug 2022 - 10:03 am
An onlooker takes images as soldiers take part in an annual live fire military exercise with 155mm howitzers while a man uses his cellphone to take images by the shore in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Sri Lanka presents plan in parliament to cut president’s powers 10 Aug 2022 - 09:59 am
A worker cleans a hotel's window, as a national flag waves at a seafront tent camp in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 10, 2022. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Recovery underway in South Korea's rain-hit capital area 10 Aug 2022 - 09:33 am
 A woman using an umbrella takes photographs of a road that was flooded after torrential rain, at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
South Korea, China foreign ministers discuss North Korea, K-pop ban 09 Aug 2022 - 06:31 pm
File Photo: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at the ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)
Marape returns as Papua New Guinea prime minister after poll 09 Aug 2022 - 02:01 pm
File photo: Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape speaks at the UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2021. Peter Foley/Pool via Reuters
Flight bookings to Hong Kong surge 249% after quarantine cut 09 Aug 2022 - 12:42 pm
A Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off at the airport, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hong Kong, China, March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
Escaping Shanghai's COVID lockdown only to get trapped in Hainan 09 Aug 2022 - 11:07 am
People line up at a nucleic acid testing site amid lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sanya, Hainan province, China August 6, 2022. China Daily via REUTERS
Pandemic fuels sports biking boom in cycling nation China 09 Aug 2022 - 10:13 am
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Chinese cities in Tibet begin mass Covid testing, Hainan cluster grows 09 Aug 2022 - 10:10 am
A sanitation worker drives past an intersection amid lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sanya, Hainan province, China August 6, 2022. cnsphoto via Reuters
Worst Seoul storm in 80 years kills eight, floods capital 09 Aug 2022 - 08:05 am
Abandoned vehicles fill the road in flooded area during heavy rain in Seoul, South Korea, August 8, 2022. Yonhap via Reuters
US returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites 08 Aug 2022 - 10:16 pm
Ricky Patel, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security, delivers remarks during an announcement of the repatriation and return to Cambodia of 30 Cambodian antiquities sold to US collectors and institutions by Douglas Latchford and seized by the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, New York City, August 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
Thailand to lower Covid-19 to same disease category as influenza 08 Aug 2022 - 03:00 pm
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Hong Kong quarantine reduction met with calls to go even further 08 Aug 2022 - 02:51 pm
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