Korean county, home to Vietnamese prince's descendants, builds $260M plan around their 800-year story

VNExpress - Oct 22, 2026

About 800 people gathered in Bonghwa, a rural county in eastern South Korea, on Oct. 17 to mark 800 years since Vietnamese Prince Ly Long Tuong arrived in Korea, where his descendants still live.

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Australia commits US$44 million to boost East Timor’s cyber, maritime security
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Australia commits US$44 million to boost East Timor’s cyber, maritime security

Australia and East Timor signed a defence deal on Thursday to boost cyber and maritime security as Canberra seeks to curb China’s influence among its island neighbours. Australia is East Timor’s largest defence and security partner and the agreement will significantly increase defence exercises, Defence Minister Richard Marles told reporters. “This is a time to double down on friendship, to double down on family,” he said in East Timor’s capital Dili. Australia will provide A$62 million (US$44...

Haze forces Malaysian fitness groups to swap outdoor runs for shopping mall laps
Oct 22, 2026

Haze forces Malaysian fitness groups to swap outdoor runs for shopping mall laps

Runners in Malaysia are swapping their usual routes through parks and city streets for laps around shopping malls, commandeering air-conditioned corridors to keep up their training as a stubborn blanket of haze makes exercising outdoors increasingly hazardous. The switch comes as smoke from forest and peatland fires continues to foul the air across parts of Southeast Asia, with Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding districts among the hardest-hit areas. By 9am on Thursday, 15 of...

Women shoulder six hours of unpaid care work daily, says deputy minister
Oct 22, 2026

Women shoulder six hours of unpaid care work daily, says deputy minister

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Malaysia’s TuJu app struggles after Anwar suggests switching from Waze
Oct 22, 2026

Malaysia’s TuJu app struggles after Anwar suggests switching from Waze

Malaysia’s highway authority is working to resolve technical disruptions affecting its TuJu navigation application following a sharp increase in users. In a statement on Thursday, the Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) said the matter was being resolved together with the application provider Prosignal Consortium. LLM said the surge in users came after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim suggested that the public consider using a locally developed navigation application instead of Waze. “We apologise for...

Saigon River's palm-leaf-shaped pedestrian bridge completes final span ahead of 2027 opening
Oct 22, 2026

Saigon River's palm-leaf-shaped pedestrian bridge completes final span ahead of 2027 opening

Boat traffic resumed beneath the Saigon River pedestrian bridge’s nipa-palm-leaf-shaped canopy Thursday, a day after its final span was connected, as crews raced to finish access ramps ahead of its planned opening for the 2027 Lunar New Year.

3 Asian cities lead world's top 10 for public transport
Oct 22, 2026

3 Asian cities lead world's top 10 for public transport

People living in Taipei, Singapore, and Hong Kong are highly satisfied with their daily commute by bus, train, tram, and cable car, a survey by a leading U.K. travel magazine shows.

TuJu: Guan Eng asks who gave PM wrong directions; highway board says sorry
Oct 22, 2026

TuJu: Guan Eng asks who gave PM wrong directions; highway board says sorry

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Civil servants can use other apps besides TuJu, just not Waze - Gobind
Oct 22, 2026

Civil servants can use other apps besides TuJu, just not Waze - Gobind

PARLIAMENT | Restriction stems from concerns about data security and legal jurisdiction, minister says.

Malaysian teen arrested after live-streaming axe attack on teacher in class
Oct 22, 2026

Malaysian teen arrested after live-streaming axe attack on teacher in class

Malaysian police have arrested a 16-year-old student after he live-streamed an attack on a teacher with an axe at a private school in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak state. CCTV footage shows the teenager entering a classroom at around 7.50am on Wednesday, hitting the female teacher with an axe before leaving. He re-enters through a second door and swings the axe at students as they flee the room. As the teacher tries to intervene, he attempts to hack at her again but is subdued by two male...

Prominent Chinese biologist accuses top cancer journal's editor-in-chief of soliciting bribes
Oct 22, 2026

Prominent Chinese biologist accuses top cancer journal's editor-in-chief of soliciting bribes

Cell Press has commissioned an independent third party to investigate after prominent Chinese biologist Rao Yi accused the editor-in-chief of its journal Cancer Cell of soliciting bribes from Chinese authors.

Thailand's busiest airport denies opening blogger's bag as new rule allows searches without owners
Oct 22, 2026

Thailand's busiest airport denies opening blogger's bag as new rule allows searches without owners

Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport said on Oct. 21 it found no evidence its own staff opened a travel blogger's checked suitcase, five days after new rules began letting airports search bags without their owners present.

Live snake found in Japan plane after flight canceled
Oct 22, 2026

Live snake found in Japan plane after flight canceled

A live snake about 40 centimeters long has turned up under the cabin carpet of a Japan Airlines group plane in Fukuoka, a day after a pilot spotted an animal in the cockpit and its flight was canceled.

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