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Is elective surgery the answer to height dysphoria in Asia?

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Bonus: Hong Kong protest leader’s 10-year jail sentence

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Can smart glasses exam cheating be stopped?

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Why Kylian Mbappé’s comment sparked anger in China

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Why Japan ranks so low for gender equality?

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Will AI wipe out interpreters?

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The Asean diplomacy behind the Indonesian haze

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Does China copy or create?

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Should we pay political leaders more?

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Inside Japan’s fury with the US

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Why Malaysia is repatriating thousands of Burmese migrants

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Why Vietnam’s coffee beans might outlast others

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Could dual citizenship stop Indonesia’s brain drain?

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Bonus: Catching My Teacher

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Why China’s Gen Z is turning to spirituality

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We need to talk about AI

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An awkward accident shines a spotlight on Hyrox

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Inside Australia's plan to beat the algorithm

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Why are Australia’s native animals going extinct?

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Can Indonesia stop SE Asia’s annual smoke haze?

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Is Hong Kong cinema’s golden age over?

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The AI data centre boom in South East Asia

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What if leaving your bedroom felt impossible?

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Bonus: What caused Nepal’s deadly flash floods?

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Why are lab monkeys so expensive?

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The fight to define ‘Asian pop’ at the Grammys

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Why North East Asia is wary of immigration

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The politics around China’s own ‘manosphere’

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Why Thailand welcoming Myanmar’s leader caused anger

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Are the glory days of cheap flights in Asia over?

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Bonus: Why does Trump care about the Japanese yen?

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Can China deal with a huge graduate glut?

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What is behind Vietnam’s counterfeit crackdown?

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Why people in China aren’t spending

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Why more countries are favouring China over the US

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China's humanoid robot boom

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Inside a major baby trafficking trial in Indonesia

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Why armed men killed a US pilot in Indonesia

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Why can’t Japan have a female emperor?

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Thailand’s sex worker legal limbo

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Are microdramas the future of entertainment?

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Why cancer patients are travelling to China

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What makes a Pokemon card worth millions?

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Is North Korea getting richer?

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Will Japan turn away from pacifism?

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Asia’s affordable housing problem

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Could changing the way we date solve Asia's low fertility rates?

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Could an Asian team win the World Cup?

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Bonus: Xi Jinping's North Korea visit

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Thailand’s tourism challenge

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South Korea’s stock boom

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Asia’s 'irrelevant' uni degree question

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The US-China robotaxi race

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The Philippines beauty pageant controversy

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Why North Korea became a women's football powerhouse

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Bali’s rubbish crisis

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The US-China problem

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Is India’s internet becoming more like China’s?

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Can China reverse a billion-dollar tech deal?

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New Zealand and India’s trade deal row

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Can Vietnam still reach its growth target?

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Japan’s megaquake threat

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Indonesia’s US airspace deal risks China ties

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Who’s winning the EV race?

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Thailand’s complicated relationship with tourism

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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, one year on

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Bonus: What an Iran US ceasefire means for Asia

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Who is leading the race to the Moon?

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Bonus - Inheritance: Samsung

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Is Australia seeing an immigration backlash?

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The billion dollar return of K-pop kings BTS

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South East Asia’s oil shortage fears

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What message does the Iran war send to Asia’s nuclear powers?

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The US-China crypto split

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Can China’s economy survive global shocks?

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Is AI threatening Japan’s manga industry?

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China warns against ‘law of the jungle’ after US-Israeli strikes on Iran

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The boom in queer romance shows

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Marcos v Duterte: The family feud shaking the Philippines

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Inside Singapore’s war on vapes

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Bonus: South Korea’s former leader convicted for insurrection

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Why don’t Chinese workers get more leave?

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The pressure to be thin in Asia

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What do Thailand’s election results mean?

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Bonus: Japan PM’s landslide election win

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Malaysia's football scandal

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Bonus: What in the World

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The daughter who could rule North Korea

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China's extraordinary purge of military leaders

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Why the Philippines’ most valuable export is its people

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Japan's snap election: Inside Takaichi’s political gamble

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Why South Korea keeps jailing its ex-presidents

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Can electric bikes save Vietnam's most polluted cities?

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Which Asian country has the world's best passport and why?

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How do journalists cover a disputed election in Myanmar?

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Inside South Korea's K-beauty obsession

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Why many in Taiwan dismiss China’s threat to blockade and invade their island

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The paradise island nation caught between the US, Taiwan and China

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Food, flags and feuds: Why Asians fight over cuisine

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Can Prabowo Subianto finally unleash Indonesia’s potential?