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The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters.

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  • Asia

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

July 05, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
This photo provided on July 2, 2025, by the North Korean government shows a beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone on July 1, 2025.

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  • World

North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.

July 05, 2025
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12.

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  • Asia

North Korean crosses the heavily fortified border to South Korea

South Korean authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt.

July 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) rescuers search for victims after a ferry enroute for the resort island of Bali sank off Ketapang, East Java, Indonesia on Thursday.

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  • Asia

Rescuers search for survivors after ferry sinking near Bali, Indonesia

The ferry sank almost half an hour after leaving Ketapang port in the East Java town of Banyuwangi late Wednesday, bound for Bali's Gilimanuk port, a 30-mile trip.

July 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump attends a press conference in Hanoi on Nov. 12, 2017, during his first term in office.

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  • Politics

Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam

The announcement came after President Trump in April proposed a steep 46% tariff on Vietnamese imports; he later paused those tariffs while talks continued.

July 02, 2025
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  • Nga Pham and
  • Danielle Kurtzleben

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  • World

Greetings from Alishan, Taiwan, whose red cypress forests offer timeless beauty

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

July 02, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama presides over an event celebrating his 90th birthday in Dharamshala, India.

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  • Religion

The Dalai Lama announces plans for a successor, signaling China won't have a say

The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The Chinese government, however, claims authority over the his succession.

July 02, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Anthony Kuhn
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

Court suspends Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Paetongtarn has faced growing dissatisfaction over her handling of the latest border dispute with Cambodia, involving an armed confrontation on May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed.

July 01, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Chang Chih-yuan as a child, with his mother and Taiwanese father, when they were still living in China.

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  • World

Deadline nears for Taiwan's Chinese immigrants to prove no China household registration

Amid a wave of national security measures, immigrants from China must prove they've given up their household registration in China by June 30. Many are Chinese women married to men from Taiwan.

June 29, 2025
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  • Ashish Valentine
Trucks loaded with containers move through a port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025.

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  • Economy

Trump says he's terminating trade talks with Canada, 'effective immediately'

The announcement on Canada follows a flurry of updates around trade talks and a suggestion by President Trump that the upcoming July 8 deadline for countries to make deals with the U.S. is moveable.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
FILE - Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017.

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  • Asia

Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

June 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Fire and smoke rise after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15 in Tehran, Iran.

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  • Asia

Why is China so concerned about Israel-Iran tensions?

China is closely watching whether Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire. Beijing gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.

June 24, 2025
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  • Emily Feng

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  • World

Greetings from Shenyang, China, where workers sort AI data in 'Severance'-like ways

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Aowen Cao
This photo shows a general view of a North Korean giant loudspeaker (C), near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, in Paju on June 12, 2025.

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  • Asia

A battle of sounds stops at the inter-Korean border

The two Koreas have engaged in psychological warfare since the 1960s, with weapons like huge billboard screens, loudspeakers installed along the border, and airdropping propaganda leaflets.

June 18, 2025
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  • Se Eun Gong
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, third left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, at the headquarters of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark…

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  • World

North Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to Russia

North Korea will send thousands to support reconstruction work in Russia's Kursk region. North Korea has already supplied combat troops and conventional weapons to back Russia's war against Ukraine.

June 18, 2025
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