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News Articles: Asia

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Feb. 1.

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  • World

How a Chinese 'spy balloon' prompted the U.S. to scour the skies

The U.S. and China have traded fiery allegations of extensive aerial surveillance programs since the U.S. shot down a Chinese balloon on Feb. 4. Here's a look at what's happened so far.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Lexie Schapitl
The new Airbus A320neo takes off for its first test flight at Toulouse-Blagnac airport in southwestern France on Sept. 25, 2014. The owner of Air India announced a deal Tuesday to buy 250 Airbus jets, including A350 wide-body planes and A320neo single-aisle planes in a deal worth billions of dollars.

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  • Business

As its ambitions soar, Air India orders 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft

India's second-largest domestic carrier placed orders for 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion and 250 Airbus planes in a separate deal that could be worth tens of billions of dollars.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Authorities arrive at the Voice of Democracy office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Monday, Feb. 13.

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  • World

Cambodia's Hun Sen shutters independent radio station Voice of Democracy

The closure of radio station Voice of Democracy, one the country's last-remaining independent news outlets, comes months ahead of Cambodia's national elections amid a broader press crackdown.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 11, 2023.

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  • World

China accuses U.S. of flying spy balloons into Chinese airspace more than 10 times

The accusations made by China on Monday have further ratcheted up tensions between the two countries amid mutual allegations of surveillance.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea, Feb. 6, 2023.

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  • Asia

The Philippines accuses a Chinese ship of aiming a laser at a Filipino boat crew

The Philippines has accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South China Sea.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, recovering a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Sunday.

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  • World

What we know so far about the suspected Chinese spy balloon and FBI probe

FBI and State Department officials gave reporters an update on some of what the U.S. has learned so far about the balloon.

February 09, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch,
  • Ryan Lucas,
  • and 1 more
This shows a Chinese Dahua brand security camera in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

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  • World

Following the U.S., Australia says it will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras

Australia will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

February 09, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A woman pays her respects as she displays a note near the entrance to a female lavatory at Sindang station in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2022. Seoul Metro employee Jeon Joo-hwan was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing his colleague to death in the metro station's women's public toilet the day before a court was set to sentence him on charges of stalking her.

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  • World

A South Korean man is sentenced to 40 years in a stalking and murder case

The man was convicted of killing a female colleague in a Seoul subway station last year, a day before he was to be sentenced on stalking charges. This has led to calls for better protection for women.

February 08, 2023
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
People walk among the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed.

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  • World

Malaysian Airlines shootdown probe finds 'strong indications' Putin approved missiles

Investigators said they found that the Russian president likely approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile.

February 08, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a feast to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army.

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  • Asia

Kim Jong Un celebrated North Korea's army. Will he also display new weapons?

His young daughter Kim Ju Ae also attended. Some observers interpret this as Kim's message that nuclear weapons will protect future generations of North Koreans.

February 08, 2023
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
China's Defence Minister Wei Fenghe speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 12, 2022

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  • Asia

The Pentagon says China declined a phone call in response to the balloon's downing

In a sign of continued tense relations, the U.S. says China declined the request for a phone call between top defense officials

February 07, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023.

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  • Global Health

How to make sure your donation will do the most good for earthquake survivors

In the wake of the disaster, people around the world want to help. Here's advice from experts on how to select a charity.

February 07, 2023
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By:
  • Diane Cole
GPB News NPR

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  • Science

Here's what we know about what caused the Turkey earthquake

Seismologists say Monday's earthquake took place in a complex junction of faults that was long overdue for a big one. The destructive shaking was spread across many kilometers.

February 07, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Incense sticks are placed at a monument to honor massacre victims in Vietnam.

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  • Asia

In a first, South Korea must compensate a Vietnam War massacre survivor

Nguyen Thi Thanh was 7 years old in 1968 when she says South Korean marines killed five of her family members and shot her in the stomach.

February 07, 2023
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, S.C., on Saturday.

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  • National Security

This wasn't the first Chinese balloon over the U.S. Why were the others ignored?

Chinese surveillance balloons have flown over the U.S. at least four times in recent years. But the U.S. didn't learn about these cases until the intelligence community discovered them afterwards.

February 06, 2023
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  • Greg Myre
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