As prices rise, politicians have been giving onions away in garlands and as wedding gifts, while they’re also being used to market smartphones.
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After seven years in discussion, 15 Asia-Pacific nations reached a trade deal, but India pulled out last minute. Why? 
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L'université Thammasat de Bangkok, l'une des plus anciennes de Thaïlande à la réputation progressiste, ajoute une corde à sa renommée: le plus grand toit en ferme urbaine d'Asie.
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Rapid economic development and urbanisation has resulted in degradation and depletion of rivers in the region.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has trimmed its forecasts for economic growth in developing Asia this year and next year as growth in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India is weighed down by both external and domestic factors.
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La moitié de la production mondiale de fibre optique est engloutie par les opérateurs chinois. Ces deux dernières années, leur appétit s'est calmé et les producteurs locaux ont dû trouver des débouchés.
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The region is facing a host of shared challenges from maritime piracy and crime to heated territorial disputes.
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A vast majority of Japanese firms back the government’s recent decision to tighten reporting requirements for foreign investment in industries related to national security, a Reuters poll found, despite criticism from overseas investors.
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The government intends to provide members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with a total of about ¥330 billion, or $3 billion, in public and private investments and loans over three years from 2020, for such purposes as the development of quality infrastructure there, it was announced Monday.
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India-Japan bilateral ties reached another milestone when the maiden Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2) was held on 30 November in New Delhi during which the two sides discussed boosting defence and security ties besides other issues of mutual interest.
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The Bank of Japan's Institute for Financial Research yesterday released a report exploring legal issues around the issuance of digital currency.
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They must move from growth-obsessed developmental states, to growth-friendly welfare states.
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African swine fever has decimated imports of live pigs from mainland China, sending prices soaring. Sourcing frozen pork from farther afield may be the answer.
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Du caviar "made in China"? Si l'image du pays asiatique est ternie par les scandales alimentaires à répétition, ses oeufs d'esturgeon, respectés des connaisseurs, s'imposent progressivement sur les tables de chefs étoilés.
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In December 2016, China launched the pilot project of East Asia Poverty Reduction Cooperation (EAPRC). It's a key element of China-led cooperation initiative on poverty reduction in East Asia.
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This will be the second acquisition by BCA as earlier this year, the country’s biggest bank by market capitalization acquired all of BUKU I category bank, Bank Royal, for Rp 1.01 trillion.
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Battling drought, debt and ailments blamed on pesticides, rice farmers in northern Thailand have turned to eco-friendly growing methods despite powerful agribusiness interests in a country that is one of the top exporters of the grain in the world.
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China has spent billions of dollars to project soft power in Asia but it has struggled to win the hearts and minds of ordinary citizens in parts of the region, a study said Tuesday.
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Onion prices are high enough to make South Asian politicians cry
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Une fête des cerisiers en fleurs, organisée chaque printemps par le gouvernement japonais, s'est transformée ces dernières semaines en un vaste scandale politique pour le Premier ministre Shinzo Abe, lequel devrait toutefois résister à cette énième affaire, selon des experts.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the spending as the country’s economy has slowed because of reduced demand from China and tensions with South Korea.
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The deal has been criticised in Japan as the US did not guarantee that it would not impose tariffs on Japanese vehicles.
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Avec 1.282 morts et près de 36 milliards de dollars de pertes enregistrées, soit 0,64 % de son PIB, le Japon a été le pays plus vulnérable aux événements climatiques extrême en 2018.
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Lack of know-how regarding international markets and consumers, infrastructural constraints, and pesticide residues in produce are holding back Indian farmers from fully integrating into global supply chains
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