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Vessels take part in a Thai royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River for the offering ceremony of the royal kathin robes to Buddhist monks at Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) on the occasion of Queen Suthida's 48th birthday, which fell in June, in Bangkok on Nov. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Thailand to raise arsenic-tainted rivers in talks with Myanmar
Arsenic levels surged to as much as 30 times the Thai standard, threatening drinking water and farmland in the country’s north.
Shilpi Khatun, 27, a garment worker, cooks food in a shared kitchen area outside her one-room house in Gazipur, Bangladesh, on Nov. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2026
Behind Bangladesh’s garment boom, workers cut food and healthcare as wages fall short
By Ruma Paul
Recent unrest, some of it violent, forced hundreds of factories to shut down as workers staged protests and clashed with police.
Activists hold pictures depicting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during a protest against their policies in Jakarta on Oct. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Fate of Indonesia’s vice president hangs in the balance as lawmakers mull probe
The consideration comes amid a widening political rift between the vice president’s influential father and President Prabowo Subianto.
A Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel moves in Keelung, as China conducts "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, in Keelung, Taiwan, in December 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 10, 2026
Taiwan says China is conducting ‘area denial’ drills in Western Pacific
By Ben Blanchard
Taiwan last week reported a rise in the number of Chinese air force aircraft around the island, though Beijing has not formally declared any drills.
People exercise in a garden amid smog as air pollution levels spike in New Delhi on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 9, 2026
‘Burning’: life under the world’s dirtiest skies
By Aishwarya KUMAR
Loni, one of five areas in the Delhi metropolitan region, features among the world’s most polluted in an annual list by Swiss monitoring firm IQAir.
New Zealand Prime Minister and National Party leader Christopher Luxon speaks to members of the media at the party's headquarters in Auckland on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
New Zealand’s Luxon on course for second term, but weaker hand in coalition
Luxon’s National Party could lose control of key government ministries to right-wing coalition partners.
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina still enjoys support among sections of the population.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Hasina seeks new passport in clearest sign of Bangladesh return
By Krishna N. Das
The request marks the clearest step by ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to act on her plan to return to Bangladesh in December.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a binder as he stands next to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before Xi delivers a speech during a state dinner at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit moves closer to reality
By Jesse Johnson
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were likely to be held at next week’s APEC summit.
The Nongsa Digital Park (NDP) area, a hub for artificial intelligence (AI)-based data center and digital infrastructure development, in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia, on Nov. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Can’t cook or shower: Indonesians take aim at data centers
Frustration is bubbling over in Indonesia and Malaysia — especially in regions bordering Singapore that are seen as a prime location for new tech facilities.
National Party leader Christopher Luxon (R) greets supporters as he arrives at the National Party 2026 election night event at the Viaduct Events Center in Auckland on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
New Zealand preliminary vote leaves it unclear who will govern
Neither current Prime Minister Christopher Luxon nor opposition leader Chris Hipkins claimed victory in their speeches following the election.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, delivers the keynote address at the Nvidia GTC in Berlin on Oct. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2026
China’s top spy agency recruited woman who targeted Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
By Julian E. Barnes, Tripp Mickle, Paul Mozur and Maggie Haberman
Alice Huang, a Chinese executive who developed a relationship with Nvidia’s leader, is believed to be an asset of the Ministry of State Security.
Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin attends the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2026
Xi taps military ‘hatchet man’ to rebuild China’s army command
Zhang Shengmin’s promotion as the Politburo’s sole military member comes as Xi prepares to mark the Chinese military’s centenary in August 2027.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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