In China, rare voices seek to break taboo over 'comfort women' raped by Japanese army
Pacific Asia • Jan 17, 2025, 6:49 PM
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Millions celebrate Lunar New Year as Year of the Snake gets underway
Pacific Asia • 1:19 PM
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Hundreds of millions of people in Asia and around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year. In China, travel is expected to reach record highs. This New Year ushers in the Year of the Snake, as people bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon. Our Beiji
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With organic cotton, India bets on textile industry's green transition
Pacific Asia • 11:06 AM
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India is the world's leading organic cotton producer, controlling 51 percent of global production. The country has set its sights on becoming a major player in the textile industry's green transition – a market that's projected to grow 10 percent by 2026
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'Very harrowing experiences': Deadly stampede at India's Kumbh Mela festival
Pacific Asia • 6:55 AM
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FRANCE 24 New Delhi correspondent Priyata Brajabasi shares what we know so far about the deadly stampede at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival.
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Dozens of worshippers killed in stampede at world's largest religious festival in India
Pacific Asia • 1:21 AM
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At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a crush at a huge religious festival in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, local police said. The stampede appears to have happened when people who were sleeping on the riverbank wer
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