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The new faces of K-pop: South Korean music genre broadens its horizons
Pacific Asia • 10:12 AM
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South Korean pop music generated more than €4 billion in the first half of last year. It has even become the main reason why tourists visit the country. But now, K-pop is trying to attract new generations of overseas fans, while retaining its Korean iden
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Iran to pick new president at turbulent time
Pacific Asia • 5:21 AM
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Iranians vote on Friday to elect a new president from six candidates, including a lone reformist who hopes he can challenge the dominance of conservatives in the Islamic republic.
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Tuesday, june 25, 2024
Iran's unexpected election: Can snap presidential poll revive voter interest?
Pacific Asia • 6:12 PM
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If you have got the aging Supreme Leader urging citizens to get out and vote, you can only guess that what is really at stake is turnout. We will ask if there is more than meets the eye to a heavily-vetted presidential contest precipitated by last month’
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Chinese probe returns to Earth with samples from far side of the Moon
Pacific Asia • 7:26 AM
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A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the Moon returned to Earth on Tuesday, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first.
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Monday, june 24, 2024
‘China has no right to punish the people of Taiwan’, says President Lai
Pacific Asia • 4:26 AM
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Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said Monday that China "has no right to punish" Taiwanese people for their views or advocacy, after Beijing warned "diehard" supporters of the island's independence could face the death penalty.
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Japan slowly opens its doors to foreign workers
Pacific Asia • 12:59 AM
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Japan is one of the world's fastest-ageing societies, with one of the lowest birth rates. For its economy to thrive, it needs more workers. On June 14, parliament passed an immigration reform that will lead to a rise in the number of foreign workers. Non
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Sunday, june 23, 2024
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Monsoon ends India prolonged heatwave that killed dozens
Pacific Asia • 9:20 AM
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India's monsoon is advancing after stalling for more than a week and rains are set to cover central parts of the country in the next few days, bringing relief from the heatwave in the grain-growing northern plains, two senior weather officials said. More
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China and France launch satellite to better understand the universe
Pacific Asia • 8:32 AM
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A French-Chinese satellite blasted off Saturday on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant.
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Malaysia's palm oil industry struggles to comply with EU regulations
Pacific Asia • 8:00 AM
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A new EU regulation aims to ban the import of several products, including palm oil, that come from plantations linked to deforestation. While the bloc hails the law as an important way to protect the world's forests, Southeast Asian countries say it thre
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Friday, june 21, 2024
Meeting Japan’s World War II orphans born to US soldiers and Japanese mothers
Pacific Asia • 3:21 PM
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In Japan, they are known as "children of mixed blood": those born after 1945 to an American GI and a Japanese woman and abandoned due to stigma. Eighty years after the end of World War II, we went to meet some of these orphans to understand more about th
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Award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy risks prosecution
Pacific Asia • 1:06 PM
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Will India's democratic backsliding continue? Following recent elections which weakened Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FRANCE 24 discusses the latest foreign journalist forced to leave, as well as the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy, with author and p
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Deadly landslide, tribal wars: The wounds of Papua New Guinea
Pacific Asia • 10:54 AM
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On May 24, a landslide devastated a whole village in one of the poorest regions of Papua New Guinea, a country north of Australia that's home to 10 million inhabitants. According to the UN, 670 people were killed but very few bodies have been found so fa
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South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean troops cross border
Pacific Asia • 3:52 AM
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Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.
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Thursday, june 20, 2024
Veteran French journalist ‘pushed out’ of India by denial of work permit
Pacific Asia • 8:12 AM
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A French journalist announced on Thursday that he had left India after over 13 years because his work permit was denied, describing the decision as an act of "incomprehensible censorship."
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Putin signs cooperation deals with Vietnam as he seeks to bolster Asia ties
Pacific Asia • 3:17 AM
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Russia and Vietnam pledged Thursday to deepen ties as President Vladimir Putin made a state visit aimed at bolstering his alliances to counter Moscow’s growing isolation over the war in Ukraine.
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Wednesday, june 19, 2024
Red carpet treatment: What's at stake in Putin's state visit to North Korea?
Pacific Asia • 6:10 PM
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You know you've got a reclusive regime when an outside world hungry for clues salivates at the prospect of a visit by Vladimir Putin. Putin is on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years. We ask our panel what they’ve parsed from reviews of honour guar
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Philippines accuses Chinese coast guard of boarding navy boats in South China Sea
Pacific Asia • 8:26 AM
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The Philippine military said Wednesday that the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats and seized their guns in the South China Sea this week in a confrontation that resulted in a Filipino sailor losing a thumb.
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Tuesday, june 18, 2024
Russia and North Korea sign partnership deal as Kim pledges ‘full support’ for Putin’s Ukraine war
Pacific Asia • 11:37 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country faces “aggression,” in a pact that came as both face escalating standoffs with the West.
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Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy
Pacific Asia • 6:05 AM
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country's monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics.
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'Victory for the people': Thai lawmakers pass marriage equality law
Pacific Asia • 3:56 AM
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Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a "victory" by campaigners.
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Monday, june 17, 2024
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Chinese #MeToo activist sentenced to five years in prison, supporters say
Pacific Asia • 8:06 AM
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Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” after she became a symbol of the country’s stalled feminist movement.
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Iran expands nuclear capacities further, UN watchdog warns
Pacific Asia • 6:48 AM
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Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, one week after the agency’s board of governors passed a resolution criticising Tehran’s lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
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Wednesday, june 12, 2024
Iran frees imprisoned French citizen Louis Arnaud
Pacific Asia • 9:03 PM
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Iranian authorities have released a French citizen held since September 2022, France's President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday, urging Tehran to free three other French nationals "without delay".
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Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists who fled to UK
Pacific Asia • 3:15 AM
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The Hong Kong government said Wednesday it has cancelled the passports of six democracy activists who fled to the United Kingdom, calling them "lawless wanted criminals".
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Tuesday, june 11, 2024
Unconventional campaigns continue at border between North and South Korea
Pacific Asia • 9:27 PM
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Day after day, the Cold War-style yet bizarre campaigns continue at the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea – from mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music; to large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and
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Rare twin elephants delivered in dramatic birth in Thailand that left carer injured
Pacific Asia • 5:29 AM
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An elephant in Thailand has delivered a rare set of twins in a dramatic birth that left a carer injured after he tried to rescue one of the newborns.
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S. Korea fires warning shots after N. Korean soldiers briefly cross land border
Pacific Asia • 2:31 AM
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Seoul's military said Tuesday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, with tensions high over Pyongyang's trash-carrying balloons and Seoul's loudspeaker propaganda campaigns.
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Sunday, june 9, 2024
Modi is sworn in as India's prime minister for a rare third term
Pacific Asia • 4:10 PM
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern.
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South Korea retaliates against North Korea with loudspeaker broadcasts
Pacific Asia • 2:36 PM
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South Korea resumed Sunday a loudspeaker propaganda campaign against the North as Pyongyang sent a fresh barrage of trash-filled balloons across the border. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years and in recent weeks t
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Seoul to resume loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts into North Korea
Pacific Asia • 8:36 AM
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South Korea announced Sunday that it would resume loudspeaker propaganda campaigns against the North after Pyongyang sent a fresh barrage of trash-filled balloons across the border.
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Friday, june 7, 2024
India election outcome: Is Modi still a strongman or humbled at home?
Pacific Asia • 3:07 PM
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In this edition of Access Asia we're dissecting the results of the world's largest election. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a historic third term in office. However, things will be markedly different this time around as he finds himself with
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Two decades on, India still haunted by Gujarat religious riots
Pacific Asia • 2:34 PM
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Twenty-two years ago, the Indian state of Gujarat erupted in violence. For several weeks from the end of February 2002, inter-communal violence led to the deaths of around 2,000 people, most of them Muslims. Entire neighbourhoods were burnt down and fami
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Being a feminist in China: A battle lost in advance
Pacific Asia • 10:05 AM
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In China, the ruling Communist Party encourages women to focus on motherhood and the home, rather than self-emancipation. While some Chinese feminists have tried to denounce the inequality and discrimination they face, their numbers are dwindling amid a
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Samsung workers in South Korea stage company's first-ever strike
Pacific Asia • 9:01 AM
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Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people said. Management at the firm, the world's biggest producer of memory chips, has
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Samsung workers in South Korea stage first-ever strike over pay
Pacific Asia • 5:41 AM
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Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people told AFP.
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Record number of Chinese high schoolers start all-important ‘gaokao’ exams
Pacific Asia • 4:19 AM
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Mothers in crimson dresses and fathers clutching umbrellas huddled together in drizzly Beijing after sending their children into an exam hall on Friday, the first day of China's biggest "gaokao" tests that will shape the futures of millions of high schoo
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India's election: The impact of independent journalists
Pacific Asia • 12:39 AM
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India is the world's biggest democracy and also has one of the biggest media landscapes. But some critics say there has been an illusion of choice. Politically the opposition is not on a level playing field and mainstream media are accused of being mouth
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Thursday, june 6, 2024
Indonesia volcano belches ash tower 5 kilometres into sky
Pacific Asia • 4:43 AM
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A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted three times on Thursday, belching an ash tower five kilometres into the sky and spewing lava against a backdrop of lightning, according to the Geological Agency.
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Indians have raised ‘a voice for democracy’ online and in the polls in historic vote
Pacific Asia • 12:28 AM
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Despite the heightened anxieties over the conduct of a free and fair election, India’s democracy rallied in the 2024 election, with voters denying Prime Minister Narendra Modi a landslide win. Much of the fight occurred online as independent journalists
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Tuesday, june 4, 2024
How will India change after the election? Modi set for third term
Pacific Asia • 6:06 PM
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After India's marathon election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is claiming victory with a historic third successive term. Modi has been criticised throughout the election campaign for abusing state press and broadcast media. There was also the case of the
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Indian election: Has the vote been free and fair?
Pacific Asia • 2:29 PM
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Has the general election in India been free and fair? This crucial point is debated and discussed across the country and abroad as the results of the vote come in. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party will still be the largest in parliament, it
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China cracks down on attempts to mark 35 years since Tiananmen massacre
Pacific Asia • 7:45 AM
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Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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Modi-led alliance wins India's general election
Pacific Asia • 6:12 AM
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The alliance led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a parliamentary majority, figures from the election commission showed late Tuesday.
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Monday, june 3, 2024
'The real stripes of the tiger are showing', analyst says as India's Modi heads for third term
Pacific Asia • 9:12 PM
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win a record-equalling third consecutive term in office on Tuesday when the 642 million votes cast in the world's largest election are counted. Ashley J. Tellis, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowmen
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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case, will remain in jail
Pacific Asia • 1:07 PM
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A Pakistan high court on Monday overturned a treason conviction against former prime minister Imran Khan, who remains in jail on other charges.
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India awaits results of general election marred by 'unprecented' disinformation
Pacific Asia • 3:34 AM
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India's six-week election was staggering in its size and logistical complexity, but also in the "unprecedented" scale of online disinformation.
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Sunday, june 2, 2024
Top Indian opposition leader returns to jail, vows to fight ‘dictatorship’ as Modi eyes victory
Pacific Asia • 2:14 PM
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A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting "dictatorship" before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader.
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Zelensky says China 'working hard' to stop countries from attending peace summit
Pacific Asia • 10:01 AM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused China on Sunday of working hard to stop countries from going to a peace summit, which Beijing has publicly criticised because Russia is not invited.
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Thailand celebrates start Pride Month ahead of marriage equality bill readings
Pacific Asia • 9:28 AM
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Rainbow flags filled the streets of Bangkok on Saturday (June 1) at the start of Pride Month as Thailand inches closer to recognising same-sex marriages.
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North Korea says it will stop sending 'trash balloons' into South
Pacific Asia • 8:58 AM
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North Korea said Sunday it would stop sending trash-filled balloons across the border into the South, saying the "disgusting" missives had been an effective countermeasure against propaganda sent by anti-regime activists.
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Heatstroke kills 33 polling agents on final voting day as India battles record temperatures
Pacific Asia • 8:25 AM
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At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country.
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China lunar probe successfully lands on far side of Moon to collect samples
Pacific Asia • 5:18 AM
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China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed Sunday on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state media reported -- the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme.
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