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Myanmar to hold first national-level political dialogue next month

Myanmar's Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), led by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, has laid out the structure and work guidelines on holding the first national-level political dialogue next month.

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Indonesia seeks to tap more potentialities from batik

​Indonesia observed the national batik day by conducting several events in the country, aimed at widely constituting the public to further tap great potentialities from batik-related industry that is highly expected to boost the nation's creative economy sector.

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China marks Martyrs' Day at Tian'anmen Square

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior leaders attended a ceremony Friday at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing to honor and remember deceased national heroes on Martyrs' Day.

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China's first gene bank to open in Shenzhen

China's first national gene bank, China National Genebank, will open in the southern city of Shenzhen on Sept. 22, with the goal of protecting, researching and utilizing genetic resources, Nanfang Daily reported. The gene bank hopes to boost the genetics industry and safeguard China’s genetic information.

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Historic Panglong peace conference in Myanmar boosts national image, paves way for development

Myanmar is again in global news headlines Wednesday as the country starts a landmark peace conference, dubbed the 21st Century Panglong Meeting, in reference to a historic gathering in 1947 that led to the country's independence from Britain.

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Historic peace conference in Myanmar boosts national image, paves way for development

Myanmar is again in global news headlines Wednesday as the country starts a landmark peace conference, dubbed the 21st Century Panglong Meeting, in reference to a historic gathering in 1947 that led to the country's independence from Britain.

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China investigates Japanese citizen on national security concerns

China has investigated a Japanese citizen on suspicion of threatening Chinese national security, confirmed the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.

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Australia launches new intelligence agency to "stay ahead" of changing terror threat

The Australian government has on Thursday launched the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), an intelligence agency designed to "stay ahead" of and disrupt any threat to national security.

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DPRK holds national meeting to mark Korean War anniversary

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) convened a national meeting Tuesday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported Wednesday.

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Stretching for success: young Mongolian contortionists have worldwide fame within their reach

Nine-year-old Mongolian schoolgirl Suvd-Erdene spends four hours a day perfecting the art of doing a headstand on a pole clenched with her teeth and push-ups without her feet touching the ground.

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China's national S&T body elects new leadership

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) chose a new leadership team at its 9th national congress, which concluded on Thursday.

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China gearing up for college entrance exam

The Ministry of Education has urged local authorities to prepare for the upcoming national college entrance examination, known as the "gaokao" next week.

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President Xi says China faces major science, technology "bottleneck"

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that the country faces a major science and technology (S&T) bottleneck and a big gap in innovation capacity.

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Tanzania to fast-track issuance of ID cards

​Tanzanian authorities said on Monday that they intended to speed up issuance of national identity cards for citizens of the east African country.

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Ecuador declares national mourning as quake death toll surpasses 650

The Ecuadorian government on Saturday declared eight days of national mourning as the death toll from the massive earthquake that hit the South American country a week ago has risen to 654.

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Policy reviews on privacy, freedom of expression needed to fight terrorism: Singaporean official

Terrorism has come to an age when countries need to review their policies on the right to privacy, the encryption of communications, and freedom of expression, said Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan during the 10th Asia-Pacific Program for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO) on Monday.

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Official vaccine investigation begins

A cross-departmental team will investigate the recent case of improper vaccines trading, Xinhua learned Monday.