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Film projectionist and collector Wang Chin-ting (left) watches as staff members from the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute transfer old film reels at his archive in Changhua County on May 29.

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Jul 6, 2026

Taiwanese film hunters rescue aging reels from bygone era

By Joy Chiang

Ranging from popular operas to romance dramas, the films resonated with many Taiwanese who had been educated during Japan’s colonial rule and had limited Mandarin skills.

Wu Feng-chiao, 72, harvests gelidium algae, locally known as "stone flowers," from rocks along Taiwan's northeastern coast in the Magang fishing village near New Taipei City on June 16.

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Jul 1, 2026

Taiwan’s aging seaweed harvesters hope younger women will wade in

By Joy Chiang and Sally JENSEN

There are no more than four women in the Magang fishing village in Taiwan who still regularly collect Gelidium algae, and all of them are in their 70s or older.

Dogs rescued from slaughter facilities are seen at an animal shelter run by the animal rights group KARA in Paju, South Korea, on June 23.

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Jun 28, 2026

Where are they? Dogs disappear before South Korea meat ban

For activists, the change in law will not only end the consumption of dogs, but also a “long-standing loophole” around their treatment.

Jann Zhang, founder and principal of Paw3, a kindergarten for dogs, interacts with a dog in Shanghai on June 2.

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Jun 17, 2026

China’s pet owners splurge on preschools to pamper puppies

As declining birth rates alter ?lifestyles, pets are increasingly treated as members of the family.

Children sing the national anthem at a school, under an overpass in Mumbai.

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Jun 7, 2026

India school under overpass offers lifeline to street children

Despite laws guaranteeing free schooling for children aged six to 14, poverty and migration continue to keep many out of classrooms.

A stone quarry near Avinashi village in Rajasthan's Neem Ka Thana town on May 19

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Jun 5, 2026

Mining turns India’s heat-shield hills to dust

By Arunabh SAIKIA

A loss of the hills to mining is boosting already dangerously hot temperatures in New Delhi, raising the risk of desertification, and worsening health problems, experts warn.

In China's emerging "companionship ?economy,” paid partners can be found even for eating out at hotpot restaurants.

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Jun 2, 2026

Lonely consumers in China fuel a $74 billion companionship economy

By Sophie Yu and Casey Hall

Paid partners can be found for running, sightseeing and even eating out at hotpot restaurants.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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