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Monday, 12 October 2026
East Asia
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into sea, escalating pressure on US and regional allies21dSouth Korea's Seong Seung-min wins first gold medal at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games22dEmperor Naruhito opens 20th Asian Games in Nagoya with colourful ceremony despite rocky buildup22dXi and Modi commit to resolving border tensions as India-China relations thaw at New Delhi BRICS summit29dSeoul and Daegu elected to host 2027 Asian Games33dPhilippine defence chief warns China may exploit US-South Korea drill reductions35dAsian economies race to build oil and gas reserves after Strait of Hormuz crisis39dTrump scales back US-South Korea military drills, fuelling fears over alliance reliability47dExtreme rain and flooding deluge Japan and South Korea with record downpours51dNorth Korea fires barrage of missiles despite Trump's overture to Kim Jong Un52dTrump cuts South Korea joint military drills in half, alarming Seoul amid broader diplomatic tensions53dTaiwan parliament approves defence budget after record delay, preserving drone programme funding58dIncheon airport overtakes Heathrow as world's busiest for international passengers59dTaiwan briefly slows mobile internet to text-only speed for defense drill59dPutin visits disputed Kuril Islands for first time, drawing sharp protest from Japan60dNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missile into East Sea amid rising regional tensions66dSouth Korea recovers North Korean landmines washed across border by floods66dLion deaths from heatstroke highlight Asia's deepening animal health crisis as temperatures soar68dSouth Korea and Australia pledge deeper military cooperation amid Indo-Pacific security concerns82dNewJeans marks fourth anniversary with surprise reunion content as four-member group82d