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The Vietnam Competition and Consumer Authority has called on ride-hailing company Grab to explain the “heatwave surcharge” it charges customers. Many passengers have called the surcharge of VND3,000-5,000 ($0.13-0.21) per trip effective from July 6 vague since Grab has not described what it considers hot weather or said if drivers …

From Indian K-pop idols to Swedish songwriters, South Korea’s music industry is now a hotbed of global talent — a smart strategy as it aims for world domination, experts say. K-pop bands have long included non-Koreans: Blackpink’s Lisa is Thai, while Japan and China are both well represented, and Korean-American …

Japan on Tuesday prepared to bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarizing figure who dominated Japanese politics for decades as the country’s longest-serving premier, before being gunned down at a campaign rally last week. Long lines of people dressed in black, mixed with others in informal clothing with backpacks, formed …