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China birth rate: Mothers, your country needs you!China birth rate: Mothers, your country needs you!
Image copyrightVictor Fraile RodriguezImage caption China is now trying hard to encourage women to have more children

When China ended its one-child policy three years ago, there was hope couples would have a second child to help slow the pace of an ageing society. But the move isn't working, reports

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When Trump met Kim: What happened nextWhen Trump met Kim: What happened next
Image copyrightAFPImage caption This was a historic moment in June, but Kim and Trump have grown further apart since

Throughout this week, we will be looking back at some of the TheIndianSubcontinent website's most-read stories of the year and asking: what happened after the news moved on

Today, our Seoul

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Anak Krakatau: Volcanologist explains Indonesia eruption imagesAnak Krakatau: Volcanologist explains Indonesia eruption images
Image copyrightEPAImage caption The death toll after Saturday's tsunami continues to rise

It is very likely that a collapse of rocks on Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano caused an undersea rockslide, which in turn generated a tsunami on Saturday that has claimed hundreds of lives.

The volcano is now entering a

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Thousands make ice fog to mark winter solstice in ChinaThousands make ice fog to mark winter solstice in China
Thousands make ice fog to mark winter solstice in China - TheIndianSubcontinent News
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'Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption'Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption
Image copyrightOystein Lund AndersenImage caption This image of Anak Krakatoa erupting was taken by Oystein Lund Andersen on Saturday

At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials say.

The country's disaster management agency

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Rare albino orangutan 'Alba' returns to the wildRare albino orangutan 'Alba' returns to the wild
Rare albino orangutan 'Alba' returns to the wild - TheIndianSubcontinent News
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