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The main stories from across Asia on Tuesday, 6 October 2026: Pakistan and Türkiye agree to send forces to Saudi Arabia, Philippine inflation jumps to 7.2%, the PTI march reaches Kohat, a film about a 1974 assassination divides South Korea, and Malaysia approves the return of 3,524 more Myanmar nationals.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 Goes to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel for Optogenetics, the Method That Controls Brain Cells With Light
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics, which lets scientists switch nerve cells on and off with light. A treatment for blindness based on it is under review in the United States. Several pioneers, including Zhuo-Hua Pan, who began his career in China, were left out.
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Asia Briefing, 6 October: Makkah Defence Pact Activated, Philippine Inflation Hits 7.2%, PTI March Reaches Kohat and a Film Divides South Korea
The main stories from across Asia on Tuesday, 6 October 2026: Pakistan and Türkiye agree to send forces to Saudi Arabia, Philippine inflation jumps to 7.2%, the PTI march reaches Kohat, a film about a 1974 assassination divides South Korea, and Malaysia approves the return of 3,524 more Myanmar nationals.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 Goes to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel for Optogenetics, the Method That Controls Brain Cells With Light
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics, which lets scientists switch nerve cells on and off with light. A treatment for blindness based on it is under review in the United States. Several pioneers, including Zhuo-Hua Pan, who began his career in China, were left out.
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South Korea’s Culture Minister Calls Threats Over ‘The Assassins’ a ‘Destruction of Democracy’ as Conservatives Demand the Film Be Pulled
A South Korean film about the 1974 killing of first lady Yuk Young-soo has drawn protests outside an actor's home and demands from the conservative opposition that it be withdrawn. The culture minister has asked police to protect the cast and rejected calls to stop screenings as a return to censorship.