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Art House production welcomes okay review from country in Asia (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

south korea

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'country in asia' is the definition.
'South Korea' can be an answer for 'country' (South Korea is an example). I am not certain of the 'in asia' bit.

'art house production welcomes okay review' is the wordplay.
'production' is an anagram indicator.
'welcomes' indicates putting letters inside (in sense of 'invites in').
'okay' becomes 'ok' ('ok' can be a synonym of 'okay').
'review' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ok' reversed gives 'ko'.
'art'+'house'='arthouse'
'arthouse' anagrammed gives 'southrea'.
'southrea' going around 'ko' is 'SOUTH KOREA'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for south korea that I've seen is " Country with capital Seoul".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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