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Tungs’ Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital in Wuqi district in Taichung in Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Taiwan, Vietnam

Vietnamese workers treated after inhaling cleaning solvent

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia

Lebih dari 100 pembantu Bangdalesh korban aniaya, pelecehan seksual kembali dari Arab Saudi

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

Exterior of the compound of the US Consulate in Guangzhou. A US diplomat stationed in the city fell ill and was diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury. Photo: Handout

Beijing, Chengdu, China, France, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Middle East, Shanghai, South Asia, World, Wuhan

Enigma shrouding ‘sonic attack’ on US diplomats in Guangzhou

by Frank Chen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Hong Kong International Airport and (inset) the cannabis seized.
Photo: HK government

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Thailand

Man arrested at Hong Kong airport for smuggling cannabis

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese tourists don controversial tee-shirts upon landing in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam

When Chinese tourism is unfashionable in Vietnam

by Ma Nguyen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Scarlet Snow Belo sings for Filipinos working in the Middle East. Photo: Instagram@scarletsnowbelo

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, World

Three-year-old serenades Filipino workers in the Mideast

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Alor Setar Court Complex, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East

Man gets 10 years for killing woman during burglary try

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Filipinos are now allowed visa-free entry to 66 countries. Photos: Google Maps, Wikemedia Commons/Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs

AT Finance, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, World

Filipinos can now visit 66 countries visa-free

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The Ocean Center in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps

Uncategorized

Police hunt two robbers after HK$5-million jewelry heist

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Lok Sabha

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia

Is BJP bringing back legislators to Parliament surreptitiously?

by Meghnad May 24, 2018

The website is basically a dating service. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Middle East, Shanghai, Singapore, World

Will website test the tolerance of China’s market?

by Ben Kwok May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Coinbase.com

World

Coinbase buys Paradex to bring access to ‘hundreds of tokens’

by Luke Thompson May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A temple by the riverside in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.Photo: iStockphoto

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand

Only 43 Cambodian maids in HK from the 1,000 targeted

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) attend a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on March 24, 2017.Photo: AFP/David Gray

Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, South Asia, World

China, Australia stuck in a game of blind man’s bluff

by Alan Boyd May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An electronic board shows the exchange rate between the South Korean Won and Bitcoin at a cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul last December. Photo: Reuters/ Kim Hong-Ji

Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Global market jitters see crypto prices tumble

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Steve Koenig, senior director of market research at the Consumer Technology Association. Photo: Asia Times

China, Shanghai, World

AI, vehicle technology under spotlight at upcoming CES Asia

by Jeff Pao May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Al Satwa in Dubai. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Philippines

Maid charged for subletting Dubai flat for gambling

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Eunice Yung Hoi-Yan (inset); Indonesian domestic workers gather in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island. Photos: Asia Times, HK Legislative Council

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines

Lawmaker urges action on maids clustering in public areas

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman checks her phone as she walks past a mobile store of Reliance Industries' Jio telecoms unit in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters

India, South Asia

Telecom subscribers in India top 1.2 billion in March

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A fisherman on Inle Lake, one of Myanmar's top picturesque tourist attractions. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Rakhine crisis takes shine off Myanmar tourism

by Peter Janssen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

China is pouring billions of dollars into integrated circuit and semiconductor production. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World, Wuhan

China turns up heat on chip wars by taking on Fab five

by Gordon Watts May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The District Court in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Google Maps

China, Hong Kong

Former Filipina maid set to plead guilty to HK$180K theft

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a visit to Thai Union company in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, March 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand

Four years on, press freedom in Thailand a casualty of military coup

by Sutharee Wannasiri May 24, 2018

Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.

Afghanistan, China, India, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

China should work with US, Pakistan to stabilize Afghanistan

by Haroun Mir May 24, 2018

Marina South Pier in Singapore. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Terence Ong

AT Finance, Indonesia, Singapore

Indonesians arrested for illegally entering Singapore

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia

Over 100 ‘abused’ Bangladeshi maids return from Saudi Arabia

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's Tahrir square on March 2, 2018. His cousin-in-law is a contender to become prime minister. Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

The man who may become Iraq’s next Prime Minister

by Sami Moubayed May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo of one of the two Hai Lung class submarines in service with the Taiwanese Navy. These subs are old and badly in need of a major overhaul. Meanwhile, new subs would cost billions and take a decade to deliver. Photo: National Defense Ministry of Taiwan

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Taiwan, World

Taiwan’s submarine mess deepens, new thinking needed

by Stephen Bryen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was one of the big winners in the Iraq election. Photo: AFP/Haidar Hamdani

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iraqi voters undermine Trump’s Iran strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Uncategorized

China seeks quality improvement in dairy industry

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

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