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Myanmar's business community is frustrated at the inaction of State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar should revise laws used for political aims: US panel

by Bertil Lintner October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen votes at a polling station in the capital Male on September 23, 2018. Photo: AFP/Presidential Handout.

Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Maldives teeters towards post-election chaos

by Bertil Lintner September 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee boy carries water in the Kutupalong refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh March 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Bangladesh appeals for more Rohingya aid

by Bertil Lintner September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

在舉行大選之前，馬爾代夫的主要反對派領導人和總統候選人薩利赫在馬爾代夫首都馬累的競選集會上向人群致辭。相片：AFP

China, India, Maldives, South Asia

馬爾代夫選舉：印度勝出中印角力

by Bertil Lintner September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives' main opposition leader and presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih addresses a crowd during a campaign rally in the Maldives capital Male, ahead of presidential elections. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

India wins, China loses in Maldives election

by Bertil Lintner September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Pool/Rolex Dela Pena

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

As West recoils, China surges south in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Soldiers thought to be from the United Wa State Army take down a cross from a building in the Wa region in northern Shan State. The soldier below uses a sledgehammer to demolish the top of the building, believed to be an unauthorized church. Photo: Screen grab from video.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Video ‘shows soldiers knocking down church in Wa state’

by Bertil Lintner September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The Bokor Palace hotel in Bokor Hill station near the town of Kampot, Cambodia, in 2015 before renovations. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand

Investors bet on the casino boom across Southeast Asia

by Bertil Lintner September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

North Korea maintaining its nuclear weapons, UN told

by Bertil Lintner September 19, 2018

2017年11月28日，一名緬甸女基督徒參加仰光的晨禱。相片：AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha

AT Finance, China, Myanmar

為何中國害怕緬甸的基督徒

by Bertil Lintner September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A Myanmar Christian woman takes part in morning prayers in Yangon on November 28, 2017. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why China fears Myanmar’s Christians

by Bertil Lintner September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after paying her respects to her late father during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018.Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Suu Kyi finally acknowledges Rohingya crisis missteps

by Bertil Lintner September 13, 2018February 18, 2020

US National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks in Washington on Sept 10. The US threatened to sanction ICC judges and officials if there are moves to charge Americans who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. Photo: AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Afghanistan, China, France, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

US will not cooperate with ICC probe into Afghanistan

by Bertil Lintner September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Troops from five BIMSTEC states take part in an anti-terror drill in Pune this week. Photo: YouTube screen grab.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Nepal, Thailand only observers at BIMSTEC military exercise

by Bertil Lintner September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Commander-in-chief of Myanmar armed forces general Min Aung Hlaing pays his respects to country's independence heroes during a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018.Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar military chief in a political firing line

by Bertil Lintner September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Kiribati President Taneti Mamau, center, smiles at a meeting ahead of the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum, which started on Sept 3. Talks center on the threat climate change poses to island states and China's rising influence in the region. Photo: AFP / Mike Leyral

Beijing, China, Taiwan, World

Discreet medical diplomacy in the Pacific by Taiwan and US

by Bertil Lintner September 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian activists protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi in July 2017 during border tensions between the countries. Photo: AFP / Money Sharma

China, India, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

India wants drones to monitor Himalayan border with China

by Bertil Lintner September 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Helicopters take part in war games between Russia and Belarus near the town of Ruzhany, 235km southwest of Minsk in Sept 2017.
A huge war drill will be stage in Russia's Far East next week. Photo: AFP / pool / Sergei Grits

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Russia to stage huge war drill with China in Far East

by Bertil Lintner September 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Journalist Wa Lone speaks to reporters as he is escorted from a courthouse in Yangon on July 9. He and colleague Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in jail after their conviction. Photo: AFP / Myo Kyaw Soe

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Reuters duo not expected to serve full seven years in jail

by Bertil Lintner September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A Taiwanese flag is seen behind standard Type II missiles on the destroyer Kee Lung during a drill near Yilan naval base, Taiwan, on April 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu

Beijing, China, Middle East, Taiwan, World

Taiwan wants fast-attack missile boats to counter China

by Bertil Lintner September 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar Commander In-Chief (L) and National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shake hands after their meeting in Naypyidaw in a file photo. Photo: AFP/ Phyo Hein Kyaw

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, World

Myanmar: where ‘genocide’ doesn’t really matter

by Bertil Lintner August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Intercontinental ballistic missiles at a military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Japan’s white paper says North Korea still a serious threat

by Bertil Lintner August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (right) reviews a military honor guard with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018. Photo: AFP/Greg Baker

Beijing, Chengdu, China, India, Nepal, South Asia, World

China takes the high ground in Nepal

by Bertil Lintner August 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Approximate location of China's exploratory drilling platform. Image: AFP; Location source: AMTI

China, Japan, Northeast Asia

China pushes boundaries of contested oil field with new rig

by Bertil Lintner August 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon in 2009. Operations are continuing at the North Korean plant. Photo: AFP/Ho/South Korean Foreign Ministry

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

No sign of a slowdown in North Korea’s nuclear program

by Bertil Lintner August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Maldives President Abdulla Yameen at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport in Hulhule on September 14, 2014. Photo: AFP/Haveru/Mohamed Sharuhaan

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Singapore, South Asia

Maldives president’s pro-China stance making waves

by Bertil Lintner August 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Tashichho Dzong, a fortress that serves both as a government department and Buddhist monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, South Asia

India keeping a cautious eye on Bhutan elections

by Bertil Lintner August 22, 2018February 18, 2020

北韓工人在南韓一家服裝廠信元（Shinwon）內工作。相片：AFP / Lee Jae-won

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

北韓如何應對制裁

by Bertil Lintner August 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A North Korean restaurant located at one of China's largest Korea towns in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Photo: AFP/ Chandan Khanna

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Front companies keep North Korea afloat

by Bertil Lintner August 20, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean workers work at a factory of South Korean apparel maker Shinwon in a file photo Photo: AFP/Lee Jae-won

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

How North Korea works around sanctions

by Bertil Lintner August 20, 2018February 18, 2020