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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un impersonator Howard X (L) and Donald Trump impersonator Dennis Alan (R) stand along the Merlion park in Singapore, June 8, 2018: AFP/Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Kim-Trump summit a brand boost for Singapore

by Nile Bowie June 10, 2018February 18, 2020

North Koreans attend at a training workshop organized by Choson Exchange in May 2018. Photo: Supplied

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

Singaporean NGO shapes North Korean entrepreneurs

by Asia Times staff and Nile Bowie June 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Newly appointed Malaysian Attorney General Tommy Thomas. Photo: Youtube

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia

The changing face of Malaysian justice

by Nile Bowie June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends a news conference in Menara Yayasan Selangor, Pataling Jaya, Malaysia May 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia

Could Mahathir’s clean-up spark a financial crisis?

by Nile Bowie May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signs a guestbook next to Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad prior to their private meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, May 19, 2018. Department of Information via Reuters/Hafiz Itam

AT Finance, Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

What Singapore could learn from Malaysia

by Nile Bowie May 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak arrives to give a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Putrajaya, Malaysia May 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Malaysians agog as tables turn on Najib

by Nile Bowie May 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim gestures as he leaves a hospital where he is receiving treatment, ahead of an audience with Malaysia's King, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, World

Malaysia’s Anwar is free at last

by Nile Bowie May 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is all smiles during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The shape of things to come under Mahathir 2.0

by Nile Bowie May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, Malaysia, World

Mahathir wins in shock election result in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie May 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of Malaysia's opposition Pakatan Harapan attend an election campaign rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia

Malaysia’s election teeters on a knife edge

by Nile Bowie May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman passes a live telecast of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak addressing the nation on the dissolution of Parliament at an electronics shop in Port Klang, Malaysia April 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste

Prelude to unfree, unfair elections in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Palestinian mourners carry a coffin containing the body of Palestinian scientist Fadi al-Batsh, assassinated in Malaysia, after his body was returned to his native Gaza Strip on April 26, 2018 for his funeral in the city of Jabalia, in the north of the Palestinian enclave. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP Forum/Momen Faiz

AT Finance, European Union, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Israel drops gauntlet on Malaysia’s help to Hamas

by Nile Bowie April 29, 2018May 27, 2021

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 13, 2017. Photo: AFP/Thomas Peter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

Malaysia’s election a de facto vote on China

by Nile Bowie April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah salutes the royal guard of honor during his 65th birthday celebrations in Bandar Seri Begawan. Photo: Reuters/Ahim Rani

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand

How Islamic does Brunei want to be?

by Nile Bowie April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang laughs with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, April 8, 2018. Picture: Parker Song/Pool via Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Trump’s trade war pushes Singapore to China

by Nile Bowie April 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers collect oil palm fruits at Felda Sungai Tengi Selatan plantation in Sungai Tengi, Malaysia, June 22, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo

AT Finance, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Europe-Asia trade war looms over palm oil

by Nile Bowie March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (R) reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 13, 2017. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

China throws sinking Brunei a lifeline

by Nile Bowie March 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's then Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during the launching of the Malaysia world's Digital-Free Trade Zone in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

‘Kleptocracy at its worst’ in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Uighur men walking into the Id Kah mosque for afternoon prayers in Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region in a 2015 photo. Photo: AFP/Greg Baker

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, Turkey, World

Uighur detainees test Malaysia’s diplomacy

by Nile Bowie February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

An elderly man reads a newspaper as others play checkers in Singapore, January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Calvin Wong

AT Finance, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Demographic time bomb ticks down on Singapore

by Nile Bowie February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A fire dancer street art performance at Marina Bay, Singapore. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Singapore swings and misses at the arts

by Nile Bowie February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

一名买家在香港的菜市场挑选榴梿。相片：iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, European Union, Malaysia, World

「榴梿外交」拓展中马关系

by Nile Bowie January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese shopper inspects a durian at a market in Hong Kong. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Low hanging fruit for China-Malaysia ties

by Nile Bowie January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) in Singapore in s file photo Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey

Golden era for Malaysia-Singapore ties

by Nile Bowie January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, China, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Keppel bribes belie Singapore’s clean image

by Nile Bowie January 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the opening session of the 20th ASEAN-JAPAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, World

Singapore atop Asean with a wary eye on China

by Nile Bowie January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak at his ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) annual assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a December 10, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, Malaysia, Singapore

Najib probes state losses, just not his own

by Nile Bowie January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese officials cite ‘visual concerns’ as a catalyst to the video game clampdown after figures from a national report in 2015 claimed that around 500 million Chinese, almost half the population above five years old, suffer visual impairment. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

China, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Video games on a psychoanalyst’s couch

by Nile Bowie December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak gestures as he speaks during a rally against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Putrajaya, Malaysia December 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

World

Palestine as political hobbyhorse in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie December 25, 2017May 27, 2021

A rendering of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Singapore's Chinatown, with the city's skyscraper business district in the background. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand

Chinese developers pump up Singapore property

by Nile Bowie December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

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