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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) hugs Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha (L) during a signing ceremony at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on September 7, 2017. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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Cambodian exiles test Thai junta’s humanity

by David Hutt and Shawn W. Crispin March 13, 2018February 18, 2020

The Jiaolong amphibious aircraft rolled off the assembly line in 2016 and had its first land takeoff a year later. Photo: Xinhua

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World’s largest amphibious aircraft to take off offshore

by Asia Times staff March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Scenes from Department H, a monthly fetish event in Tokyo. Photo: Jake Adelstein

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How Japan dominates discount dominatrix market

by Jake Adelstein March 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Global tactical and strategy concept, world globe with chess pieces. Image: iStock The source of the map - http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57730

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EU-Asean trade: A counterbalance to US and China

by Emanuele Scimia March 8, 2018March 8, 2018

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn after returning to the White House, February 1, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

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Trump toys with rejoining TPP trade pact

by David Hutt March 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman walks past a Mahindra e2o electric car during a media preview in Bangalore. Photo: Reuters / Abhishek Chinnappa

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Electric vehicles are changing the world – and they’re just getting started

by Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada March 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese ships are seen operating in the eastern Indian Ocean in a TV broadcast. Photo: CCTV7 screen grab

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Large naval drill points to more strain in India-China ties

by Asia Times staff March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Manukau City, New Zealand. Photo: Google Maps

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Krispy Kreme sugar-coats racism claims at Kiwi store

by Asia Times staff March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) at a news conference at the White House in Washington, February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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Trump urges Turnbull to flex more muscle

by Alan Boyd February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Members of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army take part in a ceremony to mark 40 years after the Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the disputed territory of Western Sahara on February 27, 2016 at the Sahrawi refugee camp of Dakhla. Photo: AFP/Farouk Batiche

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Sahrawis top New Zealand in legal test case

by John McBeth February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

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China’s frosty reaction to alternative Belt and Road project

by Gordon Watts February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to New Zealand's Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/ Marty Melville

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China scare spreads to New Zealand

by Alan Boyd February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Villagers in a traditional fishing ceremony in Vatulele island, Yavi Rao Fiji. Photo: AFP Forum

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South Pacific looks to China as West turns away

by Alan Boyd February 19, 2018February 18, 2020

HMS Sutherland. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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UK between a rock and a hard place in South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia February 19, 2018

Men's Snowboarding Halfpipe Gold medallist Shaun White celebrates with coach JJ Thomas. Photo: Reuters / Mike Blake

Iran, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Korea, World

Emotions run high at the Winter Olympics

by Asia Times staff February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump is welcomed by US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, then commander of United States Pacific Command, at its headquarters in Aiea, Hawaii, November 3, 2017. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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Trump dispatches China hawk to Australia

by Alan Boyd February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Swedish defense contractor Saab is reportedly in pole position to secure a deal to sell its Gripen fighter aircraft to the Philippine Air Force. Photo: Oleg V Belyakov / AirTeamImages /
Wikimedia Commons

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US, Europe and the geopolitics of aircraft sales in Asia

by Emanuele Scimia February 14, 2018

An Aadhaar government identification card. Photo: iStock

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Robust economic argument for a sound Indian data protection law

by Amber Sinha February 14, 2018

U Soe Win, the great grandson of Burma's last king, wants to bring the former monarch's body back from India to Myanmar. Photo: Courtesy Alex Bescoby

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The right to remember Myanmar’s last king

by Jim Pollard February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

'Gray rhinos' can be a feature of trade with China. Illustration: iStock

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A lesson for S Korea about China: Beware the gray rhino

by Robert E. McCoy February 6, 2018

A coal worker walks next to wagons amid smog in Huaibei, Anhui province, China, on January 29, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer / File Photo

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Amid scant reportage, weather extremes wreak havoc

by Asia Times and Reuters February 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman walks past an advertisement at the entrance of a clothing store in Beijing on January 13, 2017. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

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A tale of two Changs and how they’re shaping Chinese consumerism

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Australian infantrymen from the 5/7 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment display high-tech weapons and gadgets in a file photo: Photo: AFP

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Australia shoots for bigger gun sales

by Alan Boyd January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Untreated phosphate dropped at the end of a conveyor belt at the Marca factory of the National Moroccan phosphates company (OCP public), near Laayoune, the capital of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara in a 2013 file photo. Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna

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Sahrawis and Kiwis in a fight over fertilizer

by John McBeth January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors sit in front of lucky wheels made by the Japanese company Sega Sammy Creation, at the Global Gaming Expo Asia in Macau, on April 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu

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Three questions about Japan’s bet on casinos

by William Pesek January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

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High prices strike home for Hong Kong flat buyers

by Ben Kwok January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

President Trump and Melania visit the Forbidden City with China’s President Xi Jinping and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, on November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

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Can Trump’s America reverse worldwide disapproval?

by George Koo January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto

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Will Cambodia’s repressed opposition rise up?

by David Hutt January 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Hundreds of computers mining virtual cash via blockchain are stacked on shelves. Photo: AFP / Maxim Zmeyev

China, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Korea, World

Are cryptocurrencies sorcery? Maybe the real magic is in blockchain

by Richard Cook January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Discarded mobile phones and computer keyboards displayed at the Metropolitan Electronics Recycling Center in Yongin, south of Seoul. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

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Cyberthreats loom large over Pyeongchang and beyond

by Alan Boyd January 17, 2018February 18, 2020