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Kuwait city Photo: Wikimedia Commons, FlickreviewR

AT Finance, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka

‘Violent’ Kuwaiti woman doctor charged over abuse of Filipina

by Asia Times staff December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A man holds an improvised explosive device in Myanmar. These devices are found in multiple areas in many states in the north, east and west where there has been fighting. Photo: via ICBL/ Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Myanmar still a serial landmine user, monitor says

by Jim Pollard December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A coal-fired power plant is pictured in New Delhi, India, on July 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Industry’s policy on new Indian pollution curbs: ignore them

by Aruna Chandrasekhar December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

A police officer stands guard as officials start counting votes in Kathmandu's city hall a day after parliamentary and provincial elections in Nepal. December 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar

Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Nepal, Maldives poised to move out of Indian orbit

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 9, 2017

Houthi fighters react after Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed, in Sanaa on December 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Khaled Abdullah

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, World

Ignorance about Eurasia’s two Great Games imperils the West

by David Simmons December 8, 2017

A monument to Sri Lanka's civil war victims. Photo: Duncan McCargo

India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lankan regime backing away from conflict resolution vows

by Ana Pararajasingham December 5, 2017December 6, 2017

Macau hosts migrant workers from at least 18 countries. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Macau, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

Migrant workers will need to prove non-criminal background

by Asia Times staff November 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Emily Cortez Langido (right) and her teammates. Photo: FAST/Facebook

AT Finance, European Union, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Maids show off signature home cuisine at food fair

by Asia Times staff November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Disaster prevention collaboration needed across Asia, report says

by Daniel Hurst November 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Reporters protest as they call on Myanmar government and military authorities to release reporters who were arrested in Yangon, Myanmar June 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Critical voices silenced across Southeast Asia

by Sutharee Wannasiri and Henry Koh and Nickey Diamond November 19, 2017November 19, 2017

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Where to next for Rohingya refugees?

by John McBeth November 15, 2017February 18, 2020

The conference will take in April 2019 and attendees will also be treated to a seven-day tour of the country. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

AT Finance, Bangladesh, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka

North Korea cyber ops may increasingly target cryptocurrencies

by Asia Times staff November 15, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Rhetorical birth of an anti-China bulwark

by David Hutt November 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Direct online hiring of maids to begin on January 1

by Asia Times staff November 2, 2017February 18, 2020

USS Nimitz (bottom) steaming through the Gulf of Oman. Photo: US Navy via AFP

Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka

US sends super carrier USS Nimitz to Sri Lanka in flag-showing visit aimed at China

by Asia Unhedged November 2, 2017February 18, 2020

The Parliament of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Malaysia to allow direct hiring of maids from 9 countries

by Asia Times staff October 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image: iStock

Cyprus, India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Sri Lankan constitution: The strategy of doublespeak

by Ana Pararajasingham October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

Jayawardena Mudiyanselage Sittamma Jayawardena poses with the Chua daughters. Photo: Facebook / Singapore Ministry of Manpower

AT Finance, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Maid looked after employer’s ill wife with full dedication

by Asia Times staff October 17, 2017February 18, 2020

An abstract motion-blurred view from the front of a train in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Digital adaption to decide Asia’s future winners

by Alan Boyd October 10, 2017February 18, 2020

The new playground in San Pablo City. Photo: Facebook, Be a Global Citizen Campaign

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Nepal, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Hong Kong volunteers build playground for kids in Philippines

by Asia Times staff October 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees scuffle as they wait to receive aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Myanmar, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Geopolitics will decide fate of the Rohingya

by Ana Pararajasingham October 4, 2017

Mahatma Gandhi's 388km Salt March in 1930 was in protest against the British Imperial monopoly on the must-have mineral. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

India’s peculiar birthday honor to Mahatma Gandhi

by Raja Murthy October 2, 2017

Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority have been fleeing persecution in the Southeast Asian country's Rakhine state. Photo: NDTV

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

No refuge in Sri Lanka for Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingya

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees travel on a truck to Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Sri Lanka’s communal divide takes toll on Rohingya refugees

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017September 26, 2017

Buddhist monks and others protest as a Malaysian NGO's aid ship carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims arrives at the port in Yangon on February 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Rohingya issue shines spotlight on Malaysia’s refugee policies

by Josh Hong September 26, 2017

Whatever one's walk of life, it can end without warning. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, European Union, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

‘Death-check’, a practical reality check

by Raja Murthy September 25, 2017

Protesters hold a rally near the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta to protest against government treatment of Rohingya Muslims, on September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka

Rohingya crisis a political hot potato in Indonesia

by John McBeth September 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Castle Peak Road (Lam Tei precinct) Photo: Google Maps, Wikimedia Commons, Opponent

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Indonesian woman threatened by boyfriend with knife

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese school children raising hands to answer a classroom question. Photo: iStock/Getting Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Asia rising in world education rankings

by Alan Boyd September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

People shout slogans as they are stopped by police during a protest rally in Kolkata on September 11, 2017, against the killing of Rohingya in Myanmar. Photo: Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, World

Why aren’t Muslim countries absorbing the Rohingya?

by Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi September 12, 2017September 13, 2017