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Members of the Lao Veterans of America salute as the colors are presented by US Honor Guard during a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony for Major General Vang Pao, May 13, 2011. Photo: AFP/ Paul J. Richards

AT Finance, China, Laos, Middle East, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

America’s ‘Secret War’ in Laos finally put to proper rest

by John McBeth June 7, 2018February 18, 2020

International law enforcment agencies suspect North Korea of using its overseas restaurants, such as the one pictured in Dubai, for money laundering purposes. Photo: AFP/Giuseppe Cacace

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand

US tightens the screws on North Korean restaurant in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner June 7, 2018February 18, 2020

The Kazakhstan Presidential Palace, Acorda, in the capital Astana. Photo: iStock

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How Singapore, Astana and St Petersburg preview a new world order

by Pepe Escobar June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Stock market and other finance themes. Financial data on a monitor. Photo: iStock

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The Asian Development Bank preaches bond destiny

by Gary Kleiman June 5, 2018

The Liaoning carrier group with destroyers and frigates during a naval exercise in the western Pacific. Photo: AFP

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Ports in a storm ‘stealthily’ expand China’s naval presence

by Gordon Watts June 2, 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

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit last year. Photo: AFP

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China’s political warfare – how vulnerable is India?

by Prakash Katoch May 22, 2018

Sri Lanka's War Memorial at Kilinochchi, April 2018. Photo: David Scott Mathieson

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Israel, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar is on a Sri Lankan path to impunity

by David Scott Mathieson May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

China still needs to concentrate on debt problems. Illustration: iStock

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China’s ‘debt-book diplomacy’ comes under fire

by Gordon Watts May 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Laos: The legacy of the US ‘secret war’ still takes a deadly toll

by Binaifer Nowrojee May 15, 2018

Image of a Chinese flag subsuming a Laos flag. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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Little Laos risks losing it all to China

by Bertil Lintner May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai police take the finger prints of Boonchai Bach. Photo: AsiaWorks

AT Finance, China, Laos, Northeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Key wildlife smuggler gets 2.5 years in jail after rhino haul found

by Jim Pollard May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of new Malaysian Prime Minnister Mahathir Mohamad are seen outside of the National Palace, a day after general election in Kuala Lumpur, May 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Malaysia’s vote an unlikely democratic domino

by David Hutt May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Hwang In-Cheil holds up a photograph of his father, who disappeared when his flight was hijacked to North Korea in 1969. Photo: Asia Times/Andrew Salmon

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The forgotten hostages: 48 years in North Korea

by Andrew Salmon May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Train cars at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station. Photo: AFP

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Misaligned rails keep SEAsia delinked from China

by Peter Janssen May 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese women carry goods on Bac Luan bridge, a border gate in Mong Cai city, Vietnam, April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kham

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History of hustle drives Vietnam’s outbound startups

by Ma Nguyen May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A Laotian family earns its living growing peanuts on a small island in the Mekong River. Thanks to international efforts, the threat to them and others from malaria has been reduced. Photo: iStock

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Beating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion

by Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Shin Young-soo April 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The HMS Sutherland at port in Abu Dhabi in 2011. Photo: AFP/KARIM SAHIB

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If summits fail, US naval blockade of North Korea looks doomed

by Peter J. Brown April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Dolphins seen in the Mekong protected area near Kratie. Photo: WWF/ Lor Kimsan

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More Irrawaddy dolphins found in Mekong River this year

by Asia Times staff April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

The leaders of Asean's member states have a strong incentive to put a higher priority on economic development than adopting a stronger defensive posture towards China. Photo: iStock

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China’s Belt and Road, and implications for ASEAN connectivity

by Anushka Kapahi April 20, 2018

Tourists walk amongst trash washed up on Bali's Kuta beach pushed to shore by seasonal winds. Photo: Reuters/Wira Suryantala/Antara Foto

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SEAsia tourism a victim of its own success

by Alan Boyd April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

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Thai junta deftly rebalances its US-China relations

by Richard S Ehrlich April 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Betel leaves cover the face of 11-month-old Rohingya refugee Abdul Aziz whose wrapped body lay in his family shelter after he died battling high fever and severe cough at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on Dec 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Damir Sagolj

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ASEAN turns blind eyes to Rohingya crisis

by Angshuman Choudhury April 18, 2018April 18, 2018

Christine Lagarde at the People's Bank of China and IMF Conference in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

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IMF head Lagarde warns of Belt and Road ‘debt risks’

by Gordon Watts April 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Relatives of a man who died after consuming tainted homemade alcohol cry outside of a hospital in Cicalengka, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia on April 9. Photo: Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi / via Reuters

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Rise in bootleg liquor deaths linked to tougher alcohol laws

by John McBeth April 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Brahmaputra river in Tibet. Photo: iStock

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Adding artificial rain to the Sino-Indian conundrum

by Sriparna Pathak April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

PLA troops patrol the Tibet-Qinghai railway. Photo: PLA Daily

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Drones and CCTV beefing up PLA’s border defense

by Asia Times staff April 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke billows over the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa in September. The seven-year-old civil war continues with no end in sight. The author argues that China should play a greater role in helping to end conflicts throughout the Middle East.
Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman

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China urged to play a greater role in Middle East turmoil

by Christina Lin April 8, 2018

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers conducting an exercise in the Philippine Sea in February 2018. Photo: US Navy via AFP

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Does ASEAN want the US Navy in the South China Sea?

by Asia Times staff April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Hmong women in Vietnam. Photo: Wikimedia / Brian Snelson

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How Hmong Christians navigate China-Vietnam border tensions

by Seb Rumsby March 31, 2018February 18, 2020