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North Korea is allegedly sending crypto-currency into 'exchanger accounts' that have the capability of converting crypto-currencies into US dollars. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

North Korea successfully using cryptos to evade US sanctions

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

In this photograph taken on October 21, 2016, armed Myanmar soldiers patrol a village in Maungdaw located in Rakhine State as security operation continue following the October 9, 2016 attacks by armed militant Muslim. The United Nations called for an investigation into claims Myanmar troops have been killing civilians and torching villages in northern Rakhine, as reports emerged thousands of Rohingya had been forced from their homes. / AFP PHOTO / STR

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, European Union, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

South and Southeast Asia not immune to the spread of terrorism

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar September 24, 2018September 27, 2018

Leaders of rebel groups in Balochistan are seeking asylum in their ongoing campaign against Pakistani sovereignty in the province. The government is offering to discuss the dispute if rebel leaders agree to Pakistan's overall authority in the country.Image: iStock/Rainer Lesniewski

Afghanistan, China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s security dilemma and the Pashtun belt

by Rahim Nasar September 24, 2018

Aramco's Khurais oilfield in Saudi Arabia, 160 km from Riyadh. Photo: Ali Jarekji/Reuters

Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

Saudi energy minister insists oil output is ‘satisfactory’

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

We might be at the start of a decades-long trade war between China and the US. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, World

Here comes the 30-year trade war

by Pepe Escobar September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

China, European Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Did Trump just kill the US auto industry?

by David P. Goldman September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets perform during an air show in Zhuhai City, China. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

‘Outrage’ after China ensnared in America’s Russia sanctions

by Christopher Scott September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Truck-mounted missiles are fired during the Vostok 2018 war games in Russia. Photo: YouTube screen grab

China, European Union, Russia, World

Video shows dramatic firepower at Russia’s Vostok war games

by Asia Times staff September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju, left, with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook on the top of Mount Paektu on September 20 after their summit. Photo: AFP / Pyeongyang Press Corps

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Kim deploys bromance diplomacy with Moon on iconic mountain

by Andrew Salmon September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

An image taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on Sept 19 shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location. Photo: AFP

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Hezbollah to Syria’s Kurds: ‘Don’t bet on the Americans’

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

2018年9月17日，俄羅斯國防部導彈和砲兵部隊司令尼古萊•帕爾辛（Nikolai Parshin）在莫斯科舉行的新聞發布會上講述一枚多年前擊落馬航MH17航班的導彈，屏幕正顯示一枚由山毛櫸（Buk）導彈系統發射的導彈。相片：Sputnik/ Vitaliy Belousov via AFP

AT Finance, Malaysia, Russia, World

俄羅斯揭露MH17墜機的「鐵證」

by Pepe Escobar September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian jet takes off from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast during a strike against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria in Nov 2016. Photo: AFP / screen grab from Russian Defense Ministry video.

AT Finance, Germany, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russian plane was shot down by Syrian air-defense unit

by Stephen Bryen September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

China is locked in a conundrum with the United States over trade. Illustration: iStock.

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

China-US row risks heading to ‘Thucydides Trap’

by Xuan Loc Doan September 19, 2018

Photo: AFP

Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Central Asia markets feel Russia-Turkey pinch

by Gary Kleiman September 19, 2018

China, Russia, World

US orders Chinese state media to register as foreign agents

by Asia Times staff September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP/Nataliy Zemboska

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Downed aircraft tests Russia’s patience with Israeli air power

by Asia Times staff September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian Il-20 military plane crashed off the coast of Syria Monday, killing 15 servicemen. It was shot down in error by Syrian air defense systems responding to an incursion by Israeli warplanes. Photo: Aleksandr Tarasenkov / Russian Defence Ministry

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia blames Israel for deadly warplane downing by Syria

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

New Australian legislation will require tech companies to open back doors to their encryption technologies. Photo: iStock

Bangladesh, European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Nation-state ransomware cyber crime on the increase

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

Russian Defense Ministry Main Missile and Artillery Directorate Chief Lt. Gen. Nikolai Parshin speaks as a screen shows a Buk anti-aircraft missile during a news conference
in Moscow on Sept. 17, 2018, about a missile that shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 four years ago. Photo: Sputnik/ Vitaliy Belousov via AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, World

Russia reveals the MH17 ‘smoking gun’

by Pepe Escobar September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Export bribery is seldom punished in many Asian countries, new OECD and Transparency International research shows. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Next trade war front: export bribery

by Alan Boyd September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian bodyguard stands near President Vladimir Putin as he talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Photo: AFP/Sputnik/Alexander Zemlianichenko

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan and Putin agree to a Syria DMZ

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

The devil may be in the detail. South Korean president Moon Jae-in (r) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. Photo: AFP/Inter-Korean Summit Pool/Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, China, European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why Moon is traveling a risky road with North Korea

by Robert E. McCoy September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

India, Russia, South Asia, World

印度的經濟現實困擾著總理莫迪

by Mohan Guruswamy September 17, 2018

Uyghur jihadis: some shy, some not. Photo: Radio Alwan

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Central Asian jihadis dig in for Idlib battle

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

2018年9月11日，在舉行2018年的海參崴東方經濟論壇期間，中國國家主席習近平（左二）和俄羅斯總統普京（右二）在參觀遠東街展覽時炮製俄羅斯煎餅。相片：Russian Presidential Press and Information Office handout / Anadolu Agency

China, Russia, Shanghai, World

大歐亞融合匯聚於俄羅斯遠東

by Pepe Escobar September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese football star Keisuke Honda speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh on Sept 9, 2018 on the eve of a friendly match between Cambodia and Malaysia. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, European Union, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Keisuke Honda to coach Cambodia, and play for Melbourne

by John Duerden September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

The Indonesia rupiah is near a 20-year low. Photo: AFP / Bay Ismoyo

AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Forget Lehman, Asia’s lessons are more timely

by William Pesek September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak, seen here with his wife Rosmah Mansor, has been accused of pilfering a vast sum from the 1MDB development fund before his shock poll defeat in May. Photo: Reuters/ Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Corruption, throughout history and every country

by Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a selfie as fighters walk through Syria in front of Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syrian Kurds remain a thorny issue between Turkey and the US

by Emanuele Scimia September 15, 2018

A Russian honour guard attends the parade of the participants of the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military drills at Tsugol training ground not far from the borders with China and Mongolia in Siberia, on September 13, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Russia should focus on economy, not war games

by Xuan Loc Doan September 14, 2018September 14, 2018

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