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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, via Reuters

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

THAAD missile location in South Korea could be delayed

by Reuters January 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Boy's toys: Thailand's army opened up the the grownups' toy box for Children's Day. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Thailand

Slideshow: Thai military opens barracks for Children’s Day

by Asia Times staff January 15, 2017January 15, 2017

How does North Korea pay for the diesel in the trucks that move its missiles around? Photo: DPA/Joern Petring

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

Strategy for handling North Korea nukes: tailored deterrence

by Michael Raska January 13, 2017February 18, 2020

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Rough water seen for Taiwan dollar after Tillerson hearing

by Asia Times staff January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

Singing from same song sheet? Calls are growing for Australia to distance itself from US military policy. Photo: Reuters

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Australia needs a new foreign policy; Tillerson’s remarks on China make it urgent

by Ben Richardson January 13, 2017

An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft flies overhead during a 2013 training mission in Nevada.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

China’s drones are going global. So are its drone strikes

by Scott N. Romaniuk January 11, 2017January 10, 2017

An adorned Gurung girl wearing traditional costume and ornaments is seen during Tamu Lhosar or Losar (New Year) parade in Kathmandu, Nepal December 30, 2016. Members of the community in Nepal celebrate Tamu Lhosar or Losar with a feast and various cultural programs to usher in the Gurung community's year of the bird. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Nepal, South Asia, World

Sino-Nepali joint military exercises: Mollifying Beijing?

by Sudha Ramachandran January 9, 2017January 9, 2017

This screen grab taken on January 4, 2017 from a YouTube video originally taken by Myanmar Constable Zaw Myo Htike (pictured at far L - looking at camera) shows a policeman (back L) kicking out at a Rohingya minority villager seated on the ground with others, in the village of Kotankauk during a police area clearance operation on November 5, 2016.A commission probing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State on January 4 denied security forces had abused Rohingya, days after a video emerged showing police beating civilians from the Muslim minority. Photo: AFP/YouTube/ Zaw Myo Htike

AT Finance, Myanmar

Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

China’s double standard on counter-terrorism

by Vinay Kaura January 8, 2017January 9, 2017

Marine Sergeant William Olas Bee has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire in Helmand province in 2008 Photo: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

Afghanistan, South Asia

Marines gear up for return to Helmand province

by Reuters January 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Terror ties: The slain couple linked to Mohammad Jaafar Sabiwan Maguid, leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State. Photo: Philippine National Police handout via Reuters

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Foreign ISIS suspect gunned down in Mindanao

by Interaksyon January 8, 2017

Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. Photo: Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Is the Thai military pivoting away from the West to China?

by Emanuele Scimia January 7, 2017January 6, 2017

Beautiful woman vaping with smoke. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Bangladesh, European Union, Germany, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Honey trap to active Jihadists: The new face of warfare

by Shazar Shafqat January 4, 2017January 4, 2017

Indian soldiers participate in a war exercise during a two-day 'Know Your Army' exhibition in Ahmedabad on August 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave

AT Finance, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Surgical strike: India’s changing counter-terror strategy

by Pema Tseten December 30, 2016December 29, 2016

Pakistan's outgoing Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif (R) hands over a ceremonial baton to his successor Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa during the Change of Command ceremony in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, November 29, 2016. Pakistan Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE

India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s security: Back to the drawing board?

by Shazar Shafqat December 29, 2016December 29, 2016

PLA soldiers undertake a training exercise at Stonecutter Island in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP / Anthony Wallace

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China’s military in 2016: Missiles, intelligence and the SCS

by Bill Gertz December 28, 2016December 28, 2016

Chinese J-15 fighter jets on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the Bohai Sea, off China's northeast coast. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

China’s aircraft carrier to go on drills in Western Pacific

by Reuters December 25, 2016February 18, 2020

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump talks to members of the media after a meeting meeting with Pentagon officials at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Australia, China, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Trump and the theater of arms acquisitions

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 24, 2016December 25, 2016

PLA soldiers undertake a training exercise at Stonecutter Island in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP / Anthony Wallace

After scandals, military’s financial dealings to be audited

by Ben Blanchard December 21, 2016February 18, 2020

An unmanned underwater drone similar to the one pictured was seized by the Chinese Navy in international waters off the coast of the Philippines on December 15, 2016. China returned it on December 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, World

China hands back US drone taken in South China Sea

by Reuters December 20, 2016February 18, 2020

In 1996 the USS Independence was part of two carrier battlegroups sent to the South China Sea to monitor Chinese military activity in the area. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

The Chinese ‘red line’ in Asia that could spark a war

by Harry J Kazianis December 20, 2016February 18, 2020

China's quantum satellite - named Micius after a 5th century BC Chinese scientist - blasts off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in China's northwest Gansu province on August 16, 2016.Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, World

Decoding China’s quantum satellite experiments

by Michael Raska December 20, 2016February 18, 2020

Lieutenant-General Bipin Rawat was named as the new chief of the Indian Army to succeed General Dalbir Singh Suhaag. Photo / Reuters / Files

AT Finance, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia

Political battle over new Indian Army chief’s appointment

by Asia Times staff December 19, 2016February 18, 2020

The Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea’s equivalent to the CIA, stands accused of creating the world’s finest hackers who have allegedly struck more than 100 banks and crypto-currency exchanges around the world and made away with an estimated $650 million. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Hacks show N. Korea not quite the digital backwater reported

by David Volodzko December 19, 2016February 18, 2020

A Chinese navy ship is seen docked after an exercise with Cambodian naval officers in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring - RTX28NRC

AT Finance, Australia, China, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, World

Drone piracy in the South China Sea!

by Peter Lee December 18, 2016December 18, 2016

No US Air Force commander will allow the F-22 Raptor anywhere near Russian air defenses in Syria as they do not know how good they are and do not want to find out. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam, World

How the US should engage China and Russia

by David P. Goldman December 17, 2016February 18, 2020

The oceanographic survey ship, USNS Bowditch, is shown September 20, 2002, which deployed an underwater drone seized by a Chinese Navy warship in international waters in South China Sea, December 16, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Courtesy US Navy

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, Taiwan

China agrees to give back seized US underwater drone

by Reuters December 17, 2016February 18, 2020

Supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carry their national flags and gesture as they tour the streets in celebration of what they say is the Syrian army's victory against the rebels in Aleppo, Syria December 12, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki

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Fighting ends in Aleppo

by Ben Richardson December 14, 2016

China has conducted and supported cyber intrusions into US commercial networks for over a decade, according to a US government report. Photo: Reuters / Edgar Su

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, World

Obama leaves Trump a solid cybersecurity plan… will he take it?

by Ross O'Brien December 14, 2016February 18, 2020

Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur is seen in the South China Sea, where the US and allies have been conducting freedom of navigation exercises after China's controversial occupation of many disputed islets. Photo: US Navy via Reuters.

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

China investments make UK think twice about South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia December 13, 2016February 18, 2020