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Board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a checkered board.

Australia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Has Beijing abandoned its soft power strategy?

by Jeffrey Gil March 3, 2018

Russia-Belarus-Anastasia Vashukevich-Instagram-2

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Russia, Thailand, World

Sexed up allegations of Russia’s US election meddling

by Richard S Ehrlich March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Retirement of US’ top North Korea diplomat comes at key time

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

United Nations flag. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Indonesia eyes United Nations Security Council seat

by Alek K Kurniawan February 28, 2018March 1, 2018

Modi and Trudeau hugging. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, India, Nepal, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Modi’s hugging obsession is making India cringe

by Raja Murthy February 25, 2018February 25, 2018

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Groupthink and the politics of language pave the road to war

by David Simmons February 23, 2018

Ivanka Trump, pictured on February 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Ivanka Trump, former N. Korean general to attend Pyeongchang finale

by Andrew Salmon February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, on February 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters

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

US baits Turkey in hopes of ending Ankara’s Russian dalliance

by MK Bhadrakumar February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Inside a Catholic church in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, World

Tiny Vatican City under pressure from Asian giant

by Xuan Loc Doan February 16, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia

China finds opportunity in Myanmar crisis

by Yun Sun February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Diplomatic handshake between leaders from India and Saudi Arabia with flag-painted hands. Image: iStock

Afghanistan, Australia, China, India, Israel, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

India-Saudi Arabia relations on promising path

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 13, 2018

US President Donald Trump wants to increase military spending, including a costly upgrade to the country's nuclear arsenal to meet the threat from so-called "revisionist" powers, Russia and China. But the move could pose significant risks to the American economy.Image: iStock/curraheeshutter

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Labeling China and Russia as threats puts the US at risk

by Ken Moak February 12, 2018

Turkish tanks gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018, at Hassa, in Hatay province. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Uneasy quest for Turkish-US compromise on Syrian Kurds

by Emanuele Scimia February 9, 2018

Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

AT Finance, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

How Japan’s Abe could win in Pyeongchang

by William Pesek February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The railway from Mombasa to Nairobi in Kenya is an example of "we first" in practice. Kenyans laid the tracks with the assistance of technical advisers from China, which then included the project in its Belt Road Initiative.
Photo: iStock/Sansara

Beijing, China, India, Mexico, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The two schools of international relations — Me versus We

by George Koo February 3, 2018

North Korea's ambassador to China Ji Jae-Ryong speaks to journalists during a press conference at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing in May. Photo: Reuters/Wang Zhao

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

North Korea’s ambassador to China makes first official appearance in two months

by Asia Times staff January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman attends a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip of the first freight train to travel from China to Britain on January 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Stefan Wermuth

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

China-UK spat brewing over May’s Belt and Road caution

by Richard Cook January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indian army contingent marches holding the national flags of the Asean countries during a dress rehearsal for Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 23, 2018. Photo: AFP/Money Sharma

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

India takes fight to China via SEAsia

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev shake hands in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

China, European Union, Russia, Shanghai, World

Investor standoff sullies Nazarbayev’s international splash

by Gary Kleiman January 26, 2018

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi shake hands ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Modi resets India’s foreign-policy priorities

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is seen during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Korean Olympics: deja vu all over again

by John J. Metzler January 22, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a signing ceremony at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 15, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

India-Israel relations: from obscurity to certainty

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 19, 2018

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) in Singapore in s file photo Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey

Golden era for Malaysia-Singapore ties

by Nile Bowie January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) hands the gavel to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a transfer of Asean's chairmanship at the closing ceremonies of the grouping's 31st Summit in Manila on November 14, 2017. Photo: AFP/Aaron Favila/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Now or never for Asean to take a stand

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, World

Unpredictable perhaps, but certainly not a madman

by Leon Hadar January 16, 2018

2017年6月在韩国茂朱举行的跆拳道世錦賽開幕儀式上，来自北韩的跆拳道隊員在比赛中举行了一场示范。相片：世界跆拳道

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跆拳道队或能在冬奥为和平铺路

by Andrew Salmon January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A boy (looks at a statue of a teenage girl symbolizing "comfort women" on a bus running through downtown Seoul on August 14, 2017.Photo: AFP / Jung Yeon-Je

AT Finance, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan’s Abe returns fire from Korea’s Moon on ‘comfort women’

by Andrew Salmon January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the opening session of the 20th ASEAN-JAPAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, World

Singapore atop Asean with a wary eye on China

by Nile Bowie January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Advisor of the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) Alexander Vorontsov at the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference 2017. Sputnik via AFP / Eugene Odinokov

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

‘It would be suicidal to attack the USA first’: North Korean diplomats

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

A taekwondo fighter from North Korea puts the boot in during a demonstration at the opening ceremony of the WT World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea, June 2017. Photo: World Taekwondo

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

Can deadly fighters forge a path to peace at Winter Olympics?

by Andrew Salmon January 10, 2018February 18, 2020