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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks with cadres. Kim las launched another purge in the military, undermining morale. Photo: AFP/KCNA via KNS

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Purges, resignations hit North Korea’s military, elites

by Robert E. McCoy January 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Harari believes Artificial Intelligence could lead to unprecedented elite dominance. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Jordan, Middle East, World

Lessons that simply don’t hold water

by Scott A. Shay January 11, 2019February 18, 2020

صورة من داخل مطعم شاورما في مدينة الخليل بالضفة الغربية في 17 أبريل/نيسان 2017، تظهر في خلفيتها مظاهرات دعم للمعتقلين الفلسطينيين. صورة: HAZEM BADER / AFP

Israel, Middle East

مقال إسرائيلي يثير الجدل على مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي حول أصل الشاورما

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 10, 2019January 31, 2019

The China Passenger Car Association reported that car sales fell 5.8% last year. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Singapore, World

China’s economy shows more signs of running out of gas

by Gordon Watts January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Jalan Raya Bintaro in South Tangerang, Indonesia, where the inebriated marksman shot himself in the foot. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Indonesia

Pria Indonesia yang mabuk tembak kaki sendiri

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019

Bodies of the macaques lie by a dirt road in Rayong in eastern Thailand. Police suspect a farmer may have poisoned the animals. Photo: YouTube screen grab.

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai police suspect dead monkeys ate poisoned fruit

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

A yellow-crested cockatoo. Photo: iStock.

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania

Indonesia kesulitan merawat kakatua yang diserahkan kepada pihak berwajib

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019

Tin Shui Wai in the New Territories where the incident took place. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia

Majikan HK yang perkosa PRT Indonesia dituntut

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019

US and Philippine troops at a joint exercise event in a file photo. Photo: Reuters

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

Philippines mulls parting strategic ways with America

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

The temporary sign outside the restaurant. Photo: Pho Keene Great@Facebook.

United Kingdom, World

Tiệm phở ở Anh gây phẫn nộ vì cái tên thô tục

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Indonesia Restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia

Hong Kong Indonesian restaurant to close after 49 years

by Almen Chui January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Customers at a mobile phone shop in Hyderabad. Photo: AFP

India, South Asia

Indian govt violated telecom spectra allocation: Auditor

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Filipino engineer Josephine Santiago-Bond works as a department head at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: Google Maps, NASA

AT Finance, Philippines, World

Filipina engineer is department head at Kennedy Space Center

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

The oil tanker explosion in Hong Kong killed one, with two more missing. Photo: Youtube.

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam

Vietnam assists crew members after oil tanker explosion

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Collage image of China, Taiwan and US flags against a naval ship background. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Why a China invasion of Taiwan would fail

by Bertil Lintner January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Women take part in a rally in Guwahati in Assam in 2008 against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which would give citizenship or stay rights to minorities in India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: AFP/Biju Boro

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Committee on Assam Accord approved despite protests

by Pratyush Deep January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

The Grand Alliance led by Indian National Congress with all non-Bharatiya Janata Party allies. Photo: Twitter

India, South Asia

Changing political equations ahead of India’s general election

by Srinand Jha January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Taiwan, Vietnam

Vietnamese arrested for smuggling cigarettes into Taoyuan

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Xiaomi's flagship store in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Photo: YouTube

China, Hong Kong, World

Xiaomi falls to all-time low after lockup period expires

by Ben Kwok January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo. Photo: Youtube.

AT Finance, Indonesia, Oceania, World

Archbishop urges Indonesians to cut back on plastic bags

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Boars are known carriers of the African Swine Fever. Photo: iStock

World

Poland to controversially cull 200,000 wild boars

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Lan Kwai Fong in Central on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistani man jailed for 10 years for raping drunk woman

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

West Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters, whose officers led the raids. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Police crack down on illegal workers and crime in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Cardinal Richelieu's abode, beneath the streets of Paris. Photo: AFP/Gilles Targat

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Cardinal Richelieu’s ghost returns

by Spengler January 10, 2019January 10, 2019

President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argue before a meeting at the White House in December. Photo: AFP

Dysfunction reigns in Washington as shutdown talks fail

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

China, Hong Kong, World

Creeping deflation in the US, cheap valuations in China

by David P. Goldman January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 2, 2019. - Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable", President Xi Jinping said on January 2, warning against any effort to promote the island's independence and saying China would not renounce the option of military force to bring it into the fold. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Xi Jinping’s bold statements often backfire

by Xuan Loc Doan January 10, 2019

Strike action. Image: iStock

India, South Asia, World

150 million Indian workers say no to despotism

by Vijay Prashad January 10, 2019January 10, 2019

Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Beijing, China, World

US says China has pledged to buy US as tough issues remain

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

China's economy is going through a downturn. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

US relationship is just part of China’s economic dilemma

by Gordon Watts January 9, 2019February 18, 2020