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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Saudi Arabia's 2019 budget meeting in Riyadh. Photo: AFP

France, Middle East, World

Saudi Arabia announces budget deficit for 6th straight year

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

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi addresses parliament in Baghdad in October. Photo: AFP

France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraq approves 3 new ministers

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

The Senate of the Philippines. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Budget increase to improve services for migrant workers

by Asia Times staff December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Map ofPakistan: iStock

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The media is not the establishment’s PR machine

by Imad Zafar December 8, 2018

Sri Lanka ballot box and flag. Image: iStock

South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

An evaluation of Sri Lanka’s democratic credentials

by Ana Pararajasingham December 5, 2018

Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) get ready for the military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army at Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, July 30, 2017. Photo: China Daily via REUTERS

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, World

Fifth column? China’s angry, vulnerable veterans

by William Holland November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

Chinese economy. Image:iStock

Beijing, China, Middle East

The art of rebalancing China’s economy

by William Holland November 12, 2018

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said that relations with the 17 states that still have formal ties with Taipei were relatively stable, although less confidence is expressed elsewhere. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Taiwan, World

Taiwan needs a new diplomatic strategy to counter China

by Emanuele Scimia October 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (2R), Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi (C), Pakistani Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan (top-R) and Pakistani Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Zubair Mahmood Hayat (2L) arrive to receive Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2018.Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI

China, European Union, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Can Pakistani military diplomacy achieve foreign policy goals?

by Atta Rasool Malik October 6, 2018

There are better ways to manage wheat and other crops. Photo: Pavo

India, South Asia

India’s minimum support price for crops useless without procurement

by Vivek Kaul July 16, 2018

Thousands turned out on June 30 to decry the Trump administration's detention of families policy at the US Mexico border. Divisions have grown in the US under the Trump administration. Photo: AFP/Frederic J. Brown

World

US anger and divisiveness blamed on ‘Truth Decay’

by David DeVoss July 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Matthew Cheung encourages Hong Kong people to have healthy eating habits. Photo: info.gov.hk

China, Hong Kong, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Unhealthy lifestyles a silent killer, warns chief secretary

by Ben Kwok May 14, 2018February 18, 2020

India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Pakistan must raise its governance standards

by Atta Rasool Malik April 27, 2018April 27, 2018

Paul Tse's suggestion to turn the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal into a columbaria did not impress Hong Kong legislators. Photo: Ceeseven, Wikimedia Commons

China, Hong Kong

Legislators kill off plan to put funeral urns at cruise dock

by Ben Kwok April 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Several Dalit organisations shout slogans as they hits an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a countrywide strike against the Supreme Courts order of diluting the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, in Amritsar on April 2, 2018.
Punjab government has ordered the suspension of bus services and mobile internet services. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU

India, South Asia

Dalits hold nationwide protests over Supreme Court’s ruling

by Kriti Singh April 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Flag of Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the rusty background. Photo: iStock

Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The corrosive influence of Pakistan’s ‘deep state’

by Imad Zafar March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Ahn Chan-sik, who leads the Tech and Comms practice at law firm Hwang, Mok, Park, briefs investors and reporters on the regulatory landscape for cryptos on Monday. Photo Andrew Salmon

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Korean cryptocurrency market faces new regulatory risk

by Andrew Salmon March 19, 2018February 18, 2020

The Department of Labor and Employment in Intramuros, Philippines. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines

Make it easier for OFWs to find jobs at home: senator

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

Qingchuan Bridge in Wuhan province in China. Photo: iStock

China, World, Wuhan

Wuhan launches US$7.64 bln guiding fund for ‘Optics Valley’

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and newly elected John Alexander celebrate at a by-election party in Sydney. Photo: AAP Mick Tsikas via Reuters

Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea

China syndrome leaves unanswered questions about Australian politics

by Lachlan Colquhoun December 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Casinos are among the lures Russia is using to promote tourism and investment into the underpopulated but resource rich Far East region. Photo: Vitaliy Ankov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik

AT Finance, Bahrain, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

Russia to extend free e-visa program to all Far East airports  

by Asia Times staff December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

How Bitcoin can save the world from deflation

by William Pesek December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Korean unification as pie in the sky? Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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

Why reunification of the Koreas is unlikely

by Robert E. McCoy November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Ruffled by the Brexit winds. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Britain’s Brexit gloom yet to tinge golden glow of China ties

by Richard Cook November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A Bersih rally in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, in April 2012. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Malaysia, World

Marching toward free and fair elections

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar November 9, 2017November 10, 2017

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets his supporters after making a speech at an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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

Abe after the election – what to do with power?

by Daniel Sneider October 25, 2017February 18, 2020

As the only country ever to be attacked by atomic weapons – first in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 – Japan may be reluctant to become a nuclear-weapons power itself. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Japan’s nuclear weapon allergy psychosomatic?

by Grant Newsham October 23, 2017October 23, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a bilateral meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8, 2017. Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

China-Japan ties are about to get worse

by William Pesek October 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets his supporters after making a speech at an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Japan shares jump after Shinzo Abe wins big in general election

by Peter Langan October 22, 2017February 18, 2020

This NASA Earth Observatory image obtained on October 21, 2017, shows a natural-color image of Typhoon Lan in the western Pacific on October 20, 2017. Photo: AFP / NASA Earth Observatory / Handout.

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Powerful typhoon hits Japan, thousands advised to evacuate

by Reuters October 22, 2017February 18, 2020

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