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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July 2017. Photo: Carlos Barria/ Reuters

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A hat trick for Trump’s presidential legacy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 10, 2018

Flags fly at the ZTE offices. Photo: Reuters / Bobby Yip

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ZTE might just emerge from the technological wasteland

by Asia Times staff June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters

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EU said to be eyeing switch to euro in oil trade with Iran

by Asia Times staff May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Chinese city of Dalian on May 8, 2018. Photo: KCNA via KNS and AFP

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China, North Korea remain reluctant brothers in arms

by Bertil Lintner May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump shows the document reinstating sanctions against Iran. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

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The art of breaking a deal

by Pepe Escobar May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump uses a machine to attempt to crush a newly designed 'Made in America' pharmaceutical glass bottle alongside Corning Chairman and CEO Wendell Weeks (R) during a Made in America Week event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 20, 2017. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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‘Big Pharma’ backs Trump’s Asia trade squeeze

by Alan Boyd May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean trucks carrying flour for North Korean flood victims drive past a military checkpoint near the inter-Korean border in 2012. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-Je

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Can South reward the North and stay sanctions compliant?

by Robert E. McCoy April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

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Trade war ‘cluster bombs’ could explode across Asia

by Gordon Watts April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

North and South Korean flags on beautiful beach. Photo: iStock

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Korean reunification may be on the horizon

by Sabena Siddiqui April 26, 2018

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo, August 7, 2017.
Photo: AFP/Toru Hannai/Pool

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Why Japan won’t criticize Hun Sen

by David Hutt March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto

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Cambodia exiles bid to buy influence in Washington

by David Hutt March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters

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Xi watches Korean Peninsula drama from the sidelines

by Xuan Loc Doan March 17, 2018March 18, 2018

Kim Jong-un and Shinzo Abe: Meeting might help Abe more than Kim. Photos: Reuters (Kim via KCNA)

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

Abe may be mulling summit with Kim: Japanese reports

by Andrew Salmon March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees react as aid is distributed in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

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UN suspects Myanmar is guilty of genocide

by Sai Wansai March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A new Cold War fomented by Russian President Vladimir Putin requires a stern response from the United States. The author says the US needs to make it clear that Americans are open to a more normal relationship with Russia if it acts with greater restraint.Image: iStock/Aquir

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The US must harden its response to Putin’s new Cold War

by Richard N. Haass March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin presents purported evidence of ship-to-ship oil transfers allegedly evading sanctions on North Korea Photo: CNP via AFP/Martin H Simon

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Japan, US drawing up plan to intercept ships that flout N Korea sanctions

by Asia Times staff March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Councellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi looks on during the 9th Asean-UN Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. Photo: AFP/Linus Escandor II

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UN and Myanmar on a collision course

by David Scott Mathieson February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin briefs on North Korea at the White House. February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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White House slaps fresh sanctions on North Korea

by Asia Times staff February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in a March 19, 2017 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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US, EU grapple with how to punish Cambodia

by David Hutt February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A North Korean military officer (R) and a North Korea man (L) stand behind a pile of coal along the banks of the Yalu River in the northeast of the North Korean border town of Siniuju in a 2012 file photo. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

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North Korea eludes coal export ban via Vietnam

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

US Vice-President Mike Pence makes a toast with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a banquet hosted by Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on February 7, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kiyoshi Ota

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

Pence says US will impose ‘toughest, most aggressive’ sanctions yet on North Korea

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

American lawyer Eric Rose announced on February 1, 2018 his New York-based law firm's decision to close its affiliate office in Yangon after only five years in business. Photo: Courtesy of Eric Rose

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Prominent US law firm quits on Myanmar

by Peter Janssen February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A truck crosses the Friendship Bridge on the Yalu river from Sinuiju, North Korea to Dandong, Liaoning province, China January 2, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Jacky Chen

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

US imposes new sanctions over North Korea’s nuke weapons program

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives to attend the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) congress in Phnom Penh, January 19, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring Photo

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Unchecked and unopposed, Hun Sen is all powerful

by David Hutt January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iranian woman raises her fist through the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, World

Why there won’t be a revolution in Iran

by Pepe Escobar January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Is Kim Jong-un's latest entreaty legit, or is he attempting yet another hustle in the tried and true Kim family regime tradition? Photo: Reuters / KCNA

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Kim warns US that ‘nuclear launch button is on his desk’

by Robert L. Anderson January 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung

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Death rattle for Myanmar democracy

by David Scott Mathieson December 29, 2017February 18, 2020

A woman wearing traditional dress from Kachin state in Myanmar sheds a tear as she prays outside St. Mary's Cathedral during a mass led by Pope Francis in Yangon on November 30, 2017. Photo: AFP

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Myanmar’s other ethnic atrocity

by Stella Naw December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea has tested a series of ICBMs in the past six months. Photo: Reuters / KCNA

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US turns screws on North Korea after UN move

by Robert L. Anderson December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen prays for peace and stability at a ceremony at the Angkor Wat temple complex on December 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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How democracy died in Cambodia

by David Hutt December 25, 2017February 18, 2020

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