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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, November 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, European Union, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, South Asia, World

Suu Kyi takes a populist, paranoid turn

by David Scott Mathieson November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Photos: Reuters/KCNA

China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Tokyo, Seoul welcome US ruling on North Korea as terrorism sponsor

by Reuters and Asia Times November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

People sit by the road near the main Kim Il Sung square in central Pyongyang, North Korea April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

North Korea petitions Russia to let workers stay despite sanctions

by Reuters November 17, 2017February 18, 2020

A Cambodian police official stands guard as students hold portraits of China's President Xi Jinping and King Norodom Sihamoni during Xi's arrival at the Phnom Penh international airport on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Cambodia clampdown threatens Chinese interests

by David Hutt October 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees take shelter at a school in Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on October 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, World

EU has limited options for helping Rohingya refugees

by Emanuele Scimia October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

A Rohingya refugee who crossed the border from Myanmar this week stands at a window of a school used as a shelter at Kotupalang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Rohingya refugees as pawns in a geopolitical game

by Bertil Lintner October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

The North Korean ferry, the ManGyongBong, docked in the port of the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, May 18, 2017. Reuters/Yuri Maltsev

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

Russia-North Korea ferry resumes, but without passengers

by Inga Velanskaya October 20, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting Farm No. 1116 of KPA Unit 810 in September. KCNA/via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia

North Korea faces ‘significant’ food shortage: 38 North

by Asia Unhedged October 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen during a diplomatic event in Manila in September 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

Duterte renews row on rights with EU

by Richard Javad Heydarian October 16, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has responded to threats made at the UN by US President Donald Trump. Kim described Trump as mentally deranged for threatening to destroy North Korea.
Image: Annika Laas/Wikidpedia Commons.

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North Korean ship seized carrying weapons for Egypt

by Peter Langan October 2, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho walks to speak to the media outside the Millennium hotel New York, U.S., September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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

North Korea’s foreign minister a sharp, whisky-drinking intellectual

by James Pearson and Hyonhee Shin September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Workers unload coal in Hefei, Anhui province. Photo: Reuters / Jianan Yu

Uncategorized

China imported 1.6 mln tons of North Korean coal in Aug. despite ban

by Peter Langan September 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Are the oil curbs on North Korea starting to bite at the pump? Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea gas prices have tripled after sanctions: reports

by Asia Unhedged September 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Are the oil curbs on North Korea starting to bite at the pump? Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

Uncategorized

Pyongyang gasoline prices rise by 43%, NK News reports

by Peter Langan September 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters / Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

As North Korea threat looms, Trump to address world leaders at UN

by Reuters September 18, 2017February 18, 2020

A woman buys a copy of the final issue of The Cambodia Daily at a street stall in Phnom Penh on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Samrang Pring

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Should Western countries impose sanctions on Cambodia?

by Kongkea Chhoeun September 14, 2017

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with Japan's UN Ambassador Koro Bessho (L) and South Korea's UN Ambassador Cho Tae-yul (R) at a press briefing ahead of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, US, May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Sanctions doubts grow as North Korea warns US of ‘gift packages’

by Christine Kim and Stephanie Nebehay September 6, 2017February 18, 2020

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the South China Sea on April 9, 2017. Photo: US Navy/Reuters

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

The long game on how to handle North Korea

by Ted Gover September 6, 2017

US President Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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

US sanctions China, Russia companies for helping North Korea

by David Brunnstrom and Doina Chiacu August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A sign marking North Korea's border with China. Photo: Wikipedia

North Korea, Northeast Asia

US increases pressure on Chinese firms tied to North Korea

by Asia Unhedged August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

US Army 23rd chemical battalion soldiers put on their gear in South Korea, where America maintains nearly 30,000 troops, in a Reuters file photo from April 2013.

AT Finance, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

North Korea shipments to Syria chemical arms agency intercepted

by Reuters August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

People's Republic of China Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers questions during a interview with reporters, after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an Asean meeting held in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Asean meet leans in China’s favor

by Richard Javad Heydarian August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, World

UN imposes strict new sanctions on North Korean exports

by Reuters August 6, 2017February 18, 2020

An oil production platform in Iran's Soroush oil fields. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi

China, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, United Kingdom, World

New Iran sanctions simply don’t add up

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 31, 2017

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Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Sanctions: Venezuela edition

by Asia Unhedged July 31, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese flag in front of the Friendship bridge over the Yalu River connecting North Korea and China. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

US readies new sanctions on China firms over North Korea

by David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick July 14, 2017February 18, 2020

A vendor receives Chinese banknotes after selling North Korean goods to tourists on a boat taking them from the Chinese side of the Yalu river for sightseeing close to the shores of North Korea near Dandong in China's Liaoning Province on April 1, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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

China trade with North Korea expands 10.5% in first half

by Ben Blanchard and Fang Cheng July 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Lecturer Ian Bennett from Choson Exchange explains how to scale a product successfully during the Women In Business program held in Pyongyang in 2015. Photo: Choson Exchange.

AT Finance, Australia, China, Egypt, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, World

Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not as rare as you’d think

by Daniel Hurst July 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Russia made the Chinese yuan a reserve currency in 2015, raising the prospect of deeper economic cooperation between the countries. Photo: Reuters

China, Russia, World

Yuan the key to expansion of Sino-Russian economic ties

by Zi Yang June 25, 2017February 18, 2020

A combined image of North Korea and Thailand's national flags. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Thailand-North Korea ties in the spotlight

by Richard S Ehrlich June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

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