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Taketoyo Toguchi (center) is surrounded by supporters in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, on February 4, 2018. Photo: AFP / Jiji Press / Japan Out

Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Okinawa electing a ‘pro-base’ mayor shouldn’t be a surprise

by Grant Newsham February 7, 2018February 8, 2018

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy soldiers patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea

China nearly done militarizing South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Navy soldiers stand guard to rifles in New Delhi during a rehearsal for India's Republic Day parade on January 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Saumya Khandelwal

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Great China-India naval war could be an anti-climax

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Combat weapons, US dollars and ammunition scattered on a sackcloth. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, Middle East, South Asia, World

As ISIS fighters return, Central Asia braces for attacks

by Tatiana Kanunnikova February 4, 2018

A protester chants anti-government slogans during a march towards the Philippine Congress ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation address in Quezon city, Metro Manila Philippines July 24, 2017. Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Philippines, South Asia, World

Calls mount against Duterte’s martial order

by Bong S Sarmiento January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary for Defense, Jim Mattis in a November 10, 2017 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Simon Dawson

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Mattis signals harder line in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A US A-10 aircraft is pictured at the Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

In any war with North Korea, the A-10 is a powerful weapon

by Stephen Bryen January 25, 2018

A police officer guards near a burnt down house during violence in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar August 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Myanmar, United Kingdom, World

Rakhine killings inflame Myanmar’s powder keg

by Lee Short January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A surface-to-surface Agni-5 missile is displayed at a parade in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters / B Mathur

Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

‘China pursuing missile defenses; Indian nukes are main worry’

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) standing beside missile tubes on deck while touring the guided missile frigate Changchun berthed at the Davao international port on May 1, 2017. Photo: AFP/Simeon Celi

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

China eyes Philippines’ strategic eastern shores

by George Amurao January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Discarded mobile phones and computer keyboards displayed at the Metropolitan Electronics Recycling Center in Yongin, south of Seoul. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Cyberthreats loom large over Pyeongchang and beyond

by Alan Boyd January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP / Mandel Ngan

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Trump’s surprise turnaround on North Korea

by John Burton January 17, 2018

Members of Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT) take part in an anti-terror drill in a 2016 file photo. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP Forum/Seung-il Ryu

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

Protecting Pyeongchang: safe Games a national priority

by Andrew Salmon January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Retired Admiral James Stavridis is escorted by Donald Trump's secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York on December 8, 2016. Photo: AFP / Dominick Reuter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Climate change may well be an ‘enemy.’ But a military one?

by Grant Newsham January 16, 2018

Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (C) tries a CQ-A5b (M4) rifle donated by the Chinese government during the ceremony at the military headquarters in Manila on October 5, 2017.Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Philippine brass up in arms on the South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 15, 2018February 18, 2020

A North Korean ballistic missile blasting through outer space in a three-dimensional Illustration. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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

Asia’s space race gathers pace

by Alan Boyd January 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Armed police patrol busy public areas around Westminster as security is stepped up ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in London on December 31, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Eddie Keogh

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, France, Iraq, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, Syria, World

ISIS returnees will bring new risks in 2018

by Tatiana Kanunnikova January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

A Shan State Army-South soldier stands guard outside the insurgent group's headquarters ahead of the Shan National Day in Loi Tai Leng, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Photo: AFP/KC Ortiz

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar’s cockpit of anarchy

by Anthony Davis December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy soldiers patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

China advances, US retreats in SEAsia

by Richard Javad Heydarian December 28, 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

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, World

Myanmar’s other ethnic atrocity

by Stella Naw December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a Make America Great Again rally in West Virginia, on August 3, 2017. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s grandstanding on national security could end in tragedy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 20, 2017

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, Vietnam, World

In from the cold: CIA gesture indicates thawing US-Russia ties

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 18, 2017December 18, 2017

A man holds an improvised explosive device in Myanmar. These devices are found in multiple areas in many states in the north, east and west where there has been fighting. Photo: via ICBL/ Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Myanmar still a serial landmine user, monitor says

by Jim Pollard December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A security guard intervenes as Howard, 37, an Australian-Chinese who is impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Dennis Alan of Chicago, 66, who is impersonating President Donald Trump, pose outside US Consulate in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

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

What would ‘detente’ with North Korea look like?

by Doug Tsuruoka December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Vessels from the China Maritime Surveillance and the Japan Coast Guard are seen near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Photo: Reuters / Kyodo

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

Time to create task force for Japan’s Southern Islands – or lose them

by Grant Newsham December 13, 2017December 13, 2017

A still from the 1990 movie Hunt for Red October.

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Will North Korea’s missile subs spur new ‘Hunt for Red October’?

by Doug Tsuruoka December 9, 2017February 18, 2020

The skyline of Singapore's central business district seen from a public housing estate, April 14, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

Singapore on edge as Islamic State circles

by Nile Bowie December 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Mong Kok in Kowloon,
with the new smart ID card inset. Photo: iStockphoto, Legislative Council

China, Hong Kong, Macau

New smart ID card design unveiled by Security Bureau

by Asia Times staff November 30, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Security trumps trade in Australia’s Foreign Policy White Paper

by Giovanni Di Lieto November 30, 2017

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. Photo: Wikipedia

Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

‘US aircraft carriers can trump Chinese anti-ship missiles’

by Doug Tsuruoka November 30, 2017February 18, 2020