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Vietnamese punters at the Grand Casino in Hanoi. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Vietnam, World

Short on cash, Vietnam punts on gambling

by David Hutt October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

A man holds election campaign material of the BJP and the Indian National Congress party ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in 2018. Photo: AFP / Noah Seelam

India, South Asia

The fat cost of winning a seat in an Indian election

by T S Sudhir October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Participants show their traditional Japanese tattoos related to the Yakuza during the annual Sanja Matsuri festival in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on May 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Behrouz Mehri

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Japan’s leading yakuza gangs in US Treasury’s cross-hairs

by Jake Adelstein October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia players listen to the head of the General Authority for Saudi Sport, Turki Al-Sheikh in Moscow on June 13, 2018 ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup. / Photo: AFP / Alexander Nemenov

Egypt, Middle East

تركي آل الشيخ يعلن انسحابه من الاستثمار الرياضي في مصر

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 8, 2018January 30, 2019

Cuartero, Capiz, in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Indonesia, Philippines

22 Người Philippin được tiêm vắc-xin bệnh dại sau khi ăn thịt chó

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

An Israeli soldier guards a road after a deadly gun attack in the northern West Bank on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Israel, Middle East

Troops hunt for ‘Palestinian who shot dead two Israelis’

by Asia Times staff and agencies October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 26, 2018, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Photo: AFP/ Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

The balance of China, Japan, and Trump’s America

by Joseph S. Nye October 7, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in New Delhi on October 4, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel

Australia, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

S-400s don’t solve India’s geostrategic dilemma

by Pepe Escobar October 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Iceland erupted as the financial crisis wrecked the country's economy. Photo: Johann Helgason / Shutterstock

Cyprus, European Union, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

How the world can deal with the next financial crisis

by Iosif Kovras October 6, 2018February 18, 2020

نشطاء هندوس يحملون الشعلات بجانب نموذج لمعبد رام في مسيرة بمناسبة الحكم بهدم جامع بابري.
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India, South Asia

Religious tensions rise after court ruling on mosque land

by Saurav Datta October 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Victor Mallet, Asia news editor for the FT and vice-president of the FCC in Hong Kong, has not been allowed to renew his visa in the city. Photo: FCC

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

Journalist visa denial raises more HK autonomy concerns

by Asia Times staff October 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak (L) arrives at a court to in Seoul on September 6, 2018. He faces 15 years in jail but is appealing his sentence. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je

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

Another former Korean president headed for jail

by Andrew Salmon October 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Photo: AFP/ PTI

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Imran Khan’s politicized KPK police brutalize university students

by Ali Salman Andani October 5, 2018

Portrait of Young angry men isolated on red wall. Photo: iStock

India, South Asia

Are Indian liberals becoming hypocritically intolerant?

by Sagarneel Sinha October 5, 2018October 5, 2018

Shinzo Abe during a reception for the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo symposium on September 12, 2014. Photo: AFP/Tomohiro Ohsumi

Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

In Abe’s Japan, men still wear the pants in the cabinet

by William Pesek October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladivostok Photo: iStock

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

Moscow failures see Putin’s men lose in Russian Far East

by Giovanni Pigni October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

UK Independence Party Brexit spokesman and member of the European Parliament for London, Gerard Batten, addresses members of the media at the party's by-election campaign headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, on February 13, 2017. Photo: AFP / Oli Scarff

European Union, United Kingdom, World

Britain’s Brexit Party is imploding, and Brexit might die with it

by Raheem Kassam October 4, 2018

The Kowloon City Magistrates' Court. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand

Two domestic workers involved in fight may lose jobs

by Asia Times staff October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Cancer patients rest on beds at Dr Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute and research centre in Guwahati in Assam. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Thailand, World

Declaration of Alma-Ata: ‘health for all’ 40 years on

by Kabir Sheikh October 4, 2018

Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong at the VCP's headquarters in Hanoi on October 6, 2016. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, China, Vietnam, World

All of Vietnam’s power is in Trong’s hands

by David Hutt October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Police officers on duty at a pedestrian crossing in Shanghai's Lujiazui central business district. Photo: Xinhua

China, Shanghai

Shanghai police deploy ‘human wall’ tactic for Golden Week

by Asia Times staff October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Philippines, World

Filipino-American student detained for being an ‘illegal’

by Asia Times staff October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Cuartero, Capiz, in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, World

22 Filipinos given rabies vaccine after eating dog meat

by Asia Times staff October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A protester holds a placard as she gathers with others during a protest against junta, near the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Panumas Sanguanwong

AT Finance, Australia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Pre-election politics heating up in Thailand

by Richard S Ehrlich October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur is seen in the South China Sea, where the US and allies have been conducting freedom of navigation exercises after China's controversial occupation of many disputed islets. Photo: US Navy via Reuters.

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

How can East Asia defuse multiple maritime security risks?

by Andrew Salmon October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the first day of the World Economic Forum, on January 17, 2017, in Davos, Switzerland. Photo: AFPChinese President Xi Jinping said on January 17, 2017 that there is "no point" in blaming economic globalisation for the world's problems. The leader of the world's second largest economy made the comment at the World Economic Forum, where he is making his first appearance as China seeks to play a greater role in world trade regimes amid rising protectionism in the US and Europe. The global elite begin a week of earnest debate and Alpine partying in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, in a week bookended by two presidential speeches of historic import. / AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

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

Why Xi fails to convince China’s main trading partners

by Xuan Loc Doan October 3, 2018

People react as they see the body of Nasir Shafi, 11, who according to local residents was shot by Indian security forces during a protest on Friday evening in Theed on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Australia, China, India, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Conflict resolution must focus on human suffering

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 3, 2018October 3, 2018

Block.one's Head of Developer Relations Serg Metelin (L) on the blockchain.live stage in London with Oracle's Retail Sales Development Director Antony Welfare. Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, World

Block.one says blockchain ‘scalability challenge’ solved

by Richard Cook October 2, 2018February 18, 2020

China's BeiDou satellite navigational system. Photo: Xinhua

AT Finance, China, India, Russia, South Asia, World

China’s BeiDou now has Tibet covered

by Asia Times staff October 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Odysseus is tempted by the swirling Sirens in Homer's The Odyssey.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Mexico, World

Trade War Sirens could lure global economy on to the rocks

by Gordon Watts October 2, 2018February 18, 2020