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Lebanon’s rival factions form new cabinet to salvage sinking economy

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse February 1, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Vietnam

Graying Vietnam can’t afford to get old

by David Hutt January 29, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia

World Bank could hit Pakistan with $11 billion fine

by F.M. Shakil January 23, 2019February 18, 2020

Mongolia fog envelops investor view

by Gary Kleiman January 23, 2019January 30, 2019

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim delivers a speech during the 'reinvented toilet expo' in Beijing on November 6, 2018. Photo: Nicolas Asfouri / AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Asia may get trumped amid World Bank intrigue

by William Pesek January 8, 2019February 18, 2020

Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang have long been grappling with a shrinking population. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, Middle East, World

Population growth likely to enter negative territory in 2030

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects a construction site at an undisclosed place in North Korea in 2015. Modernizing the country is a massive undertaking. Photo: AFP/KCNA via KNS

AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korean projects in North Korea: The case against

by Robert E. McCoy January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Wang Fuman, or "Frosty Boy," when he turned up at Zhuanshanbao primary school after a 4.5-kilometer hike. Photo: Online

Beijing, China, World

‘Frosty Boy’, the rural poor and China’s push to eliminate poverty

by Gordon Watts January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

The countdown has started on new trade war discussions between the United States and China. Photo: iStock

Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Oceania, United Kingdom, World

Clock is ticking to find a US-China trade war breakthrough

by Gordon Watts December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A map shows the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Wanishahrukh

Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Balochistan shocked over its poor share in CPEC projects

by FM Shakil December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao kip banknotes in a collage image. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Laos’ zipping economy falls back to earth

by David Hutt December 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors look at the Belt and Road Smart Media Platform during the first Digital China Summit in Fuzhou city, southeast China's Fujian province, in April, this year. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Mexico, Shanghai, Singapore, Vietnam, World

EU’s investment court may be bump in China’s Belt and Road plan

by Emanuele Scimia December 9, 2018February 18, 2020

China is still a comparatively small donor of official development assistance to the Philippines. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Korea, Tianjin, World

The meager truth of China’s aid to the Philippines

by Bienvenido S Oplas Jr December 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Money dealers count Pakistani rupees and US dollars at an exchange in Islamabad. Photo: AFP/ Aamir Qureshi

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan rupee plunges after govt cuts support amid bailout talk

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Coincheck crypto exchange has expanded to also trade Ripple and Factom. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, World

Tuesday’s blockchain news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Asia and Europe Map: iStock

China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Middle East, Central Asia economies fail to impress

by Gary Kleiman November 21, 2018November 21, 2018

An aerial view of the flood in Attapeu province in southern Laos two days after the Xe-Pian Xe-Nam Noy dam collapsed on July 23. The government says just 40 died, but monitors say many hundreds were likely killed. Photo: AFP/ Mime Phoumsavanh

AT Finance, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

New questions asked about Laos dam toll, builder’s role

by Jim Pollard October 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Symbol of Tunisia with Buildlings in Background. Photo: iStock

European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Tunisia tosses post-Arab Spring springboard

by Gary Kleiman October 16, 2018

Photo: iStock / Getty

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, World

China’s central bank chief takes aim at US Treasury

by William Holland October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

Residents salvage items at the quake-hit Petobo village in Palu following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami that hit the area. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

World Bank offers $1bn for quake-hit Indonesia

by Alan Bonini October 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Money dealers count Pakistani rupees and US dollars at an exchange in Islamabad. Photo: AFP/ Aamir Qureshi

China, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Rupee hits new low as Pakistan seeks IMF bailout

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid October 12, 2018February 18, 2020

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on October 10, 2018. Photo: AFP / Sonny Tumbelaka

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

In Asia, ghosts of crises past return amid Trumpian trade war

by William Pesek October 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Female worker holding components metal grinding. Photo: iStock

World

Women’s groups oppose World Bank proposals to weaken labor rights

by Suluck Lamubol October 9, 2018

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

Worshippers pray at Muscat's Sayyida Mazoon mosque in the Gulf sultanate of Oman. Photo: AFP / Giuseppe Cacace

Bahrain, India, Kuwait, Middle East, South Asia, World

Omani youth see an uncertain future

by Jonathan Gorvett October 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP / Fabrice Coffrini

Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The global trade system could break down

by Anne O Krueger September 19, 2018

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak, seen here with his wife Rosmah Mansor, has been accused of pilfering a vast sum from the 1MDB development fund before his shock poll defeat in May. Photo: Reuters/ Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Corruption, throughout history and every country

by Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Globalization. Photo: iStock

China, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Realizing globalization’s innovative potential

by Otaviano Canuto August 16, 2018

The bond will be run in the US on World Bank infrastructure using the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform and will sit on a private Ethereum-based blockchain. Photo: Reuters

Australia, Oceania, World

World Bank to issue the first ‘blockchain bond’

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

Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Russia, South Asia, World

BRICS in a multipolar world

by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos July 26, 2018