How China Got One of the World’s Largest Human Rights Convenings Canceled
The closing day of RightsCon 2025, held in Taipei, Taiwan, Feb. 27, 2025. Credit: Flickr/ RightsCon On April 29, the shocking news...
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Pakistan and the Economics of Diplomacy
Khurram Husain, one of Pakistan’s most widely read business and economy journalists and a columnist at Dawn, joins host Tushar Shetty to...
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Will Australia’s Independents Form a Political Party?
Credit: helen35 from Pixabay One of the most interesting democratic movements of recent years has been Australia’s Community Independents Project. The movement...
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China Wants to Speak for Taiwan. The World Should Hear Taiwan Directly.
Credit: Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)/ Liu Shu-fu Within the span of four weeks, two planes told the story of Taiwan’s...
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Brussels Needs a New Narrative on China-EU Relations
Credit: Depositphotos Europe’s China policy is stuck in a strategic dead end. Instruments aimed at reducing asymmetric dependencies, strengthening competitiveness, and building...
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Amid Rumors of a Visit by China’s Leader, North Korea Fires Close-Range Ballistic Missiles
Credit: Depositphotos North Korea fired several close-range ballistic missiles into the ocean on May 26, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)...
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Theresa Sabonis-Helf on Central Asia’s Thirsty Future Industries
Credit: Tim Broadbent on Unsplash Central Asia is home to one of the most infamous human-caused ecological catastrophes: the dramatic drying-up of...
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More Than Trade: Modi’s Visit to Sweden and Norway
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined his Nordic counterparts in Oslo for the 3rd India–Nordic Summit, May 19, 2026. Credit: Indian Ministry...
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China’s New Type 054B Frigate Joins Liaoning Carrier Group for First Time in Western Pacific
The Luohe, a Type 054B frigate in service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy, during its commissioning in Qingdao, China, July 28,...
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Starbucks sees sharp drop in Korean sales after ‘Tank Day’ marketing backlash
Advertisement East Asia Starbucks sees sharp drop in Korean sales after ‘Tank Day’ marketing backlash The chairman of Shinsegae Group, the operator...
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Japan approves US$3 billion spending to help with energy bills
Advertisement East Asia Japan approves US$3 billion spending to help with energy bills Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions from...
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Motorists to pay new Genting Highlands road charges from May 28, starting at US$0.80
Advertisement Asia Motorists to pay new Genting Highlands road charges from May 28, starting at US$0.80 Genting Malaysia Berhad previously said the...
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Rubio revives ‘Quad’ with new Asia projects after questions on US
Advertisement Asia Rubio revives ‘Quad’ with new Asia projects after questions on US The Quad meeting comes 10 days after US President...
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North Korea fires ballistic missile into Yellow Sea: Seoul
Advertisement East Asia North Korea fires ballistic missile into Yellow Sea: Seoul South Korea, the United States and Japan were “maintaining a...
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China defence chief Dong Jun tipped to skip this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue
Advertisement Asia China defence chief Dong Jun tipped to skip this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue The regional security forum opens on Friday (May...
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South Korea aims to launch first nuclear-powered submarine by the mid-2030s
Advertisement East Asia South Korea aims to launch first nuclear-powered submarine by the mid-2030s People board the South Korean KSS-III submarine ROKS...
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Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to ‘gay party’
Advertisement Asia Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to ‘gay party’ Authorities also seized about RM103,070 (US$26,000) worth...
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Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave
Advertisement Asia Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave Experts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of...
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‘Cracks getting bigger’ in Malaysia’s opposition pact, but PM Anwar ‘faces complications’ of his own
Advertisement analysis Asia ‘Cracks getting bigger’ in Malaysia’s opposition pact, but PM Anwar ‘faces complications’ of his own The increasingly public spat...
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South Korea overpass collapse kills three people during safety inspection
Advertisement East Asia South Korea overpass collapse kills three people during safety inspection All the people killed and injured were senior city...
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