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22-10-2017 03:50

Opinion // Cambodia has failed to take advantage of its inherent potential (Kongkea Chhoeun)

22-10-2017 02:59

Opinion // Dreams of independence persist in an interconnected world (Neville Sarony)

22-10-2017 00:25

Opinion // Why globalization is needed more than ever (Ken Moak)

21-10-2017 23:17

Opinion // Indian officials defend Modi economic muddle (Gary Kleiman)

21-10-2017 21:06

Spain will sack Catalan government, call regional election (Isla Binnie and Julien Toyer)

21-10-2017 19:48

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been widely condemned for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis but the blame for abuses more squarely lies with the autonomous military. (Bertil Lintner)

21-10-2017 19:17

The US and EU are unlikely to impose new sanctions on Myanmar's against ethnic Rohingya in sight of China's use of the humanitarian crisis to score diplomatic points. (Bertil Lintner)

21-10-2017 17:01

Top American envoy Rex Tillerson has outlined a long-term role for India in US regional strategies but Delhi suspects "America First" will still take precedence. (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

21-10-2017 11:43

North Korea's Kim cult owes a little something to Stalinism, messianic Christianity, Confucian ancestor worship, indigenous shamanism and Japanese emperor worship to perpetuate its rule. (Ian Buruma)

21-10-2017 11:32

Yuichi Fukuda’s Psychic Kusuo takes aim at a youth demographic (and those who never grew up) in the latest work from the Japanese director who has achieved unprecedented domestic success for his peculiar brand of humor. (Karen Severns)

21-10-2017 11:31

Should the US drop the gauntlet and revive Reagan-era ‘Star Wars’ missile defense technology or continue pursuit of nonproliferation strategies? (Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large)

21-10-2017 10:33

Xi’s road map to the Chinese Dream (Pepe Escobar)

21-10-2017 10:15

Does recent reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah herald the beginning of the end of Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Not if Israel doesn't accept the need to make concessions. (Daoud Kuttab)

21-10-2017 09:30

Thailand is gripped with preparations for the royal cremation of deceased monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej, a spectacular Hindu-Buddhist cosmic ritual with ancient antecedents. (Richard S Ehrlich)

21-10-2017 09:30

Indonesian leader Joko Widodo has given a lion's share of government projects to state over private interests, an allocation critics say has decelerated the economy. (John McBeth)

21-10-2017 09:30

Asia’s poorest countries have few defenses against natural disasters and will have to get used to living with their enormous human and economic toll, new UN research says. (Alan Boyd)

20-10-2017 21:02

The ferry service between Russia and North Korea has resumed after being suspended in August due to a financial dispute with Vladivostok port unrelated to sanctions on Pyongyang, the operator said. But the vessel is transporting only cargo, no passengers. (Inga Velanskaya)

20-10-2017 19:34

Pakistan is showing clear signs of economic meltdown amid deepening political uncertainty in the country. (F.M. Shakil)

20-10-2017 18:41

Whether cultural products from South Korea can re-enter China depends on Chinese people’s feeling, says a Chinese cultural official (Jeff Pao)

20-10-2017 15:11

Work on a US$5.1 billion Indonesian rail project awarded to Chinese developers two years ago was supposed to have begun last year, but has been held up by land issues. (Lin Wanxia)

20-10-2017 14:17

This week's killings of Islamic State-aligned top Filipino militants may cripple the extremist group's immediate aims in the region but the threat of new targeted terror attacks still looms large. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

20-10-2017 13:14

Japan’s election on Sunday probably isn’t foremost in Janet Yellen’s mind. But the headwinds holding back Asia’s No. 2 economy offer insights into why inflation isn’t the urgent problem the Federal Reserve chair fears. (William Pesek)

20-10-2017 12:33

Brookings China scholar Cheng Li believes there is a 50-50 chance that Xi Jinping will formally tap Hu Chunhua as his successor at the ongoing 19th Party Congress in Beijing. (Doug Tsuruoka)

20-10-2017 12:28

Opinion // New Zealand PM change another nip in the bud of Asia-Pacific trade (Giovanni Di Lieto)

20-10-2017 11:17

Corporate debt levels in China look huge by international comparison. But infrastructure spending rather than speculation explains most of that debt growth over the past ten years. (David P. Goldman)

20-10-2017 10:46

The People's Bank of China explores 'double pillar' regulatory framework (Asia Times staff)

20-10-2017 10:41

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to continue focus on problematic officials (Asia Times staff)

20-10-2017 09:45

China to tighten regulations on banking and finance industry, strengthen risk control (Asia Times staff)

20-10-2017 09:10

Shanghai will build basic framework for technology and innovation center by 2020 (Asia Times staff)

19-10-2017 18:00

Newly elected Jakarta governor Anies Baswaden has again inflamed Indonesia's volatile racial and religious politics, with an eye on one day winning the presidency. (John McBeth)

the brief

A young woman in a graduation gown sits by a friend at the University of California in this file pic taken in June 2012. Debate has flared about admissions policies at US colleges amid a claim that Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans. Photo: iStock

Oct 14,2017, 10:21

US college admissions ‘aim for diversity, not racial equity’

By Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large

The Asian American Coalition for Education filed a complaint against Harvard University in 2015 alleging the school has discriminatory practices against Asian Americans. Photo: iStock/Getty

Sep 27,2017, 10:42

Legal activist Blum backs Asian American suit against Harvard

By Doug Tsuruoka

Photo: iStock

Aug 04,2017, 10:56

‘College admissions probe relates to bias against Asian Americans’

By Doug Tsuruoka

Kongkea Chhoeun

Cambodia has failed to take advantage of its inherent potential

22-10-2017 03:50

Dreams of independence persist in an interconnected world

22-10-2017 02:59

Why globalization is needed more than ever

22-10-2017 00:25

Indian officials defend Modi economic muddle

21-10-2017 23:17

Giovanni Di Lieto

New Zealand PM change another nip in the bud of Asia-Pacific trade

20-10-2017 12:28

‘Tell me how this ends?’ Petraeus finally answers his own question

19-10-2017 12:17

Should US military be betting the farm on stealth?

19-10-2017 10:59

At global forum, China fills US-shaped hole

18-10-2017 21:01

Emanuele Scimia

Iran accord: Trump set to decertify US alliance with Europe

18-10-2017 12:59

BJP’s poll strategy: cows, the River Ganga and communal riots

18-10-2017 12:33

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