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24-08-2017 16:51

Executives from more than a dozen top European companies in China recently met to discuss concerns about the growing role of the Communist Party in the local operations of foreign firms, sources say (Michael Martina)

24-08-2017 16:46

Opinion // Asia must get serious to counter China’s hegemonic rise (Todd Royal)

24-08-2017 16:10

While more than half of Southeast Asia's leading 200 companies are controlled by a single family, few have succession plans in place as a pioneering generation fades away. (Alan Boyd)

24-08-2017 14:52

Opinion // The ramifications of Supreme Court’s judgment on triple talaq (Amrita Mukherjee)

24-08-2017 14:36

While Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull assures America the long-time allies are "attached at the hip", a war-wary public hopes for a smaller role in North Korea than in previous US-led conflicts. (Helen Clark)

24-08-2017 14:33

Singapore ranks top in Asia, seventh globally, in the UN's Global Innovation Index 2017. Find out how Asia's other top economies placed. (Liu Hsiu Wen)

24-08-2017 12:34

Opinion // Indonesia’s surprise interest rate cut follows weak growth (Gary Kleiman)

24-08-2017 11:56

German football giants Borrussia Dortmund have signed an "exclusive partnership" with Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng, managed by German coach Felix Magath (Asia Unhedged)

24-08-2017 11:53

Opinion // Forget Robert E Lee, US needs more statues of Ulysses S Grant (Doug Tsuruoka, Asia Times Editor-at-Large)

24-08-2017 10:45

The Indian Supreme Court’s 3:2 verdict on Tuesday abolishing instant 'triple talaq' is a huge victory for millions of Muslim women, and for India's judiciary and constitution. (E Jaya Kumar)

24-08-2017 08:03

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 24 (Lin Wanxia and Zheng Xin)

24-08-2017 05:54

Opinion // Pyongyang and Washington’s war of words — where does it end? (Robert E. McCoy)

23-08-2017 17:49

Opinion // Is Donald Trump abandoning America’s ‘Asia pivot’? (Richard A. Bitzinger)

23-08-2017 16:46

New Southbound policy has been a success, Taiwan says (Alan Boyd)

23-08-2017 16:22

A pending Supreme Court decision in Thailand on whether the coup-ousted Yingluck Shinawatra was criminally negligent in overseeing a rice subsidy policy could disrupt the country's military-imposed calm. (Richard S Ehrlich)

23-08-2017 15:23

UN trade sanctions against North Korea can benefit the economy of the Russian Far East as it will open opportunities for raw material exports from the region, as well as seafood shipments to China. (Inga Velanskaya)

23-08-2017 14:25

While Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has been criticized internationally for rights abuses, a majority of Filipinos still support his tough tactics. (Bong S Sarmiento)

23-08-2017 14:02

Marion Kutta has found a great new base to work: a producer of advertising clips from Munich, she can stare across a rice field, with a beach just down the road, while pondering her next creative idea (Christoph Sator DPA)

23-08-2017 13:58

The murder of Filipino high school student Kian Lloyd delos Santos has cast a glaring light on the illegal tactics used by police to execute Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. (George Amurao)

23-08-2017 13:27

A spike in suspected extrajudicial killings in Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's lethal drug war has sparked a backlash that threatens stability and confidence in his controversial regime. (Jason Castaneda)

23-08-2017 13:14

Once hailed as one of the more moderate — and powerful — military groups in the Syrian battlefield, Ahrar al-Sham is disintegrating rapidly and there is nothing its Turkish backers can do to save it. (Sami Moubayed)

23-08-2017 12:35

Opinion // Worsening India-China relations may lead to damage to both nations (Sudhanshu Tripathi)

23-08-2017 12:16

Hong Kong shuts down as rare class-10 typhoon closes in (Asia Times staff)

23-08-2017 12:13

While the US-backed 'Hunger Games' in South Korea plow on, a 'new American strategy' for Afghanistan is really all about business. But China is already there. (Pepe Escobar)

23-08-2017 12:13

Under Donald Trump's new Afghan policy, long-time ally Pakistan looks set to be cast aside. The chances of a new troop surge bringing success, following a volte face from the US President, already looked slim. (F.M. Shakil)

23-08-2017 09:34

The US Navy plans to remove from duty the commander of the fleet that has suffered four recent collisions in Asia and the deaths of a number of sailors, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials. (Reuters)

23-08-2017 08:15

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 23 (Lin Wanxia and Zheng Xin)

23-08-2017 07:42

The US imposed new North Korea-related sanctions on Chinese and Russian firms and individuals for supporting Pyongyang's weapons programs, but stopped short of an anticipated focus on Chinese banks. Still, Beijing was not happy. (David Brunnstrom and Doina Chiacu)

22-08-2017 16:56

Despite recent stock market fluctuations, South Korea remains an attractive investment. It has a highly developed and free economy that has shown an ability to resist political instability, both domestically and from North Korea. (Charles Bowyer and Jerry Bowyer)

22-08-2017 16:10

China is the world’s biggest supplier of tobacco products and source of most contraband shipments that reach many of Southeast Asia's estimated 122 million smokers. (Alan Boyd)

the brief

The White Building in Phnom Penh, labeled a slum by the government, is being demolished. Photo: Lim Sokchanlina

Jul 22,2017, 12:15

Farewell to the White Building

By Elena Owyong

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Mar 23,2017

In pictures: behind the scenes at the Asian Film Awards

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and director Feng Xiaogang celebrate with their Best Actress and Best Film awards at the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

Mar 22,2017, 8:39

I Am Not Madame Bovary wins top prize at Asian Film Awards

By Poo Yee Kai and Liu Hsiu Wen

A still from the Korean movie The Handmaiden. Photo: Handouts

Mar 19,2017

Q&A with Roger Garcia, executive director of Asian Film Awards Academy

Asia must get serious to counter China’s hegemonic rise

24-08-2017 16:46

Amrita Mukherjee

The ramifications of Supreme Court’s judgment on triple talaq

24-08-2017 14:52

Indonesia’s surprise interest rate cut follows weak growth

24-08-2017 12:34

Forget Robert E Lee, US needs more statues of Ulysses S Grant

24-08-2017 11:53

Robert E. McCoy

Pyongyang and Washington’s war of words — where does it end?

24-08-2017 05:54

Richard A. Bitzinger

Is Donald Trump abandoning America’s ‘Asia pivot’?

23-08-2017 17:49

Sudhanshu Tripathi

Worsening India-China relations may lead to damage to both nations

23-08-2017 12:35

For Afghanistan, Trump should dust off Obama’s Syria plan

22-08-2017 14:47

M. Zuhdi Jasser

Radical Islam: we must talk about more than ISIS

22-08-2017 12:55

Emanuele Scimia

Europe keeps Sino-Indian border standoff at bay

22-08-2017 12:27

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