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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)

19-10-2017 17:11

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's plan to assist, resettle and rehabilitate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh is tone deaf to risks that threaten to exacerbate the spiralling humanitarian crisis. (David Scott Mathieson)

19-10-2017 14:47

China stocks fell on Thursday after data showed the country's economic growth slowed and property sales fell in the third quarter. The Chinese yuan also eased against the US dollar. (Reuters and Asia Times)

19-10-2017 13:56

The ongoing trial of two women accused of killing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam will ultimately not convict the assassination's true plotters. (Nile Bowie)

19-10-2017 12:17

Opinion // ‘Tell me how this ends?’ Petraeus finally answers his own question (Tom Engelhardt)

19-10-2017 10:59

Opinion // Should US military be betting the farm on stealth? (Stephen Bryen)

19-10-2017 10:57

China's e-commerce giants are loading up with tech for 'Double Eleven' (Asia Times staff)

19-10-2017 10:08

Search engine giant Baidu is planning to release a fully self-driving bus in China next year (Asia Times staff)

19-10-2017 09:45

Chinese cross-border tourists are maintaining a healthy appetite for Hong Kong and Macau (Asia Times staff)

19-10-2017 09:09

Promise of the future remains in the adaptation of artificial intelligence, says Huawei CEO (Asia Times staff)

19-10-2017 09:07

Headlines from the 19th National Congress unfolding in Beijing this week focus on Xi Jinping’s vision for a “new era” in the next five years of his presidency. What’s really happening, though, is an elaborate campaign to hide the financial risks the country faces. (William Pesek)

18-10-2017 21:01

Opinion // At global forum, China fills US-shaped hole (Nigel Green)

18-10-2017 17:06

Xi Jinping says China has the determination, confidence and ability to overcome any efforts related to Taiwan independence. (Jeff Pao)

18-10-2017 16:16

Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha's military regime has tabled reforms to overhaul Thailand's corruption-riddled and underperforming state sector. He wouldn't be the first to try and fail. (Peter Janssen)

18-10-2017 16:14

China's online micro-credit provider Qudian Inc has raised US$900 million in an IPO that priced above expectations, underscoring robust US investor demand for fast-growing Chinese companies. (Reuters)

18-10-2017 15:12

A new Joint venture between Cuba's Abinis and Thailand's monarchy-owned Siam Bioscience aims to produce and export biopharmaceuticals at a fraction of the cost of Big Pharma drugs. (Peter Janssen)

18-10-2017 14:52

China would never become a military power or pursue military expansion, regardless of its economic size, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party, claimed on Wednesday. (Jeff Pao)

the brief

Hardline Muslims react to the verdict in Basuki "Ahok" Purnama's blasphemy trial outside the court in Jakarta on May 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Oct 19,2017, 6:00

Racial politics gaining resonance in Indonesia

Pakistan's interior ministry circulated this message to millions on May 10, 2017. Photo: AFP / Aamir Qureshi

Jun 13,2017, 3:40

‘Cyber’ death sentence shows Pakistan’s extremists winning

Indonesian hardline Muslims react after hearing a verdict on Jakarta's first non-Muslim and ethnic-Chinese Christian governor Basuki 'Ahok' Purnama's blasphemy trial outside a court in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

May 31,2017, 3:51

Judicial defiance sows confusion and division in Indonesia

Protesters hold up a lighted candles to show solidarity for the release of Jakarta's governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama better known as "Ahok." Photo: AFP/ Timur Matahari

May 24,2017, 3:53

Former Jakarta governor drops jail appeal in bid to heal divisions

By Asia Unhedged

Hardline Muslims react to the verdict in Basuki "Ahok" Purnama's blasphemy trial outside the court in Jakarta on May 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters

May 15,2017, 2:10

Is Indonesia teetering toward theocracy?

Former Indonesian education minister Anies Baswedan (C) holds the hand of Gerindra party chief Prabowo Subianto (R) as Baswedan running mate Sandiaga Uno (L) talks to reporters after voting in the Jakarta governor election in Jakarta, Indonesia April 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

Apr 20,2017, 10:50

A vote for radicalism in Indonesia

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Apr 19,2017, 5:56

Pakistan’s assault on cyber terrorism is proving toothless

Ambulance workers load the body of Mashal Khan into an ambulance after a mob beat him to death in Mardan, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters

Apr 18,2017, 12:39

Student’s brutal murder shows Pakistan’s failure as a state

An Indonesian woman casts her vote at a polling station on February 15, 2017.
About 100 local elections took place across Indonesia on February 15 but the race in the capital is the most hotly contested, with the top job in Jakarta seen as a stepping stone to victory in the 2019 presidential polls. Photo: AFP / Chaideer Mahyuddin

Feb 15,2017, 7:17

Jakarta governor race headed for volatile second round

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

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Afghanistan’s tryst with China begins – in Washington

18-10-2017 02:36

More Pyongyang misbehavior during China’s congress could be game changer

17-10-2017 14:28

Carlos M. Gutierrez, Jr.

Smart policy is driving the Asian fintech renaissance

17-10-2017 12:37

Pax Americana may be over, but US remains first among equals

17-10-2017 12:11

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