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23-06-2017 22:00

Opinion // Third-gen Chinese nuclear technology arrives in Karachi (Sabena Siddiqui)

23-06-2017 18:27

Days ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit, Pakistan military on Thursday released a second “confessional video” featuring the retired Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a military court for “spying” in April this year. (E Jaya Kumar)

23-06-2017 18:01

Part of One Belt One Road, China's planned pan-Asia rail network will move enormous amounts of people and goods across mainland Southeast Asia. Downsides may include an increase in drug trafficking, however. (Zi Yang)

23-06-2017 12:29

The friend of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country, has been sentenced to three years in jail, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. (Heekyong Yang)

23-06-2017 12:09

A North Korean patrol boat intercepted the Russian yacht Katalexa on June 16 and towed it into North Korea's Rason port until the Russian embassy intervened to have the three crew and the vessel released. (Asia Times)

23-06-2017 10:36

North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of its program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official told Reuters on Thursday. (Phil Stewart)

23-06-2017 10:19

The US is expected to approve India's purchase of a naval variant of the Predator drone as Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to revitalise relations with Washington when he meets President Donald Trump for the first time this weekend. (Sanjeev Miglani and David Brunnstrom)

23-06-2017 09:32

When former Philippine President Benigno Aquino left office a year ago, he bequeathed his successor Rodrigo Duterte an economy on the ascendancy. The second in a three-part series looks at what Duterte is doing with that legacy. (William Pesek)

23-06-2017 01:56

Opinion // A year on from Brexit vote, UK wallows in uncertainty (Xuan Loc Doan)

22-06-2017 22:41

Opinion // West should be more concerned with its debts than China’s (Ken Moak)

22-06-2017 21:45

Opinion // Consumers in China’s smaller cities to spend $10 tn by 2030 (Yiling Pan)

22-06-2017 18:32

Some Qataris are confident that international firms will intervene on their behalf and force Saudi Arabia to end its sanctions. Others are wondering how they let themselves get dragged into this stand-off in the first place. (Sami Moubayed)

22-06-2017 16:52

Sidelined political parties in Thailand say promised polls in 2018 will only further entrench military power. (Peter Janssen)

22-06-2017 16:52

While Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha insists his road map to democracy is still on track, the prospects for promised polls in 2018 are fast fading away. (Shawn W. Crispin)

22-06-2017 16:01

Opinion // Global data initiative: making the invisible visible (Philip Setel)

22-06-2017 15:10

As the US tightens the screws on North Korea's trade, Thailand is under pressure to curtail its robust commercial ties to the isolated regime. (Richard S Ehrlich)

22-06-2017 15:09

Japan opened a missile defence drill to the public on Wednesday, a move it says will reassure the country it is ready to counter any missile attack by neighboring North Korea. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 14:05

After a spell of icy relations and threats of a rebalance towards China, Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte is now angling to resuscitate strategic ties with the US to combat terrorism. (Noel Tarrazona)

22-06-2017 13:59

Russia plans to build four artificial islands in the arctic Barents Sea to serve the natural gas industry, though analysts are puzzled by the location as it's far from a gas field, while environmentalists warn of pollution dangers. (Asia Times)

22-06-2017 13:49

The aging king of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday stripped his nephew – the Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef – from office, appointing his own son, Mohammad Bin Salman, as heir to the Saudi throne. The risks are grave. (Sami Moubayed)

22-06-2017 13:42

Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is looking at six US states including Wisconsin as locations for a display-making plant and would make a decision next month, top executives said on Thursday. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 13:03

Opinion // String theory: How China’s navy is expanding its global reach (Richard A. Bitzinger)

22-06-2017 11:59

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte weighs the costs of Islamic State's devastation of Marawi City, another of its affiliated groups launches a daring assault in nearby North Cotabato. (Jason Castaneda)

22-06-2017 11:31

The first in a three-part series on Rodrigo Duterte’s unsteady first year as Philippine president investigates what economic legacy and challenges Nestor Espenilla will inherit as the incoming governor of the central bank. (William Pesek)

22-06-2017 10:41

"Is it safe to visit North Korea?" That was the question posed to journalist Bradley Martin by a former student. Martin advised yes, but that was before Cincinatti student Otto Wambier was returned from detention in North Korea in a coma and died days later. (Bradley K. Martin)

22-06-2017 09:34

Indonesian engineering firm PT Intim Perkasa has expressed an interest in building a refinery in Nigeria, the West African country's state oil company said on Wednesday. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 09:26

Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure (CKI) is vying with Canadian investors to buy German metering and energy management group Ista, which could be worth more than 4.5 billion euros (US$5 billion), sources close to the matter said. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 09:16

Russian hackers targeted 21 US state election systems in the 2016 presidential race and a small number were breached, but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated, a Homeland Security Department official told Congress on Wednesday. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 08:50

As Amazon.com looks to swallow US grocery chain Whole Foods, China's tech giants are already digesting hefty bricks-and-mortar deals, taking the lead in the battle to transform supermarket shopping with big data and better supply chains. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 08:28

Vietnam has seen no sign of an impact since US President Donald Trump abandoned the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, with foreign direct investment rising 6% year on year to US$6.15 billion in the first five months of 2017. (Mai Nguyen)

the brief

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

Sabena Siddiqui

Third-gen Chinese nuclear technology arrives in Karachi

23-06-2017 22:00

A year on from Brexit vote, UK wallows in uncertainty

23-06-2017 01:56

West should be more concerned with its debts than China’s

22-06-2017 22:41

Consumers in China’s smaller cities to spend $10 tn by 2030

22-06-2017 21:45

Global data initiative: making the invisible visible

22-06-2017 16:01

Richard A. Bitzinger

String theory: How China’s navy is expanding its global reach

22-06-2017 13:03

The perplexing productivity puzzle defies workable solutions

22-06-2017 06:28

Nina L Khrushcheva

For many mainstream political ideologies, the party is over

22-06-2017 03:23

M. Zuhdi Jasser

Muslims must stand together against the scourge of radical Islamism

22-06-2017 02:24

Christoph Bertram

Helmut Kohl’s vision and legacy helped establish a united Europe

22-06-2017 01:35

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