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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)

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)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, on October 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Marko Djurica

Oct 11,2017, 10:44

Erdogan steps up US row with boycott of outgoing ambassador

By Agence France-Presse

A new mosque under construction at Camlica hill overlooking the Bosphorus is pictured at sunrise in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jamal Saidi

Oct 09,2017, 10:46

US, Turkey suspend visa services in escalating diplomatic row

By Stuart Williams

Sep 15,2017, 11:53

Geopolitics drives Turkey’s acquisition of Russian missile defense

By Emanuele Scimia

Aug 16,2017, 4:27

Afghan President Ghani struggles with the Dostum dilemma

Dec 20,2016, 11:47

Russian-Turkish rapprochement faces the moment of truth

By M.K. Bhadrakumar

Nov 20,2016, 11:56

Erdogan’s global anti-Gulen drive hits Pakistan

A police officer secures the scene of an explosion where a suspected suicide bomber targeted a wedding celebration in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, Turkey, August 21, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Aug 21,2016, 3:46

Child suicide bomber kills 51 at Kurdish wedding in Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a news conference following their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Aug 09,2016, 1:13

Putin, Erdogan move toward repairing ties amid tension with West

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Gulbaran attend Democracy and Martyrs Rally, organized by him and supported by ruling AK Party (AKP), oppositions Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), to protest against last month's failed military coup attempt, in Istanbul, Turkey, August 7, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Aug 07,2016, 3:17

Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reviews a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Aug 06,2016, 6:56

As Turkey’s coup strains ties with West, detente with Russia gathers pace

Aug 06,2016, 3:36

Turkey may part ways with the West after failed coup attempt

Turkish gendarmeries escort fugitive commandos who were involved in a bid to seize President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup attempt last month, as they leave from a gendarmerie station in Mugla province, Turkey, early August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Kenan Gurbuz

Aug 01,2016, 1:01

US general seeks to soothe Turkey ties strained by coup purge

A supporter holds a flag depicting Turkish President Erdogan during a pro-government rally in Ankara. Photo: Reuters, Baz Ratner

Jul 30,2016, 3:06

Turkey slams West for failure to show solidarity against coup attempt

Jul 23,2016, 8:56

Turkey’s Erdogan shuts schools, charities in first state of emergency decree

Jul 19,2016, 4:14

Erdogan targets more than 50,000 in purge after failed Turkish coup

Jul 15,2016, 4:19

Turkish government rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan

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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