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17-08-2017 17:38

Opinion // The Western-led devastation of declining birth rates (Todd Royal)

17-08-2017 16:30

North Korea will need more atomic bomb and missile tests if it wants to build a nuclear device small and light enough to fit on an intercontinental missile and make it capable of surviving re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. Is that the plan? (Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom)

17-08-2017 15:48

The documentary 'Twenty Two' about Chinese comfort women during the Sino-Japanese War pulled in the equivalent of US$2.25 million at the Chinese box office in its first two days, with an attendance rate beating another Chinese film, 'Wolf Warriors 2'. (Ben Kwok)

17-08-2017 15:40

Japan's imports rose for a seventh straight month in July, indicating the world's third-largest economy is showing signs of strength in domestic consumption; perhaps good news for the Bank of Japan and its hopes of beating deflation. (Asia Times and Reuters)

17-08-2017 14:18

China-Philippine detente in the South China Sea, driven by joint energy development proposals, has been undercut by reports Beijing is massing vessels near a sensitive Philippine-occupied island. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

17-08-2017 13:26

Opinion // Alipay hopes to export mobile payment trend to Japan (Zara Hoffman)

17-08-2017 13:15

Afghanistan's plans to fly shipments from southern fruit growers to India have gone awry, leaving tons of grapes and melons to rot as officials scramble to add flights, while trading blame for the delays. (Sayed Sarwar and Hamid Shalizi)

17-08-2017 12:48

Composer and musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has announced a partnership with Shanghai Media Group, one of China’s largest media and cultural conglomerates. (Richard Cook)

17-08-2017 12:33

A US non-proliferation analyst says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have found an ideal way to accelerate his WMD program: 3D printing technology. (Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large)

17-08-2017 12:30

What if Pyongyang reverse-engineers illicitly acquired WMD equipment and uses advanced 3D printing technology to mass-produce rocket and nuclear-bomb parts? (Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large)

17-08-2017 12:24

North Korea would be "crossing a red line" if it put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea's president said on Thursday, adding the US had promised to seek Seoul's approval before taking military action. (Christine Kim and Cynthia Kim)

17-08-2017 07:54

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 16 (Liu Hsiu Wen and Zheng Xin)

16-08-2017 18:07

Vietnam's willingness to host a US aircraft carrier signals stronger future cooperation in the South China Sea and possible shift in the area's strategic balance. (Helen Clark)

16-08-2017 16:27

Opinion // Afghan President Ghani struggles with the Dostum dilemma (Vinay Kaura)

16-08-2017 13:23

Opinion // Corruption crippling Sri Lanka’s coalition government (Munza Mushtaq)

16-08-2017 12:38

The Supreme Court's ouster of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on asset concealment charges has set the country's rival parties on a collision course. Will the military eventually step in? (F.M. Shakil)

16-08-2017 12:13

Opinion // Chinese regulators’ social media probe causing fresh concern (Yiling Pan)

16-08-2017 10:12

If Donald Trump thought slapping China would divert attention from events in Virginia, he miscalculated. That’s because, just like his slow disavowal of racist protestors, Trump’s move to investigate Beijing’s trade practices is too little too late. (William Pesek)

16-08-2017 07:47

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 16 (Liu Hsiu Wen and Zheng Xin)

15-08-2017 21:31

Congress slams Modi’s ‘most disappointing’ address (Asia Times staff)

15-08-2017 20:58

Five booked for ‘assaulting Dalit cattle skinners’ (Asia Times staff)

15-08-2017 20:29

Museum dedicated to horror of partition opens near border (Asia Times staff)

15-08-2017 18:57

Changes to Singapore's presidential election system, nominally in favor of ethnic minority candidates, mask the ruling People's Action Party's desire to limit electoral choice. (Kirsten Han)

15-08-2017 17:07

Opinion // Departing Indian vice-president contests BJP elite on minorities (Kadayam Subramanian)

15-08-2017 16:53

India is in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar about its plan to deport an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims it claims are living in the country illegally. (Reuters)

15-08-2017 16:41

Evidence is mounting in Myanmar that the new Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is gearing up for a more lethal and sophisticated campaign against state forces. (Anthony Davis)

15-08-2017 16:41

Myanmar's insurgent Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is receiving guns, funds and guidance from a diaspora based in countries ranging from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia to Pakistan. (Anthony Davis)

15-08-2017 16:21

Opinion // The two Koreas’ doomsday debt dodges are powder kegs (Gary Kleiman)

15-08-2017 13:57

Japan’s 2017 defense White Paper hasn’t appeared in English, leaving non-Japanese speakers seeking unofficial translations. Still, a read of the 2016 document in English will reveal what's lacking in this year's version. (Grant Newsham)

15-08-2017 13:39

Opinion // ASEAN’s fatal blind spot: human rights (Jon Connars, Independent Risk Analyst and Researcher)

the brief

Aug 12,2017, 3:58

Failed states and threats of war pulling world to precipice

By Norman A. Bailey

Aug 08,2017, 3:46

Vietnam’s transition: voices from the past

By Alexander Casella

The Dalai Lama sits under a canopy in his residence at Birla House in the mountain resort of Mussoori, India after fleeing into exile in a 1959 file photo. Photo: AFP

Jul 15,2017, 6:35

Did the Dalai Lama prefer exile in Myanmar to India?

By Bertil Lintner

A bomb believed to have been from the World War II era was found on Lamma Island. Photos: Google Maps, Wikimedia Commons

Jul 13,2017, 5:08

Unexploded wartime bomb found on Lamma Island beach

By Asia Times staff

Tim I Gurung (fourth from right), meets Gurkhas in a Myanmar. Photo: Tim I Gurung

Jun 24,2017, 12:21

Meet the proud Gurkha community of Myanmar

By Tim I Gurung

Brenda Wong Aoki presents Aunt Lily’s Flower Book: 100 Years of Legalized Racism. Photo: San Francisco International Arts Festival

Jun 11,2017, 7:00

Notes from the Diaspora: an artist’s tales of joy and despair

By Roger Garcia

May 21,2017, 7:13

Russia’s cold war habit

By Vladislav Inozemtsev

Sacked. A man carries sacks from a razed house in a hutong. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

May 08,2017, 8:34

Chinese migrant workers feel targeted in ancient hutong clean-up

By Muyu Xu and Ryan Woo

A hand-painted folk portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger advertising a Ho Chi Minh City bodybuilding gym, photographed in 2011. Photo: Cristina Nualart

Apr 22,2017, 11:35

Vietnam’s disappearing vintage signs are pop culture remnants

By Cristina Nualart

Apr 18,2017, 11:06

Blood libels in Europe, Asia, Africa and recently the US

By Reuven Brenner

A lot of organizations will be funded for celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover. Photo: hkcacelebration.hk

Apr 10,2017, 5:57

Where the money is going for the Hong Kong handover’s 20th anniversary

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Mar 27,2017, 3:25

Hong Kong author champions wisdom of the Chinese almanac

Mar 23,2017, 8:05

Are America and China destined for war?

By Harry J Kazianis

Screen grab of Vanished Archives showing a pro-Beijing newspaper headline mobilizing people to take part in the riot. Photo: Youtube/ Vanished Archives

Mar 09,2017, 3:03

HKIFF rejected controversial film for high-pitched narrators

One of the Lai Chi Vun shipyards. The areas manufactured the last sailship more than a decade ago. Photo: facebook/@memorymacau

Mar 08,2017, 5:27

Macau razes shipyard paving way for development

By Asia Times staff

Mar 04,2017, 3:28

Hindu nationalist violence attributed to Italian ideologue

By Kadayam Subramanian

One of the wreck sites of HMAS Perth (D29) that is under survey. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Mar 04,2017

Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?

About 100 "Star Wars" stormtroopers line up at the museum entrance. Photo: Asia Times

Mar 03,2017, 7:03

Do you remember what your favorite toy was? Maybe it’s here

By Asia Times staff

Deng Guoyuan_Noah’s Garden II at Singapore Biennale 2016 Photo: Singapore Art Museum

Feb 23,2017

Reflections on identity and history at Singapore Biennale

By Low Koon Yen and Poo Yee Kai

Photo of a banquet hall decorated with dragons and phoenixes at the Diamond Restaurant in Hong Kong in the 1970s. Photo: Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Feb 20,2017, 2:43

Commoners’ wedding parties in Hong Kong

By Benny Kung and Liu Hsiu Wen

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The Western-led devastation of declining birth rates

17-08-2017 17:38

Alipay hopes to export mobile payment trend to Japan

17-08-2017 13:26

Afghan President Ghani struggles with the Dostum dilemma

16-08-2017 16:27

Corruption crippling Sri Lanka’s coalition government

16-08-2017 13:23

Chinese regulators’ social media probe causing fresh concern

16-08-2017 12:13

Kadayam Subramanian

Departing Indian vice-president contests BJP elite on minorities

15-08-2017 17:07

The two Koreas’ doomsday debt dodges are powder kegs

15-08-2017 16:21

ASEAN’s fatal blind spot: human rights

15-08-2017 13:39

Transparency calls may cap Chinese firms’ sky-high ambitions

15-08-2017 13:11

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Standoff with China prompts revamp of India’s regional policies

15-08-2017 12:30

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