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18-08-2017 21:28

For Tokyoites, this August has been a wash-out. The capital has endured 17 consecutive days of rain -- the longest stretch of wet weather for August in 40 years, and the second-longest on record. (Asahi Shimbun)

18-08-2017 16:45

China and India's two-month stand-off on the Dhoklam plateau could spin out of control if more military incursions occur along the two sides' 3,488-kilometer border. (E Jaya Kumar)

18-08-2017 16:20

Opinion // Financial cannibals feeding on Nepali overseas workers (Neville Sarony)

18-08-2017 16:16

Plans to raze and rebuild Bangkok's historic Dusit Thani hotel points to changing times in Thailand's booming hospitality industry. (Peter Janssen)

18-08-2017 15:58

Opinion // Democracy vs Articles 62 and 63 of Pakistan’s constitution (Tuba Athar Hasnain)

18-08-2017 15:31

Tourism in Thailand, buoyed by a recent surge in Chinese arrivals, has been of the few economic bright spots under military rule. (Peter Janssen)

18-08-2017 15:00

Opinion // Diplomacy takes back seat to German defense industry (Emanuele Scimia)

18-08-2017 13:17

The International Monetary Fund shouldn’t expect much warmth from Beijing as its latest annual health check on Asia’s biggest economy is blunt, sweeping and sure to ruin Xi Jinping’s month as China's president tries to maintain a veneer of omnipotence and stability. (William Pesek)

18-08-2017 13:13

Opinion // Royal Caribbean ramping up China efforts with new super-ship (Mason Hinsdale)

18-08-2017 12:45

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's overtures towards Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates aims to boost his parliamentary bloc's electoral chances but risks losing support from Iran. (Sami Moubayed)

18-08-2017 12:23

Opinion // Duterte expands ‘drug war’ to a war on accountability (Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch)

18-08-2017 12:17

One effect of North Korea's saber rattling is it helps the US military speed up development of a next-generation precision-guided artillery shell that travels extreme distances at four-times the speed of sound. They can target missiles. (Peter J. Brown)

18-08-2017 12:06

Opinion // US policy paradox: How to lose friends and influence nothing (Adam Garrie)

18-08-2017 12:05

The House of Saud's recent love-in with Iraqi nationalist leader Muqtada al-Sadr reveals its desperation after a miserable defeat in Syria and a shift to countering Iran in Baghdad instead of Damascus. (Pepe Escobar)

18-08-2017 07:54

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on August 18 (Liu Hsiu Wen and Zheng Xin)

18-08-2017 06:36

Opinion // The Bloody Shirt of Charlottesville and its unintended consequences (David P. Goldman, Spengler)

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 17 (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)

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Nawaz Sharif has been brought low. Photo: Reuters / Mian Khursheed

Jul 28,2017, 6:28

Pakistan in turmoil as PM Sharif ousted over corruption claims

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