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23-09-2017 17:29

Iran has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km, state media reported on Saturday. (Reuters)

23-09-2017 15:04

Denying leadership while exercising it means that no discussion of Germany’s responsibilities is possible. And this inflicts costs – especially economic costs – on weaker EU member states. (Robert Skidelsky)

23-09-2017 14:03

Canyon Bridge, the China-backed buyout fund that was barred last week from buying a US chip-maker by President Trump, says it will purchase British chip designer Imagination Technologies Group Plc. (Koh Gui Qing)

23-09-2017 13:47

Myanmar's democratic transition was supposed to spark a global tourism boom, but civil war, security concerns and a mounting refugee crisis have deterred even intrepid travelers. (Peter Janssen)

23-09-2017 13:08

The nascent Yangon Stock Exchange expects to enjoy benefits from China’s Belt and Road initiative as more Sino-Myanmar joint ventures seek capital on the open market. (Jeff Pao)

23-09-2017 11:11

Under Xi Jinping, the PLA's Rocket Force is fast becoming a faction to be reckoned with. Its rise is part of a grand rebalancing act, but the RF's growing strategic importance is also a factor (Zi Yang)

23-09-2017 11:07

US arms control expert Joe Brazda claims North Korean ICBM could reach as far as the East Coast and that US anti-missile defenses probably couldn't shoot it down. (Doug Tsruruoka)

23-09-2017 08:19

Opinion // Financial markets shrug off growing North Korean tensions (Nigel Green)

23-09-2017 07:10

Opinion // Will Vietnam let its human rights record stifle trade with the EU? (Xuan Loc Doan)

22-09-2017 16:58

Opinion // Straws in the wind for a reset in US-Russian relations (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

22-09-2017 16:12

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed to normalize ties and align interests but its not clear the impromptu visit accomplished either. (Nile Bowie)

22-09-2017 15:48

Opinion // European Union tries to curb tech transfer to China (Emanuele Scimia)

22-09-2017 15:30

Opinion // Despite skepticism, ‘BRICS Plus’ an idea worth pursuing (Junaid Ashraf)

22-09-2017 14:28

HC order delays floor test, puts TN governance in tough spot (E Jaya Kumar)

22-09-2017 13:27

Foreign investor surveys are broadly upbeat about Asean's rising growth prospects, though corruption, trade barriers and regulatory uncertainty are still areas of concerns. (Alan Boyd)

22-09-2017 13:04

Opinion // Why we shouldn’t hold our breath for ‘Digital Bangladesh’ (Jon Connars, Independent Risk Analyst and Researcher)

22-09-2017 12:42

Russia's new e-visa system has attracted almost 2,000 visitors to Vladivostok in six weeks, which isn't enough to significantly boost tourism spending yet, but operators in the city say they are encouraged by the numbers so far. China applicants made up almost half of users. (Inga Velanskaya)

22-09-2017 12:04

A military plan to strike a new ethnic balance in Rakhine state's conflict-ridden northwest means a minority of the 420,000 refugees now languishing in Bangladesh will likely ever return home. (Bertil Lintner)

22-09-2017 11:12

LeEco board issues letter urging Jia Yueting to fulfill financial commitments (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 11:12

Hong Kong is expected to be the third largest IPO market worldwide in terms of total funds raised, as of the end of September, trailing rampant Shanghai and New York exchanges (Lin Wanxia)

22-09-2017 11:07

Asian stocks fell and the Japanese yen and Swiss franc gained on the mooted possibility of North Korea conducting another hydrogen bomb test, this time in the Pacific Ocean. (Shinichi Saoshiro)

22-09-2017 10:51

China's finance ministry said on Friday S&P Global Ratings' decision to downgrade the country's sovereign credit rating was "a wrong decision" that neglects the economic fundamentals and development potential of the world's second-largest economy. (Reuters)

22-09-2017 10:51

New think tank to provide policy support for greater Guangdong Bay area (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 10:50

Lenovo President Liu Chuanzhi backs innovation and reforms as key pillars to guide growth (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 09:52

Fosun International has sold most of its shares in China Minsheng Bank (Asia Times staff)

22-09-2017 08:02

US President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions against North Korea on Thursday and Pyongyang's leader defiantly vowed to persist with his nuclear and missile programs and said it would consider measures against the United States. (Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom)

22-09-2017 07:33

On Thursday this week a shipment of 700 kilograms of plutonium arrived in Japan after a journey by sea from the French port of Cherbourg. That's enough material for more than 100 nuclear weapons. (Shaun Burnie and Frank Barnaby)

22-09-2017 07:10

Opinion // Can Asia-Pacific multi-lateral trade survive without the US? (Giovanni Di Lieto)

21-09-2017 21:33

Gasoline prices in North Korea's capital Pyongyang jumped 43% on Thursday, NK News reported, citing the imposition of new United Nations sanctions that targeted oil imports and a surge in the cost of the fuel that started in April. (Paywall) (NK News)

21-09-2017 17:20

What is clear from developments at the UN General Assembly is that Trump administration wants a completely different Iran deal, or else it will pull out. What comes next could be incendiary. (Pepe Escobar)

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India's President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, who breathed his last on September 17 in New Delhi. Photo: Courtesy Rashtrapati Bhawan

Sep 18,2017, 12:29

Arjan Singh, India’s sole Marshal of the Air Force, dies at 98

By Saikat Datta

Rohingya refugees stretch out their hands for food near Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Sep 11,2017, 11:31

Bangladesh raises Rohingyas with India, seeks intervention

By Saikat Datta

Nirmala Sitharaman was sworn in on Sept. 3, 2017 as India's first woman to serve as defense minister. Photo: Government of India

Sep 04,2017, 12:08

India gets its first woman as full time Defense Minister

By Saikat Datta

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