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Tue, 02/12/2025 - 14:54
A year after the illegitimate declaration of martial law, the conservative People Power Party is still justifying Yoon’s decision.
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 14:24
What, exactly, is “Central Asia” today?
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 14:07
A war of perceptions over framings of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi is taking shape in Taiwan.
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 06:11
Eliminating the immensely popular leader would not end the crisis; it would unleash one that the Pakistani state may not survive.
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 05:54
Many Bangladeshis believe that this is a strategy of the Jamaat to send working women back home.
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 04:22
The extradition of Y Quynh Bdap, 33, is a sign of a growing crackdown on Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand, rights groups say.
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 02:38
Non-citizens, including established ethnic Chinese families, face the downgrade of freehold titles – some inherited over generations – into 30-to-60-year leases.
Tue, 02/12/2025 - 00:44
At least 176 people have been killed in Thailand and three in Malaysia, while the death toll in Indonesia has climbed above 600.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 19:32
Hindu nationalism has become the dominant political ideology in India today. What does it actually mean?
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 17:12
Mongolia’s performance in the show “Physical: Asia” introduced the country – and its sporting prowess – to a new global audience.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 16:19
Residents had been complaining about fire safety for over a year. That their concerns were neglected raises serious questions about oversight in Hong Kong.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 15:39
A quiet campaign resulted in low turnout for the election of a diminished parliament.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 15:26
To anyone familiar with Beijing’s established discourse on Taiwan, Xi’s remarks to Trump represented a significant departure.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 14:59
Following a crime committed by one man, Afghans as a group were recast as an “enemy within.” This pattern is not new.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 14:47
What began as a Korean-led success story is now transforming into a live demonstration of how quickly – and how decisively – Chinese firms can reshape high-tech markets.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 14:20
Rising debt has sparked a new battle for national sovereignty.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 09:57
The regime change has not resulted in weakening the rampant abuse of human rights by state institutions.
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 07:31
“Pakistan’s opposition to dam building on the Kunar River and its tributaries is due to political rather than technical reasons.”
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 07:25
Questions are being raised whether the Tejas light combat aircraft, like the MiG-21 before it, is an unreliable “flying coffin” or widow maker.”
Mon, 01/12/2025 - 05:07
Lawyers tried to argue that Rodrigo Duterte's illness and advanced age created “compelling humanitarian grounds” for his interim release to a third country.
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