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During a speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly, the North Korean leader again ruled out the possibility of using his nuclear weapons as bargaining chips.

As the C5+1 format marks is 10th anniversary, volatility in U.S. foreign policy poses challenges to its future.

India was preparing to host Prime Minister Oli on September 16 for a long-overdue visit. But the Oli government imploded suddenly, catching Delhi off guard.

Riyadh may not want to get entangled in Pakistan’s disputes with India. But the pact should worry New Delhi.

Insulation from accountability is a thing of the past; there is no going back to politics as usual.

Bangkok also says that it will apply Thai domestic law over Cambodians living in disputed villages.

The change is a telling concession to the challenges that the military faces in holding a “nationwide” election in the midst of the country's ongoing conflict.

Last week, a Reuters report turned a spotlight on the alleged role of Thai officials in facilitating the trafficking of foreign workers to scam centers in eastern Myanmar.

As a technology, large language models have been ruthless in highlighting the waste and weaknesses of the "knowledge industries."

Nepal is the latest South Asian country to witness large-scale youth-driven protests take down a government.

Trump spoke of agreements on visits and TikTok, while China's readout was more circumspect.

It is no secret that CPEC has failed to achieve its set goals on time. But is China to blame – or Pakistan itself?

In his annual State of the Nation speech, Tokayev gave new insights into how he envisions the development of Kazakhstan as a digital state.

Kazakhstan should be, and has been, commended for strengthening legal protections for women and holding perpetrators accountable, but more must be done.

The Assam government’s decisions on land transfers are likely to reignite tensions in a state with a history of violence against alleged outsiders.

An ambitious policy framework has translated into limited change in Kazakhstan. Why?     

A few sunlit ridges beside ice-rich craters could become lunar chokepoints, unless Asia writes simple, shared rules now.

India’s navy is the only one that operates persistently between Qatar, the forward HQ of the US CENTCOM, and the Malacca Strait, which leads into the South China Sea.

While ACD removes structural barriers to cooperation, at the same time it is supposed to gradually reduce Japan’s overreliance on U.S. cyberdefense systems. 

Even though China’s role in South Asia has grown in the last decade, Beijing has little by way of policy or strategy when it comes to dealing with political instability in the region.