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North Korea offers support for Beijing over Hong Kong protests
29 minutes ago

North Korea relies on China for food and fuel. Since March 2018, Kim has visited China four times. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Pyongyang two months ago.

North Korea offers support for Beijing over Hong Kong protests

North Korea relies on China for food and fuel. Since March 2018, Kim has visited China four times. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Pyongyang two months ago.

29 minutes ago
No money, no sheep: lockdown hampers Eid in Kashmir
12 Aug 2019 - 3:59AM
‘Hype, smoke, and hot air’ clouding Singapore real estate
5 hours ago
No money, no sheep: lockdown hampers Eid in Kashmir

Traditional slaughter of sheep may not be able to go ahead as Indian authorities maintain tight security restrictions.

12 Aug 2019 - 3:59AM
Singapore
‘Hype, smoke, and hot air’ clouding Singapore real estate

There is no shortage of optimism about the Lion City’s housing market, but experts say that confidence is misplaced amid rising foreclosures, stagnating home loans growth and the worsening global economic outlook.

There is no shortage of optimism about the Lion City’s housing market, but experts say that confidence is misplaced amid rising foreclosures, stagnating home loans growth and the worsening global economic outlook.

5 hours ago
South Korea
Boss of South Korean cosmetics firm quits over video clip praising Japan

Yoon Dong-han, chairman of Kolmar Korea, apologised on Sunday for ‘stirring up trouble’ and said he will step down from his post.

Yoon Dong-han, chairman of Kolmar Korea, apologised on Sunday for ‘stirring up trouble’ and said he will step down from his post.

11 Aug 2019 - 11:08PM
11 Aug 2019 - 9:03PM
Pakistani PM claims inaction on Kashmir is like ‘appeasing Hitler’
11 Aug 2019 - 9:05PM
When is a gift to a cop not bribery? When Duterte says so
12 Aug 2019 - 4:44AM
Almost 200 killed in floods, mudslides in south India and Myanmar
Boss of South Korean cosmetics firm quits over video clip praising Japan
11 Aug 2019 - 11:08PM
Pakistani PM claims inaction on Kashmir is like ‘appeasing Hitler’
11 Aug 2019 - 9:03PM
When is a gift to a cop not bribery? When Duterte says so
11 Aug 2019 - 9:05PM
Almost 200 killed in floods, mudslides in south India and Myanmar
12 Aug 2019 - 4:44AM
Ceritalah | In Kashmir, the colonised have become the colonisers
32 minutes ago
Abacus | The real danger behind US currency manipulation charges
12 Aug 2019 - 7:08AM
Sino File | Watch out free world, the China-Russia threat goes over your head

When warplanes from four countries faced off over the Sea of Japan, it was as much cold war thriller as it was Top Gun

11 Aug 2019 - 9:52AM
China Briefing | China’s solution to Trump’s trade tantrums? Treat him like a natural disaster

Last week’s decision to devalue the yuan against the dollar sent turbulence through international markets, but Washington should be aware that Beijing knows how to match Trump’s brinkmanship, writes Wang Xiangwei.

10 Aug 2019 - 11:51PM
Opinion | Here is where the next revolution may take place in Hong Kong

Locking up troublemakers and throwing away the key would only breed revolutionaries. Instead, political reform that gives our young a sense of ownership must be part of the solution.

9 Aug 2019 - 6:12PM
Opinion | An Asian future? Not if we don’t admit to some inconvenient histories
9 Aug 2019 - 7:41PM
Opinion | Hanoi has few options to deal with Beijing’s bullying in South China Sea
8 Aug 2019 - 5:42PM
China Briefing | Hong Kong needn’t fear the PLA, even if it is a US-China battleground

This is no Tiananmen moment – despite delusional radicals on both left and right itching for a military intervention, Beijing is likely to wait these protests out.

This is no Tiananmen moment – despite delusional radicals on both left and right itching for a military intervention, Beijing is likely to wait these protests out.

3 Aug 2019 - 8:05PM
Portugal: a new home for those who fear Hong Kong’s fate?

Frustration over the extradition bill and worries over the erosion of the city’s freedoms have resulted in a surge in number of Hongkongers considering migration, and Portugal is growing in popularity for those seeking access to Europe. 

Frustration over the extradition bill and worries over the erosion of the city’s freedoms have resulted in a surge in number of Hongkongers considering migration, and Portugal is growing in popularity for those seeking access to Europe. 

6 Aug 2019 - 12:35PM
Opinion | Why Macau has been spared from Hong Kong’s political turmoil

Residents of the former Portuguese colony have fully embraced ‘one country, two systems’, and its economy is doing better than Hong Kong’s. 

Residents of the former Portuguese colony have fully embraced ‘one country, two systems’, and its economy is doing better than Hong Kong’s. 

6 Aug 2019 - 12:35PM
Visual Stories
Video - 01:18
‘Singing’ donkey becomes internet star
10 Aug 2019 - 2:43AM
Video - 01:36
Swapping trash for free bus tickets
9 Aug 2019 - 10:21PM
Video - 01:59
North Korean defector turned YouTube star
9 Aug 2019 - 9:14PM
Video - 05:27
Kashmir: Disputed territory
9 Aug 2019 - 12:01PM
Video - 01:15
Japan’s ‘judo diplomacy’ in the Pacific
9 Aug 2019 - 2:44AM
Video - 01:15
Man walks 700 kilometres in reverse to save forests
8 Aug 2019 - 3:37AM
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Video - 01:18
‘Singing’ donkey becomes internet star
10 Aug 2019 - 2:43AM
Video - 01:36
Swapping trash for free bus tickets
9 Aug 2019 - 10:21PM
Video - 01:59
North Korean defector turned YouTube star
9 Aug 2019 - 9:14PM
Video - 05:27
Kashmir: Disputed territory
9 Aug 2019 - 12:01PM
Video - 01:15
Japan’s ‘judo diplomacy’ in the Pacific
9 Aug 2019 - 2:44AM
Video - 01:15
Man walks 700 kilometres in reverse to save forests
8 Aug 2019 - 3:37AM
Ceritalah | In Kashmir, the colonised have become the colonisers

The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped Kashmir of its statehood and the disputed region is once again on the precipice of violence.

32 minutes ago
Abacus | The real danger behind US currency manipulation charges

Washington’s decision to slap the label on Beijing opens a new front in the simmering US-China cold war. In the long term, this is likely to accelerate the uncoupling between the world’s two largest economies, writes Tom Holland.

Washington’s decision to slap the label on Beijing opens a new front in the simmering US-China cold war. In the long term, this is likely to accelerate the uncoupling between the world’s two largest economies, writes Tom Holland.

12 Aug 2019 - 7:08AM
The real danger behind US currency manipulation charges
Sino File | Watch out free world, the China-Russia threat goes over your head

When warplanes from four countries faced off over the Sea of Japan, it was as much cold war thriller as it was Top Gun

When warplanes from four countries faced off over the Sea of Japan, it was as much cold war thriller as it was Top Gun

11 Aug 2019 - 9:52AM
Watch out free world, the China-Russia threat goes over your head