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Seoul is 'going overboard' to accommodate North Korea, critics say

South Korea's Olympic peace overture to its nuclear-armed northern neighbor is increasingly coming under fire.Hopes...

Hang child rapists in public: Pak House panel

 Upset by the Kasur incident, there has been growing demand to hang the killer(s) of...

Beijing needs to tackle the ‘chronic disease’ infecting industry

China's Solar Panel industry has been hit by US trade tariffs. Photo: AFPOverproduction plagues a...

Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to China

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from...

Pak minister accuses judicial system of planning Sharif ouster

A five-member bench of the Supreme Court, on July 28, had directed National Accountability Bureau...

How China's astronauts train for space missions

A still from one of the videos of an astronaut training. The Chinese authorities have released...

Fighting rages amid Turkish push in Kurdish enclave in Syria

Intense fighting flared Monday as Turkish troops and their allies advanced on a Kurdish enclave...

The real reasons behind Hong Kong’s love of polygamous tycoons

There’s an interesting phenomenon in Hong Kong that doesn’t happen a lot in comparable societies...

Saudi coalition to give Yemen $1.5 bil. in aid

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced $1.5 billion in new aid for Yemen, where nearly three...

China donates over 32,000 solar power generators to Nepal

China has been investing heavily in Nepal as it seeks to expand its influence in...

Chinese navy gets new electronic warfare aircraft: reports

China claims almost all of South China Sea and has also laid claims on the...

Vietnam lays down marker with conviction of ex-Politburo member

Dinh La Thang (center) listens as the verdict is delivered on his case in Hanoi,...

Bangladesh pledges to coordinate with U.N. over Rohingya return

Bangladesh on Sunday sought to reassure the international community that a planned repatriation of hundreds...

Moon facing strong public opposition over Olympic deal

Difficult times lie ahead for the administration of South Korean President Moon Jae In as...

Why China wants to dominate green energy

If there is to be an effective response to climate change, it will probably emanate...

The Pakistan conundrum

Harold Brown, the US defense secretary under President Jimmy Carter, was reported to have described...