The China-Pakistan Information Corridor Is Made to Silence Journalists
CPIC arrives in a country where the words "fake news" can already put a reporter in prison.
How China Is Building Influence in Central Asia, One Laboratory at a Time
Scientific and educational cooperation may be less visible than a railway, but it may also have longer lasting and broader results.
Amid Stock Troubles, Is South Korea’s $880 Billion AI Infrastructure Buildout Under Threat?
South Korea has emerged as one of the world leaders in the AI buildout. But now, as investor sell-offs continue to force the KOSPI lower, are its AI ambitions under threat?
Decouple Taiwan From China-Vatican Negotiations
Archbishop Gallagher’s remarks about the “price” of setting up an office in Beijing have struck a nerve in Taiwan. But the two aren’t actually related.
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant review – slime and silliness in amusing New Zealand comedy horror
Mucus, alien gristle, a tentacle-bearing penis and, of course, the pregnancy of the title are all borne with deadpan calmness in this underplayed comedyIn this amusingly silly exe…
Does Reliance on China Undermine Iran’s Grand Strategy?
China’s interests in the Middle East increasingly conflict with Iran’s cooperation with regional proxies and use of coercive threats.
Indian tourist killed after two helicopters collide near Everest base camp
The two aircraft crashed just metres from the ground after trying to land at the same spot.
Ghost Town review – the phantoms and lost souls haunting a Japanese city after the 2011 earthquake
Katharine Round’s documentary puts cameras in taxis where drivers and fares reflect on the disaster’s impact and talk of crowds of spectres and disappearing passengers In a manner…
Indonesia’s Navy Is Growing. Is Its Combat Power Keeping Up?
While fleet size is an important measure of operational capacity, a lot depends on how effectively new platforms are equipped, operated, and integrated.
New Group review – schoolkids build human pyramids in bizarre Japanese horror-satire on conformity
Two outsider students at a super-strict high school find they are definitely not with the programme in Yûta Shimotsu’s body-bending sci-fi scarerHere is an intermittently amusing …
Uzbekistan Wins the Biggest Olympiad in History. Now Sindarov Goes for the World Crown
Wage protests force hundreds of Bangladesh garment factories to close
These factories, which manufacture for brands like H&M and Uniqlo, rely on millions of lowly paid workers.
Tesla, Samsung Express Opposition to New US Tariffs on Vietnam
With a U.S. investigation into intellectual property violations set for conclusion at the end of the month, Hanoi could face fresh trade penalties.
Man and boy arrested after allegedly attacking One Nation volunteer with bat
The incident comes amid growing calls for the temperature of political debate in Australia to be turned down.
‘Men know they won’t face consequences’: rise of street sex work in Tokyo is fuelling calls for change
The boom in international tourism has fuelled a new phenomenon of women soliciting on the streets of Tokyo’s Kabukicho night-time districtKabukicho is not known as “sleepless town…
'We grew up around this historic Delhi mosque - now we have been forced out'
Authorities have razed hundreds of houses in a neighbourhood in central Delhi, saying they were built on government land.
The Pitfalls of Thailand’s ‘Bamboo Diplomacy’
"Its flexibility allows Thai policymakers to justify different, and sometimes contradictory, strategies under the same label."
Bollywood film star Ranbir Kapoor on AI, movies and fatherhood
The film star plays the leading role in a major new adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana.
Indonesia Urges Russia to Stop Recruiting Its Citizens Into Ukraine War
In recent months, reports have surfaced of Indonesian nationals fighting on the frontlines in occupied Ukraine.
Legal challenge to Australia's social media ban to start in High Court
A rights group will argue the world-leading policy robs under-16s of their right to free communication.
Indonesia's toxic haze is giving its neighbours a political headache
Governments in Singapore and Malaysia are split between anxious citizens and an irascible neighbour.
Is India Extending Its Control Over Islamic Practice In Kashmir?
“In Kashmir, Islam and politics have always remained inseparable. We can smell the link this time too.”
From Ankara To Ankara: 34 Years of Turkic Cooperation
It would have been difficult for the leaders who attended the first Organization of Turkic States summit in 1992 to imagine the group's progress in the years since.
‘The Indian Question’: The Rise of Anti-Indian Hate in America
Akhilesh Pillalamarri, an attorney and columnist for The Diplomat, joins host Tushar Shetty to explore the cultural anxieties driving right-wing attacks on Indian Americans.