Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for 2026, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles ...
FOR Filipino nationalists — read that Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI) with its Anti-War Peace ...
South Korea on Friday announced plans to end foreign adoptions over a five-year period, aiming for zero by 2029, as UN ...
Reclassification of Rodong Sinmun would let citizens read printed edition of North Korean daily as Seoul adjusts media rules ...
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Time for Indo-Pacific unity is now

We are living in an age of global disruption. Supply chains are being reconfigured to avoid dependence on any one producer or country. Trade ties are being upended by high and unpredictable tariffs ...
The genesis of Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy can be traced back to the era of Ho Chi Minh, who viewed multilateral institutions as critical assets for amplifying Vietnam’s voice and mobilising ...
China will require domestic firms to repatriate funds raised from overseas listings "in principle" under new rules aimed at ...
Malaysia's influential former premier Najib Razak was jailed on Friday for a further 15 years and fined $2.8 billion for ...
Unfortunately, not everyone has managed to come out unscathed from fans who've obsessed over celebrities. Some instances have ...
For the Rohingya minority, violence began well before the 2021 coup, with a military crackdown in 2017 sending legions of the ...
China's ​finance and emergency ⁠management ministries ⁠recently allocated 4.44 ‌billion yuan ($633.65 million) ⁠to support people ⁠in need, ​including those living in disaster-stricken ‍areas, ​a ...
Najib could face maximum jail terms of between 15 and 20 years on each ‌charge, as well as a fine of up to five times the value of the alleged misappropriations.