Antti Hakkanen, Finland’s defense minister, said Beijing now provides the financing, technology and industrial links that sustain Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine, and urged NATO and […]
Category: Asia
Track the latest political developments across Asia, from major policy changes to international relations shaping the region’s future.
Iran faces its worst water crisis in six decades, and Tehran could run out of water
A critical lack of rain and decades of mismanagement have left the capital’s reservoirs at 5% capacity, prompting stark warnings of rationing or even evacuation. […]
US and South Korea seal historic trade deal after Trump-Lee meeting
The leaders broke a negotiations deadlock at the APEC summit, securing a $350 billion South Korean investment package and new rules for tariffs and strategic […]
North Korea tests cruise missiles as Trump heads to South Korea
The launch was timed for the eve of the U.S. president’s visit for the APEC summit, where he is also scheduled to meet with China’s […]
A decade after ‘one-child’ policy, China confronts a population in decline
Despite relaxing limits to three children and offering cash incentives, Beijing is failing to reverse a demographic crisis driven by high costs and a profound […]
New Delhi deploys artificial rain in bid to combat toxic smog
Experts criticize cloud seeding as an “ineffective” and temporary measure, arguing that only structural emissions reform can solve the public health crisis. NEW DELHI – […]
China’s forced relocation of Uyghurs exposes a new layer of human rights abuses
A joint investigation by The New York Times, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and Der Spiegel, uncovers how Uyghur labor transfers outside Xinjiang complicate global […]
US Treasury Secretary says trade talks with China stalled
Weeks after reviving talks in Geneva, Bessent signals need for top-level intervention, proposing a Trump–Xi Jinping call to break the deadlock. US Treasury Secretary Scott […]
Putin to visit Xi Jinping in China for 80th anniversary of end of Second Sino-Japanese War
The trip underscores deepening China-Russia ties after Xi’s May visit to Moscow for WWII commemorations. Russia and China continue to tighten their strategic partnership, with […]
North Korea’s security chief visits Russia to deepen military ties
Ri Chang Dae leads Pyongyang delegation for Moscow talks as countries expand defense cooperation amid ongoing war in Ukraine. North Korea’s Minister of State Security, […]