Across South Asia, an ominous great game is unfolding. China is battling for regional influence, with smaller buffer states caught in the middle as pawns. Far from peaceful rise, China’s tactics reveal a belligerent dragon pulling neighbors ever tighter into its orbit through debt-trap diplomacy, data colonialism and brazen political interference – a 21st century […]
Read MoreNine members of the United Nations Security Council condemned “indiscriminate” airstrikes by Myanmar’s military against civilians before an envoy briefed the council Monday as part of regional efforts to implement a peace plan that has so far been largely ineffective. The plan, adopted in April 2021 shortly after the military seized power in a takeover […]
Read MoreA momentous shift is under way in global markets as investors pull billions of dollars from China’s sputtering economy, two decades after betting on the country as the world’s biggest growth story. Much of that cash is now heading for India, with Wall Street giants like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley endorsing the […]
Read MoreMyanmar people have suffered soaring prices for almost all commodities in the three-year period since the February 2021 coup, reports The Irrawaddy. Rice and edible oil are among their most basic needs and the most important commodities found in every kitchen in Myanmar. The price of premium quality rice was around $16.50 per sack in […]
Read MoreASTANA – Young Kazakh comic book author Ilyas Yusupzhanov presented his first comic book about the founders of the Kazakh Khanate, Kerey and Zhanibek sultans, in Almaty on Jan. 27, reported Zakon.kz news outlet. Yusupzhanov’s interest in comic books sprang from his dedication to promoting Kazakh history by creating worthy heroes to look up to […]
Read MoreJustin McCurry At the height of the Covid pandemic, the restaurateurs and shopkeepers of Tsukiji market in Tokyo must have dreamed of days like these. Columns of smartphone-wielding visitors shuffle along the narrow streets, pausing to inspect hand-forged kitchen knives and tsukemono pickles, and to sip gratis samples of green tea. Restaurants tempt the lunchtime […]
Read MoreMillions of dollars in sales of North Korean false eyelashes – marketed in beauty stores around the world as “made in China” – helped drive a recovery in the secretive state’s exports last year. The processing and packaging of North Korean false eyelashes – openly conducted in neighbouring China, the country’s largest trading partner – […]
Read MoreOil prices dipped on Monday in choppy trade as China’s ailing property sector sparked demand worries, while rising tensions over the weekend in the Middle East intensified oil supply concerns. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down62 cents to $82.93 a barrel by 1430 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1were down59 cents to […]
Read MoreIn a strategic move aimed at aligning with its impending graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026, Bangladesh has announced a comprehensive plan to curtail incentives across all export items. The central bank, in a circular issued today (30 January), clarified that the government has opted for a phased approach to gradually […]
Read MoreNorth Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its west coast on Tuesday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a string of weapons tests carried out by Pyongyang so far this year. South Korea’s military “detected several unknown cruise missiles launched into the West Sea of North Korea around 07:00 (2200 GMT)” Seoul’s Joint […]
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