Russia, Vietnam slowly but surely parting strategic ...
When Vietnam hosted this month its first-ever International Defense Expo at a...
China Asia Economy
Vietnam putting market forces above worker rights
Vietnam’s long-overdue 6% regional minimum wage increase came into effect on ...
Is Vladimir Putin seriously sick?
Whatever health problems Russian president Vladimir Putin has been suffering,...
Bye-bye Chindia
The December 9 skirmish on the China-India border, which caused injuries to s...
Japan’s Rapidus positioning to win 2nm chip race
It was a big week for Japanese semiconductors, one that could ultimately put ...
Tortuous path to long-awaited fusion milestone
Thirteen years after completion of the US$3.5 billion National Ignition Facil...
Japan plans to remilitarize at lightning speed
SEOUL – It’s official: Tokyo will beef up its Self-Defense Forces with long-r...
South Korea trade deficit heralds coming global crisis
South Korea posted a trade deficit of US$3.8 billion in September 2022 — high...
China criticizes US for blacklisting more chip firms
The Chinese government criticized the United States for adding 36 Chinese sem...
Mongolia unrest looking eerily like a color revolution
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a TV interview in Moscow on Sunday, w...
From chips to ships, South Korea and Vietnam cozy up
SEOUL – Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has become the first foreign le...
China stealing a march on Russia in Central Asia
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing’s influence in Eurasia has been e...
China’s Covid outbreak could kill a million: study
Covid-related deaths could reach one million in the current epidemic wave as ...
The fentanyl wars: China, Mexico and the US
With key assistance from China, Mexico is keeping at crisis level the flow of...
What the US nuclear fusion ‘breakthrough’ actually m...
For the first time, scientists in the US have confirmed a fusion energy exper...
Bangladesh risks macroeconomic shocks
One of the best instances of a development narrative, Bangladesh stands out f...
Education
Don’t Forget to Breathe
By James Prescott-Kerr When you’re abroad and know you have limited time in ...
