Malaysia Calls for Review of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called for a review of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, saying smaller economies like Malaysia… 06/09/2018 Aimas
Free Burma Rangers Swing into Action in Myanmar The Free Burma Rangers — a faith-based aid group — have conducted relief missions in the ethnic regions of Myanmar… 06/09/2018 Aimas
Learning Tolerance and Respect at a Ramadan Boarding School Attacks on three churches last month in Indonesia have shaken many who live in the country with the largest Muslim… 06/09/2018 Aimas
Peace? Sure, But Singaporeans Hope for Summit Tourism Bump From summit-themed burgers and online scalpers peddling “World Peace” medallions and “Peace Out from Lion City” T-shirts, Singaporeans are cashing… 06/09/2018 Aimas
Keane: US Will Insist on N. Korean Denuclearization at Summit Retired U.S. General Jack Keane, a former Army vice chief of staff with close ties to the Trump administration, spoke with… 06/09/2018 Aimas
Cut More Trees! Cambodians Challenge Conservation The Cambodian rosewood had stood for hundreds of years, but its value finally proved too hard to resist and the… 06/09/2018 Aimas
Analysts: US Military Moves in South China Sea Little Help to Vietnam, Philippines U.S. B-52 bombers sent over the disputed South China Sea this week will, for lack of a broader foreign policy,… 06/08/2018 Aimas
China’s Trade Surplus With US Widens China’s trade surplus with the United States rose to $24.58 billion in May, from $22.15 billion in April, according to… 06/08/2018 Aimas
China Trash Ban Creates Crisis for US Recyclers A Chinese ban on many types of foreign garbage, implemented this year, has created a crisis for the worldwide recycling… 06/08/2018 Aimas
Trump-Kim Summit Dominates US-Japanese Talks in Washington U.S. President Donald Trump received Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday, just days before a planned summit with North Korean… 06/08/2018 Aimas
North Korea Uses US Tech for ‘Destructive Cyber Operations’ North Korea’s senior leadership has been exploiting loopholes in international sanctions to obtain the U.S. technology that Pyongyang uses to… 06/08/2018 Aimas
Chinese Paper Slams US Stance on Taiwan, Says China Should Prepare for ‘Crisis’ China should be prepared for crisis in the Taiwan Strait, the hawkish Global Times newspaper said in an editorial Friday,… 06/08/2018 Aimas
Afghan, US Forces to Temporarily Halt Anti-Taliban Offensive Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani has announced his forces will halt offensive operations next Tuesday until June 20 to encourage the Taliban… 06/07/2018 Aimas
Before Trump-Kim Summit, Japan’s Prime Minister Visits White House Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting the White House on Thursday to impress upon President Donald Trump Japan’s interests… 06/07/2018 Aimas
S. Korean Conservative Leader Pessimistic About US-North Korea Summit The conservative leader of South Korea’s main opposition party on Thursday spoke out against the upcoming U.S.–North Korea summit. He… 06/07/2018 Aimas
Hong Kong Gay Rights Suffer Setbacks Hong Kong’s LGBT community has notched small, incremental victories in recent years, but new developments have made those triumphs seem… 06/07/2018 Aimas
Taiwan Drills Simulate Repelling Invading Force Taiwan simulated repelling an invading force Thursday and used civilian-operated drones for the first time as part of annual military… 06/07/2018 Aimas
Singapore FM to Visit North Korea, Ahead of Kim-Trump Summit Singapore says its foreign minister will visit Pyongyang later this week, just days before the city-state hosts the leaders of… 06/06/2018 Aimas
Kim Appoints Loyalists to N. Korea’s Top Military Posts The three generals North Korean leader Kim Jong Un moved into key positions before the Singapore summit with the United… 06/06/2018 Aimas
Russia Invites North Korean Leader for Visit Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Russia to attend an upcoming global forum.… 06/04/2018 Aimas