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How record auctions are fuelling India's art boom

The South Asian art market has raked in millions in recent months, even as global art sales slump.

Published on: October 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China

The S&P 500 closed down 2.7%, its steepest fall since April, after the US president hit out at China.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Moscow waits, Berlin wobbles, Tokyo tilts right

Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Kremlin keeps channel open to Trump as US ties fray James Davis reports that Russia is intensifying strikes and advancing across multiple fronts while Washington flirts with Tomahawk threats and deeper intel sharing. Despite Western [โ€ฆ] The post Moscow waits, Berlin wobbles, Tokyo tilts right appeared first on...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Komeito quits Japan coalition, leaving LDP way short of majority

After a ninety-minute Friday meeting with LDP leader Sanae Takaichi, Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito announced that his party would not renew its coalition with the LDP. The centrist Buddhist party, backed by the religious organization Soka Gakkai, has been in coalition with the LDP since 1999, and stuck with the LDP even in opposition from [โ€ฆ] The post Komeito quits Japan coalition, leaving LDP way short of majority...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Trump appointeeโ€™s case for bigger rate cuts fails to move Fed

Stephen Miran, who President Trump recently appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, wants bigger, faster interest-rate cuts than other Fed officials. (Public Domain photo) Farmers and other business borrowers would kill for interest rates a couple percentage points lower than todayโ€™s. Now the Federal Reserve Board has a governor who thinks they should have them. [โ€ฆ] The post Trump appointeeโ€™s case for bigger rate cuts...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Japanโ€™s Iron Lady: A Prime Minister for the Trump Era?

Takaichi inherits a precarious LDP minority government. Her relationship with Trump may prove decisive.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Who Is Noor Wali Mehsud, the TTP Chief Allegedly Targeted in Kabul Strikes?

Who is the militant said to have been killed by a Pakistani strike? And how would his death impact the TTP?

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Taiwanโ€™s Barrier Lake Disaster Intersects With Its Troubled Indigenous Policy

The Fataโ€™an tribal community wants to remain in its ancestral home during the rebuilding process.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

The Sovereignty Tax: What the TikTok Deal Means for the Digital Order

The TikTok deal marks a decisive moment in the tech cold war.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Is Organized Crime Infiltrating Timor-Lesteโ€™s Government?

One minister made the explosive allegation that transnational criminal syndicates are bringing cyber-scam centers to Timor-Leste.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

A UN Conference Canโ€™t Hide Chinaโ€™s Discomfort With Womenโ€™s Rights

China touts its progress on gender equality, but its approach to feminist activism tells a different story.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Jaap Van Hierden on the UN in Mongolia (and Vice Versa)

โ€œAs the U.N. approaches its 80th anniversary, Mongolia has a timely opportunity to contribute to global reform while reinforcing its democratic institutions.โ€

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Nepal Mulls a Directly Elected Executive Head After Gen Z Revolt

India, which prefers a parliamentary system, and China, which favors a strong executive in Nepal, will be watching closely.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Taiwanโ€™s 2025 National Defense Report: Multilayered Deterrence and Resilient Defense

While Taiwan has long emphasized deterrence, its military planning increasingly focuses on resilience โ€“ the ability to withstand an attack.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

The Worldโ€™s Taiwan Strategy Runs Through the Philippines

The Philippines is becoming a regional nexus for defense integration involving U.S. allies from around the globe.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

EU-Afghanistan Trade Is Expanding, But Trade Is Not Recognition

Trade is climbing, but the EUโ€™s stance with respect to recognition for the Taliban is clear.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Chinaโ€™s Rare Earth Leverage Is the Frontline of 21st Century Geopolitics

Chinaโ€™s latest export controls affect not only raw materials, but also equipment, technology, and assemblies manufactured abroad using Chinese technology.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Is North Korea a Strategic Cyber Threat to Europe?

Pyongyangโ€™s cyber activities are no longer a peripheral concern but a central component of its broader geopolitical strategy.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Why Taliban minister's visit to India is so groundbreaking

Amir Khan Muttaqi flies into Delhi from Russia, on a once unimaginable visit being closely watched by Pakistan.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Taiwan to build air defence dome against 'hostile threats'

This comes a day after Taiwan's defence ministry warned of the growing threat of a Chinese invasion.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Strong 7.4 magnitude quake hits southern Philippines

One person has died from Friday's earthquake, which comes a week after a deadly quake hit the island of Cebu.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Taiwanโ€™s stealth submarine push rocked by technical turbulence

Taiwanโ€™s flagship submarine project, the Hai Kun (Narwhal), missed a key sea trial deadlineโ€” leaving a multibillion-dollar stealth gamble potentially dead in the water. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Taiwanโ€™s ambitious Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) program encountered a significant setback in September, raising doubts about whether the vessel can be [โ€ฆ] The post Taiwanโ€™s stealth...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Cambodia is Beginning to Feel the Economic Costs of the Border Conflict With Thailand

Border closures and an exodus of migrant workers threaten economic and social destabilization.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Singapore, New Zealand Establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

The CSP is based on a common interest as small nations seeking to navigate an era of intensifying geopolitical tension and economic protectionism.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

$5,000 gold: logic, not lunacy, in a de-dollarizing world

TOKYO โ€” Anyone who thinks goldโ€™s surge into the stratosphere represents irrational exuberance isnโ€™t paying attention to the wretched state of the Group of Seven (G7) economies. US government debt is topping US$37 trillion, giving ratings agencies cause to reassess the worldโ€™s largest economyโ€™s underlying health. Franceโ€™s dueling political and debt crises have the International [โ€ฆ] The post $5,000 gold: logic, not...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Kim lauds North Korea's legacy at ruling party anniversary

High-ranking officials from China and Russia are in Pyongyang to attend the anniversary celebrations.

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

China tightens rules to block Pakistan rare earths exports to US

China has announced new measures restricting the export of its rare-earth extraction technologies after learning that Pakistan uses Chinese equipment to produce niche metals for the United States. The new rules, issued by the Chinese Commerce Ministry, cover rareโ€‘earth production, processing and separation equipment, as well as related raw and auxiliary materials. Overseas rare earths [โ€ฆ] The post China tightens rules...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Great fracture as 3 rival blueprints for the global economy emerge

The 80th UN General Assembly convened under the hopeful banner of โ€œBetter Together,โ€ yet the speeches from the worldโ€™s major powers revealed a starkly different reality. Instead of renewing a shared vision, they unveiled competing and often contradictory economic worldviews. This anniversary was not a moment of consensus, but the formal debut of a fractured [โ€ฆ] The post Great fracture as 3 rival blueprints for the...

Published on: October 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Thailand, US Trade Talks Set For Completion By Yearโ€™s End, Commerce Minister Says

In a speech to an economic conference in Bangkok, Suphajee Suthumpun also warned about the accumulation of challenges facing the country's economy.

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Midlife crisis as EU relationship with China has turned 50?

The fiftiethanniversary of formal ties between the European Union and China has highlighted the differences between the two on fundamental security and trade issues. At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging [โ€ฆ] The post Midlife crisis as EU relationship with...

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Midlife crisis as EU relationship with China turns 50?

The fiftiethanniversary of formal ties between the European Union and China has highlighted the differences between the two on fundamental security and trade issues. At a late July summit celebrating the anniversary, the EU asked China to stop supporting Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine and stop flooding European markets with subsidized exports. China said no. Bridging [โ€ฆ] The post Midlife crisis as EU relationship with...

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

How South Korea is using a holographic cop to fight crime

A life-sized holographic police officer has been installed in central Seoul in a bid to deter crime. The BBC took to the streets to ask people if they think itโ€™ll work.

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Paragliders: The army's lethal new weapon in Myanmar's civil war

More than two dozen civilians were killed on Monday after a motorised army paraglider dropped bombs from above.

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Should West Java Publicly Shame Its โ€˜Laziestโ€™ Bureaucrats?

Using social embarrassment to change behavior is not unusual, but the proposed scheme is unlikely to improve civil servants' efficiency.

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

A beloved Indian singer drowned in Singapore. Now fans want answers

Three weeks after Zubeen Garg's death, Assam is still unable to come to terms with the loss of a beloved icon.

Published on: October 09, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia