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Cost-cutting on Japan’s already depleted railway network has hit a new low, with one of the nation’s largest network operators no longer providing toilet paper in a growing number of unmanned stations. JR East’s decision has been met with a mix of annoyance and resignation online…

In South Korea’s capital, more than one in three people live alone, creating headaches when it comes time to visit hospital or simply move home. But Seoul has a solution: a “companion service” that dispatches helpers to assist solo residents with tasks that are hard to manage wit…

Passenger flight cuts triggered by surging fuel prices could temporarily affect Hong Kong’s status as a transit hub, but the impact will be relative and depend on how long the Middle East conflict lasts, aviation experts have said. Steven Cheung King-lung, chairman of the Hong Ko…

Some foreign residents in South Korea will be eligible for government cash handouts, ranging from 100,000 won (US$67) to 600,000 won, to be distributed later in April under a supplementary budget aimed at offsetting high fuel costs amid the prolonged Middle East conflict. Non-Sou…

The three men were captured by the rebel People’s Defense Army but subsequently tortured and killed by a rival outfit.

In its bid to clamp down on fake news, President Prabowo's administration is arming itself with some concerning powers.

Nine million voters have been dropped from rolls in West Bengal, raising concerns over exclusion and fairness.

Powerful storm brings destruction, while temperatures soar in Vietnam and torrential rain lashes South Korea Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila, currently in the Solomon Sea, is expected to continue moving south-westwards over the coming days. According to the Australian Bureau of Met…

Labor conditions aboard the region's poorly regulated fleet of fishing trawlers are a cause for continuing alarm.

Strategic geography creates opportunity. It does not create industry. Northern Australia now faces a simple test: can the Northern Territory turn its position at the edge of the Indo-Pacific into real industrial capability? The Northern ...

Toplines The PRC attempted to provide limited material support to Iran amid its conflict with the United States. PRC support may help Iran reconstitute its missile…

The US has an opportunity to position itself as a favorable partner in emerging markets that will help them develop modern, secure energy systems. The post A US strategy for energy competition with China in emerging markets appeared first on Atlantic Council .

The official appointment of coup leader Min Aung Hlaing as president is likely to hasten a shift within the bloc.

At least seven hydroelectric projects on two transboundary river systems are in the pipeline in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya.

External threats have prompted India’s enhanced military presence and upgradation of infrastructure along the Siliguri Corridor and in the Northeast.

India and Australia need to start cooperating in detecting, monitoring and understanding what’s going on underwater. As submarines, especially small, uncrewed ones, proliferate in the Indian Ocean and adjacent waters, neither country should regard itself ...

Building a Market-Economy Trade Bloc — Without China

A new survey of Southeast Asian opinion leaders shows they prefer China to the United States as a partner, while the region’s biggest geopolitical concern is U.S. global leadership.

In an era defined by overlapping crises and intensifying strategic competition, the two nation's security partnership is more important than ever.

Authoritarian systems rarely resist reform. Instead, they use it as a means of renewing and strengthening themselves.

Whatever goodwill Lee’s expression of regret over past drone incursions may have produced, Pyongyang's hostile posture toward South Korea remains unchanged.

China’s preferred style of mediation involves quiet and behind-the-scenes facilitation rather than high-profile spectacles or photo-ops.

A comprehensive defence treaty between Japan and Australia is overdue. The 50th anniversary of the two countries’ Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, to be marked this year, should provide the occasion for signing an ...

In December, China increased military activity in the South China Sea and around Taiwan while simultaneously advancing diplomatic mediation, security cooperation, and economic initiatives across the Indo-Pacific.

Toplines South Korea is pre-emptively addressing potential nonproliferation concerns stemming from its plans to build a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…