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The JMSDF ends a 60-year era in a sweeping “scrap-and-build” reform.

The smaller glaciers of the Tian Shan mountains respond more quickly to climate change.

Events across the border – including the rise of Jamaat-e-Islami – are serving as political ammunition in the Indian state assembly race.

Australia has made its biggest Pacific sporting bet so far. Will it deliver results for both Australia and the Pacific Islands?

Insights from Kristin Vekasi 

In Nusa Tenggara Timur, a 10-year-old boy’s suicide exposes the limits of income-based poverty metrics. Multidimensional data show that deprivation in Indonesia often clusters long before a family is officially classified as poor.

The fates of two prominent wolf warriors at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Qin Gang and Zhao Lijian – provide some insights.

As South Korea awaits a historic judgment on the 2024 martial law crisis, tomorrow’s ruling will determine the legal fate of the former leader and the stability of the nation's democracy.

Education in Australia not only underpins the foundations of national power, but contributes to its international reach, diplomatic links, trade relations, and security.

More than half of Bangladesh's voters are women, and they are increasingly visible and influential. They voted against the Jamaat-e-Islami’s regressive vision.

Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

It reflects many of the priorities and core economic beliefs of the Prabowo administration, including heavy investment in social welfare programs.

Officials from the Mongolian government have repeatedly visited Moscow in search of energy guarantees, assistance in fuel storage, and accelerating bilateral cooperation.

The incoming parliament will remake Bangladesh’s governance system – for better or worse. 

The legal disagreement over who controls DMZ access – South Korea’s government or the U.N. Command – has evolved into a full-fledged institutional and political confrontation.

American leaders are rightly condemning Jimmy Lai’s sentence. But when it comes to concrete policy responses, Washington’s cupboard is increasingly bare.

Defense spending in Taiwan continues to be politically contentious, particularly as the U.S. seeks to pressure the opposition KMT over the issue.

A new report exposes abuse and exploitation of cotton and wheat farmers in Uzbekistan.

The ruling mainstreams menstrual health. But India needs to normalize sex education too. Otherwise, menstruation will be treated as a “dirty issue” shrouded in silence.

The social media age has stripped the House of Chakri of its once-formidable royal aura. The only route to preservation is reform.