Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for stronger cooperation among Theravada Buddhist nations, declaring Anuradhapura a sacred centre for Buddhists across Asia. Highlighting centuries of religious exchange between Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia
China and North Korea will officially open the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, ending a 12-year delay that left the major cross-border infrastructure project unused despite its completion in 2014. The opening comes as relations between Beijing and Pyongyang
Asian technology stocks fell sharply on Tuesday as a sell-off in US semiconductor shares spread across regional markets, with concerns about artificial intelligence investment,
US President Donald Trump has said he may meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a planned visit to Asia in mid-November, as
At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside a packed church in Damascus on Sunday evening, marking the first major
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by Huan Yuping Modernization is a shared aspiration of China and Central Asian countries. At a time when the century-defining transformation is accelerating across the globe, with multiple risks compounding one another,
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Cambodia has issued a stark warning that it will impose a full ban on Thai fruit and vegetable imports if Thailand does not lift new restrictions at border crossings, escalating an already
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Editor’s Note: The following column is based on remarks made by the author at the China–Sri Lanka–Maldives Tourism Forum held in Colombo on 16 June 2025. Today, we gather in the beautiful
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A new report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) reveals significant strides in civil registration across the region over the past decade. The number
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by Luxman Aravind History may one day record that while Western democracies stagnated in performative dysfunction, a once-impoverished civilisation, under the stewardship of Xi Jinping and the CPC, executed the most expansive
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As India appears to be caught in the conflict dyad with Pakistan’s heinous terrorist strategy, China is making inroads in the Neighbourhood from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Geopolitical Big Players have a tolerance
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Tensions flared on the Thai-Cambodian border early Wednesday as a deadly exchange of gunfire between troops from both sides left a Cambodian soldier dead, reigniting a long-standing territorial dispute. In response, Thai
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Zijin Mining Group, China’s largest gold producer, is venturing into the precious metals “streaming” business through its asset management arm, in a strategic bid to lock in future bullion supplies amid soaring
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Myanmar continues to bleed under the yoke of militarised oppression, yet refuses to surrender its voice or vision. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
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Singapore is grappling with a surging wave of online scams, driven by a combination of high affluence, digital dependence, and deep cultural compliance with authority — a situation some experts have dubbed
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I did not attend the recent Dalada exposition, but I passed through Kandy during those days and witnessed the long lines – thousands of pilgrims, most of them elderly, queued in fervent
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French President Emmanuel Macron began a high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia on Sunday, with stops in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore aimed at bolstering France’s presence in the region through new partnerships in
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According to a Financial Times report and multiple sources familiar with the discussions, Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under-secretary of defense for policy, has told British officials that the Trump administration wants the
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Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Vietnam from April 14 to 15, at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist
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