Doctors Suspended for Using Severed Leg as a Pillow in India
An official for the government hospital Maharani Laxmibai Medical College and Hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India, announced an investigation on March 11 after reports surfaced that the severed leg of…
Vietnam President pushes for closer Indian ties
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang spoke with nearly 300 Indian politicians, professors, researchers, scholars and students at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi on March 4 morning during…
Rohingya genocide: the world can’t help until Myanmar changes its ways
By: Ashraful Azad/ After two weeks of extreme violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where at least 400 people have been killed and 270,000 Rohingyas have fled their homes, the country’s de…
Defending Hong Kong and Our Liberal Values is the Only Option
By Martin Lee This opinion piece is part of the Silver Lining Series written by members of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), an organization of liberal and…
Trump to meet North Korea’s Kim in May
A stunning development on the global stage: President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by the month of May. The announcement paves the…
With all eyes on China, Singapore makes its own Arctic moves
By Danita Catherine Burke and Andre Saramago/ Asian states are becoming increasingly interested and involved in the Arctic region. This signal was sent in 2013 when four Asian states were admitted into…
How Xi Jinping’s ‘lifetime presidency’ could change China – for better or worse
Dylan Loh Ming Hui, University of Cambridge Thanks to surprising new constitutional amendments – curiously, first announced in English – the path is clear for Xi Jinping and his chosen…
“Acts of genocide” suspected against Rohingya in Myanmar – UN
Myanmar army says cleared troops of nearly all alleged abuses while UN rights boss Zeid says "ethnic cleansing is still underway" and that alleged mass graves destroyed in bid to…
In the Philippines, Politics and Drama are Strange Bedfellows
Filipinos are well-known for their love for drama. This affinity for the dramatic has even spilled over into the political arena, where actors and actresses (and their celebrity offspring)…
No surprise Trump is a global trade warmonger
Trump as a global trade warrior? What a surprise it is? Not at all, if we may say so. While experts are predicting a global trade war is on the…