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Cheollima Civil Defense wants to free North Korea. Who are they?
  • The dissident group, said to be behind a February raid on Pyongyang’s embassy in Spain, has appealed to media not to reveal their members’ identities due to concerns about the hermit kingdom’s ‘death squads’
  • Cheollima previously took credit for the 2017 extraction of Kim Han-sol, the son of Kim Jong-un’s assassinated brother, and anti-North Korean graffiti outside the embassy in Malaysia
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North Korea
Cheollima Civil Defense wants to free North Korea. Who are they?
51 minutes ago
  • The dissident group, said to be behind a February raid on Pyongyang’s embassy in Spain, has appealed to media not to reveal their members’ identities due to concerns about the hermit kingdom’s ‘death squads’
  • Cheollima previously took credit for the 2017 extraction of Kim Han-sol, the son of Kim Jong-un’s assassinated brother, and anti-North Korean graffiti outside the embassy in Malaysia
Malaysia’s government spots a vote-winner: ‘defending’ Islam

As opposition parties milking pro-Muslim sentiments team up against Mahathir Mohamad’s government, a new initiative looks like a vote-winner for an administration struggling to realise its election pledges

17 minutes ago
Indonesian tuna takes world’s sushi counters by storm

Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of tuna, accounting for roughly 16 per cent of global production last year. Tuna exports to the US, its largest market, have soared 130 per cent since 2014.

19 Mar 2019 - 2:48PM
Ceritalah | Everyman Coco Martin is one of the Philippines’ biggest stars

The 37-year-old is the lead in the nation’s biggest television show, Ang Probinsyano. He’s been spotted at campaigns for Senator Grace Poe, the daughter of his hero Fernando Poe Junior – but will Coco make a foray into politics himself?

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Philippines goes cap in hand to China as Manila’s taps run dry

A delegation from Manila is in Beijing to seek loans and unlock funds for the Chinese-backed Kaliwa dam. But critics say the Duterte government has engineered the water shortage to gain backing for the dam, which indigenous tribes oppose.

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Asian Angle | Does Indonesian politics have too much in common with the Philippines?
Richard Heydarian
Richard Heydarian
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Abacus | Global recession prophets misread the US, Chinese economies
Tom Holland
Tom Holland
18 Mar 2019 - 11:14AM
Opinion | Is New Zealand welcoming of all races? Look at what its politicians have said
William Han
William Han
18 Mar 2019 - 4:38PM
Asian Angle | How long can Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stay in power?
Craig Mark
Craig Mark
17 Mar 2019 - 12:30PM

Thailand

Thai election: any policy you like, as long as it’s Thaksinomics
  • Images of Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra are banned on the campaign trail, but their legacy lives on
  • The populist economic policies that swept them to power are being copied by all sides in this election – even the royal-military bloc that deposed them
16 Mar 2019 - 7:31PM

Thailand

Thai election: any policy you like, as long as it’s Thaksinomics

Images of the Shinawatras are banned on the campaign trail, but their legacy lives on through the populist economic policies that swept them to power and are now being embraced by all – even the military bloc that deposed them

16 Mar 2019 - 7:31PM
‘We’re too close to China’: is Thailand about to ‘do a Mahathir’?

Pro-democracy politicians say the post-election future will see Thailand recalibrate its ties with China and throw doubt on a troubled rail link. Sound familiar?

16 Mar 2019 - 1:19PM
Millennials: a secret weapon in fight to reform Thai military

The billionaire’s Future Forward is among a group of parties that plan to reduce the army’s outsize influence should they take power after the March 24 polls – and they have support from millennial voters.

16 Mar 2019 - 7:35PM

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