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Lo Kin-hei (center), chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, along with other senior leaders, announced Thursday that it will start preparations to wind down operations.
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Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party prepares to shut down
The Democratic Party's fortunes declined after Beijing tightened its grip and imposed a national security law.
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China risks becoming U.S. military’s top priority if Trump cuts a deal with Putin
U.S. and Russian officials have started talks in Saudi Arabia to negotiate an end to the three-year war, prompting deep concern in Europe and Ukraine itself.
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Top South Korean judge faces disinformation deluge as Yoon impeachment looms
The attacks by the suspended president's party and allies come amid expectations that the Constitutional Court will finalize his impeachment in March.
Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Feb 18, 2025
Xi’s embrace of China tech CEOs spurs hope of big economic shift
Developing national tech champions is core to Beijing’s plan for boosting the economy as it deflates a bubble in the property market.
Members of Taiwan's armed forces, riding on a M60A3 tank, participate in a drill as part of a demonstration for the media to show combat readiness, at a military base in Taitung, Taiwan, on Jan. 31, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2025
Taiwan considering multibillion dollar arms purchase from U.S., sources say
By Michael Martina, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard
Taipei is hoping to win support from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump as China continues to apply military pressure on the island.
According to a prepared text of Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen's remarks posted on a government website over the weekend, the image of the U.S. "has changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 17, 2025
Singapore says Asia now views U.S. as a ‘landlord seeking rent’
By Philip J. Heijmans
The image of the U.S. as a liberator has changed, Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen says in remarks prepared for the Munich Security Conference.
The U.S. State Department has dropped the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence" from a fact sheet on the democratic island on its website.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 16, 2025
U.S. drops website wording on not supporting Taiwan independence
The page has also added a reference to Taiwan's cooperation with a Pentagon technology and semiconductor development project.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the Munich Security Conference in the German city on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 15, 2025
China will have to hit back at U.S. ‘bullying,’ Beijing's top diplomat says
Still, Foreign Minister Wang Yi sought to take a broader view of relations, expressing confidence that the two countries will remain engaged long into the future.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te holds a news conference in Taipei on Friday.
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Feb 14, 2025
Taiwan’s Lai vows to lift military funding after Trump complaint
By Miaojung Lin
Lai said Taiwan would boost expenditure to 3% of GDP, though he didn’t indicate when that would start.
Ethnic Uyghurs protest near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul in 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 13, 2025
China repressing Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland, government report says
Members of the two Chinese minority groups are subject to "transnational repression," the report said.

Yen advances past ¥150 per dollar as BOJ rate-hike bets ramp up
The Japanese currency climbed as much as 1% to ¥149.95 against the dollar on Thursday, a level it hasn’t touched since Dec. 9.
Japan release of Shiori Ito's documentary in limbo
Shiori Ito, who won a civil suit over a rape case against a TV reporter, in 2018. Her former lawyers claim her documentary includes footage used without the consent of sources.
LDP and opposition lock horns over Japan budget
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in parliament on Friday
Japanese panel seeks to tighten screening of new universities
Education minister Toshiko Abe (right) receives a report on higher education from an advisory panel on Friday.
Over 80% of Japanese say death penalty system is 'unavoidable'
Former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata (left) and his sister, Hideko, attend a gathering of his supporters after his acquittal in a retrial over a 1966 murder case was finalized in October last year.
As Ukraine rift emerges, Kyiv's envoy says Japan must take on bigger global role
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky speaks during an interview at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan release of Shiori Ito's documentary in limbo
Shiori Ito, who won a civil suit over a rape case against a TV reporter, in 2018. Her former lawyers claim her documentary includes footage used without the consent of sources.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown ready to sprint past Paris disappointment
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (center) runs during a 100-meter heat at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.
What is the ceiling for sumo’s newest yokozuna?
Newly promoted grand champion Hoshoryu (center) performs a dedication ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 31.
‘Yasuko, Songs of Days Past’ puts overlooked star in the spotlight
“Yasuko, Songs of Days Past” centers on a real-life love triangle between poet Chuya Nakahara (Taisei Kido, left), actor Yasuko Hasegawa (Suzu Hirose, center) and literary critic Hideo Kobayashi (Masaki Okada).

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