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There are rumors that Vietnam wants an extra year as chair, to make up for the COVID-19 disruption. Would the rest of ASEAN agree to that?

Despite kind words, cooperation, and defense ties, there are longer term difficulties in the India-Russia relationship that are unlikely to be easy to resolve. 

Tigertail combines Taiwanese, Mandarin, and English languages to portray the reality of Asian American immigrants and modern-day Taiwan.  

Protectionism will not make India a global power.

Addressing the concerns of local communities is key to Nepal’s $500 million question.

Hints of a united front among Abu Sayyaf Group factions could sorely test a Philippine military already stretched thin by the pandemic.

The Philippines armed forces will consider the AH-64E or the AH-1Z.

A UN special rapporteur took aim at the Myanmar military for targeting ethnic minorities in Rakhine and Chin states.

Mark R. Frerichs, a contractor, was captured by members of the Haqqani network in late January.

The announcement confirms what experts long suspected, but the government denied: the pandemic has arrived in Tajikistan.

Rights groups and journalists have flagged physical abuse by police and unreported prison deaths as the Philippine government orders all quarantine violators to be arrested.

Communal tensions, misinformation, and poverty: across South Asia, governments are facing similar issues in their COVID-19 responses.