TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia to boost e-commerce business

Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 million - half of them under 30 - is one of Tik Tok biggest markets in terms of user numbers, generating more than 325 million visitors to the app every month.

Japan unveils biggest military build-up since WW2

Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and Russia's Ukraine invasion stoke war fears.

Taiwan’s air defense system get $95 million boost from US

Despite approval by the State Department, the notification does not indicate that a contract has been signed or that negotiations have concluded.

China releases documents its success story, Global Souths most reliable partner

Xinhua reported on Sunday that China’s State Council Information Office released a 43-page white paper on “China’s International Development Cooperation in the New Era”...

China’s military must be prepared to “act at any second”: President Xi

As the new year begins, the first order for the armed forces put forward by China's President Xi Jinping was to emphasize the need...

Indonesia potentially set to take on China and claim leadership of ‘moderate’ Islam

President Joko Widodo’s recent cabinet reshuffle suggests that Indonesia may adopt a more critical attitude towards China and reinforce government support for efforts by Nahdlatul Ulama...

Great power rivalry: Should Iran choose China, Pakistan over India, US?

The three regional giants, Pak-China, and Iran with the three regional zones, South Asia, East Asia, and the Middle East have a pivotal role...

G20 summit: Saudi Arabia under pressure to address human rights issues

Saudi Arabia has taken multiple steps to polish its tarnished image in advance of this weekend’s hosting of the virtual summit of the G20...

Wife of former Korean K-Pop singer embraces Islam after him

The wife of a popular Korean YouTuber and former K-Pop singer, Daud Kim accepts Islam after him. Kim had announced her wife Mia had...

Book review: Exploring the underemphasized reflections on BRI

Political scientists Alan Chong and Quang Min Pham bring with their edited volume, Critical Reflections on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020),...

Trouble for India: Sri Lanka elects anti-India Rajapaksa brothers

Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers secured a two-thirds majority in a parliamentary election that will allow them to rewrite the constitution and increase their...

Simmering Cauldron of South China Sea: Trump’s bullying antics

Washington especially with Trump, has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands, changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of...