May 24, 2013

The global garment trade

World’s vast mobile industry is always in search of lower costs

INDIA May 24, 2013

Scandal and crime claims threaten IPL

Betting allegations put tournament’s future in doubt

Anwar Ibrahim leads a mass protest in Petaling Jaya ©EPA May 24, 2013

Malaysia on edge amid political stand-off

Opposition figures detained weeks after bitter election

A man places his hand on his mouth as he runs though burning tyres during an anti-government protest against power cuts in Lahore, Pakistan ©Reuters From PAKISTAN May 24, 2013

Pakistan seeks $4bn-$5bn Saudi loan

Sharif looks to avert a balance of payments crisis

May 24, 2013

Vietnam names new finance minister

Appointment comes as country struggles to raise budget revenue

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Philip Stephens from COMMENT May 23, 2013

Abe will not help by rewriting history

The Japanese prime minister offers two positives but one dangerous negative

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard's 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, ©Reuters From COMMENT May 23, 2013

Obama and the one-sided drone war

The president has shed light on non-battlefield targeted killings, writes Micah Zenko

A worker cleans solar panels on the roof of a building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province December ©Reuters CHINA May 23, 2013

Chinese solar industry seeks tariff deals

China’s manufacturers face punitive charges from EU and the US

May 23, 2013

Bangladesh factory probe finds ‘violations’

Faulty building construction to blame for hundreds of deaths

Parthiv Patel of the Chennai Super Kings ©Reuters INDIA May 23, 2013

Betting scandal deepens in Indian cricket

Police seek to question chief executive of a leading team

CHINA May 23, 2013

China data add urgency to stimulus calls

Preliminary PMI numbers highlight sluggish economy

NORTH KOREA May 23, 2013

Sanctions threaten N Korea aid programmes

NGOs say their banks have stopped fund transfers

From COMMENT May 22, 2013

Asian debt: Beware of bubbles

Southeast Asia’s booming bond market has sparked fears of a bubble

May 22, 2013

Todd family walk out of Singapore inquest

Parents ‘no longer have confidence’ in inquiry into son’s death

David Pilling from COMMENT May 22, 2013

Hard to build an ‘anyone but China’ club

The unstated aim of the TPP is a deal to bar the second-largest economy

NORTH KOREA May 22, 2013

N Korean envoy visits China amid tensions

Beijing trip by Kim aide follows fresh international sanctions

CHINA May 22, 2013

Ai Weiwei mocks state in music video

Artist claims project is to help him overcome detention

Mike Skapinker Michael Skapinker from MANAGEMENT May 22, 2013

Bangladesh and the clothes on our backs

In the month since the collapse, resolve to prevent a repetition has faded

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 22, 2013

Seoul warned over trade agreements

Foreign groups blame tough regulations for hindering competitiveness

JAPAN May 22, 2013

BoJ holds off on fresh monetary easing

Central bank sees signs the economy is ‘picking up’