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PM Mahathir and his old-style politics are back with a vengeance in Malaysia

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Lee Kuan Yew honoured for 'outstanding contribution' to China's reform and opening up

Japan approves defence plan including two aircraft carriers

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  • Supporters surrounding former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban at an intra-party voting centre yesterday. He promised not to rejoin politics after leading the 2014 street protests.

Former protest leader Suthep the 'coach' of new Thai party

BANGKOK • Former central bank governor Chatumongkol Sonakul was picked to lead the new Action for Coalition for Thailand (ACT) party yesterday but the retired 75-year-old told The Sunday Times: "I'm not actually actively leading the party as such, day to day."
  • Former TV scriptwriter Cho Nam-ju (left) said she wrote Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (above) to reflect the woes of South Korean women in their 30s. These include running errands for male colleagues, and kowtowing to in-laws.

South Korean feminist novel a best seller as women defy norms

  • West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her trademark cotton sari and rubber flip-flops at the wedding. A handout picture from Reliance Industries of Mr Anand Piramal and Ms Isha Ambani taking part in a traditional marriage ritual on Wednesday.

Indian weddings: Big, loud and glamorous

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Japan presses its advantage after year of Chinese investment missteps

JAKARTA - Earlier this year, as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was considering teaming up with arch rival China to help deliver infrastructure projects under the country's US$1 trillion Belt Road Initiative (BRI), his ambassador to Indonesia was overseeing the finishing touches of an early study to construct a railway between Jakarta and the country's second city, Surabaya.

India's agrarian crisis: Farmers march with skulls, photos of suicide victims

Many agrarian families find it hard to access financial assistance from institutional banks, especially if they have existing loans. They are often forced to borrow from unregulated moneylenders whose interest rates could go as high as 36 per cent.

In Asia, bonds are finding it's easier being green

JAKARTA - Just a few years ago, when Mr Clifford Lee, head of fixed income at DBS, sounded out potential clients about their appetite for green bonds - debt sold specifically for sustainable purposes like building a wind farm - conversations were short and tended to end with "no".
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Harbin readies its cool treats

With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, ice sculptors are busy getting ready for the annual Harbin Ice Festival in China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province.

In Pictures: The wedding ceremony of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal

A sizzling hot bath

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