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Lao rule of law unlikely to see gains in 2016

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LAOS

Rule of law, development and politics in Laos.

Mongolia will recover from dual shocks

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MONGOLIA

The country's recovery from COVID-19 impacts has been hindered by China's prolonged border closures and the economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. COVID-19 will…

New Secretary-General Guterres will reinvigorate UN

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INTERNATIONAL

Guterres has previously served as Portugal's prime minister (1995-2002) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2005-15). He is an unusually strong pick in terms of his…

Indonesia-Australia rifts will slowly heal

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INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA

He was accompanied on his trip by several senior ministers and business leaders. Canberra and Jakarta are long-standing partners, but various sore points have in recent years…

Indonesia will move slowly on Australia defence ties

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INDONESIA

This was in response to the latest developments regarding AUKUS, a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States aimed at providing Canberra with…

Japan arms industry will learn from submarine setback

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JAPAN

Japan's failure in an Australian submarine procurement deal.

Japan's coast guard takes on role as 'second navy'

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JAPAN

Japan's coast guard.

North Korea’s missiles are a double defeat for allies

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NORTH KOREA

They included new models which can penetrate missile defence systems. Despite this, three UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings failed to agree on the usual condemnatory…

GDP growth of 3% cannot be sustained in South Korea

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SOUTH KOREA

This assumes optimistically that its policies are quick to boost growth in the second half of 2017. However, Bank of Korea data showed on July 27 that annual growth slowed to 2.7…

China’s internal and foreign AI use contrasts sharply

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CHINA

They build on last year’s rules on ‘deep synthesis’ (or ‘deepfake’) content and long-established rules on online content management. While Chinese tech majors such as Baidu and…