Politics

Analysts say China's CIPS payment system is routing yuan transactions outside SWIFT's visibility, potentially understating the currency's global role. What does this mean for dollar dominance?

BTS's 'Arirang' holds No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week — a first for any K-pop act. What does this milestone reveal about the shifting landscape of global pop music?

BTS's fifth studio album 'Arirang' topped the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week — a K-pop first. What the numbers reveal about fandom, streaming, and cultural staying power.

A US airman spent over 24 hours hiding in Iranian mountains after his F-15 was shot down. The rescue operation that followed raises hard questions about where this conflict is heading.

Employment rates are near all-time highs despite AI. But the structure of work is shifting fast. Here's what three new job archetypes tell us about surviving the transition.

A rescued U.S. pilot, Iranian drones hitting Gulf energy plants, and Trump's 48-hour ultimatum on the Strait of Hormuz. The war is 36 days old and still has no exit.

KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun heads to mainland China April 7–12, possibly meeting Xi Jinping, as her party fractures over defense spending and the US-China rivalry.

Chinese researchers just open-sourced the world's first flight control system built for bamboo-frame drones. Here's why that matters far beyond the lab.

Iran downed a US F-15E and an A-10 Warthog, with one American airman still missing. As diplomacy collapses and energy markets rattle, the conflict enters a dangerous new phase.

Beijing's rare rebuke of Iran at the UN Security Council over Strait of Hormuz attacks signals calculated self-interest, not a strategic realignment. Here's what's really happening.

The PLA has fitted aging Type 96A tanks with the GL-6 active protection system. The unit belongs to Eastern Theatre Command, responsible for Taiwan Strait operations. Ukraine's lessons are reshaping East Asia's military calculus.

35 nations gathered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without the U.S. Trump said it's not America's job. That absence may be reshaping the global order faster than anyone expected.