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Singapore’s 2025 Election: Stability at the Ballot, Strains Beneath
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s, from People’s Action Party (PAP), second from right, thanks his supporters and voters at an assembly area for People’s Action Party supporters, on the day of the general election in Singapore, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Photo : AP/Yonhap) Singapore General Election (GE) on May 3 that…
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Hopes for President Lee Jae-myung: May You Open the Path of Peace and Unification Across Eurasia via Siberia
On June 3, 2025, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea was elected as the 21st President of South Korea. The AsiaN is publishing the hopes and expectations of Koreans for the new president and administration in both Korean and English editions. We welcome the interest, feedback, and constructive…
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Bahrain Elected to UN Security Council
The election in progress (UN) MANAMA: Bahrain has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term starting in January 2026. The Kingdom received 186 votes out of 188 in a single round of balloting, the highest among the five countries elected. Also elected…
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India-Pakistan Joint Interview Pt. 2 “A Generation That Has Dreamed of Peace, Not War — Breaking the Cycle of Hatred”
As the founding president of Asia Journalist Association and publisher of THE AsiaN, I have built a long-standing friendship with journalists from India and Pakistan. I have also seen them form bonds that transcend national boundaries by meeting journalists from both countries in one place. However, the recent conflict between…
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Georgia in its existential struggles for the last twenty years
Demonstrators hold the Georgian flag in front of police officers lined up during a protest in Rustaveli Avenue in response to the government’s decision to suspend the EU accession talks until 2028. (Photo: TASS/Yonhap) Asia Journalist Association (AJA), founded in 2004, is an international journalist association that operates under the…
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India, Pakistan agree to ceasefire: “Agreement to halt gunfire and military actions”
Breaking news about India-Pakistan ceasefire By Lee Sang-kiAJA Founder, AsiaN Editor-in-Chief SEOUL: India and Pakistan, who had been on the brink of full-scale war amid ongoing military clashes, dramatically agreed to a ceasefire on the afternoon of the 10th (local time). Nasir Aijaz, Pakistan Bureau Chief of The AsiaN and…
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India strikes back: retaliatory offensive in Kashmir escalates tensions with Pakistan
Pakistan (front) and Indian soldiers stand on their respective sides of the border during the flag lowering ceremony, at Pakistan-India border in Wagah, Pakistan, 04 May 2025. (Photo : EPA/Yonhap) India and Pakistan are on the brink of their most serious military confrontation in years, as terror attacks, missile strikes,…
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Pakistan shoots down 25 Israeli-made Harop drones used by India
Parts of Indian drone being collected in Karachi city in Sindh By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports of contact between the National Security Advisors of two rival countries, India continues drone attacks targeting various locations in Pakistan, including Karachi, the southern port city, capital of Sindh province, and…
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Pakistan, India National Security Advisors contact after missile attacks
Ishaq Dar – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The National Security Advisers (NSAs) of Pakistan and India have spoken following New Delhi’s unprovoked missile strikes on Pakistan. “There has been contact between the two,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq…
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8 killed, 33 civilians injured in India missile strikes on Pakistan
Photo: Dawn newspaper By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: At least eight innocent civilians, including two minor girls, were killed and another 33 injured in missile strikes launched by India under ‘Operation Sindoor’ on the night of May 6, 2025. The Indian missiles targeted six places in Kotli and Muzaffarabad…
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