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President Lee sold Korean democracy abroad as a system that fixes itself. Now his party and the administration have to prove it by holding the election commission to account without handing the conspiracy theorists a win.

Touting the achievements Pyongyang has made in recent years, Xi de facto recognized North Korea as a nuclear-armed state.

Despite opting out of contributing the $1 billion fee required to become a permanent member of Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Kazakhstan has continued to publicly highlight its membership. 

Hitherto confined to social media, the "cockroaches" emerged on the ground at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on June 6. What started as a joke has turned serious.

Despite its vaunting ambitions and rapid expansion, the upstart automaker has yet to prove it can compete beyond the Vietnamese market.

The elevation of three of Hassanal Bolkiah's sons suggest that key posts are increasingly being concentrated within the direct line of succession.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has stated that "the national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind."

China’s reach is extending beyond the First Island Chain. Japan is taking note.

Across Asia, governments are experimenting with policies designed to capitalize on the rapid expansion of remote work.

Climate stress, shrinking glaciers, and fragmented governance are pushing the region toward a new era of systemic vulnerability.

An entire generation of Afghan girls have had their aspirations suspended by policies systematically excluding them from education and public life.

Last year, Lee stated in his inauguration speech that pragmatism and the national interest were the guiding principles of his presidency. 

The ban may remove JAAC from the formal political arena, but it cannot remove the grievances that brought it into existence.

The return of the Japan-South Korea naval search and rescue exercise after a nine-year hiatus reflects strategic convergence, but history still casts a long shadow.

Israel is rarely mentioned in discussions of Uzbek labor migration. Yet thousands of Uzbek workers have quietly made it a significant destination.

Affiliation with the Chhatra League, the students’ wing of the Awami League, before October 2024, was not an offense. It cannot be treated as one now.

A new political center is taking shape in Japan, one that is pushing the old center-left to the margins of the political spectrum. 

Opportunity, risk and the commitment gap

Cargo-laden trucks are already plying six new overland routes linking its major ports to the Iranian border and onward to Central Asia.

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said that Bangkok will cease all other bilateral talks while mediation is in progress.