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The marketing blunder on South Korea’s most solemn democratic anniversary has reignited a decades-old battle over how the country confronts its authoritarian past.

Despite holding fast to its alliance with the United States, several recent developments suggest that Manila has not forgotten how to hedge.

A General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) is expected to be high on the agenda when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits Japan later this week.

The Jamaat-e-Islami and affiliated groups are attacking Bangladesh’s long tradition of cultural and social pluralism.

The property developer Truong My Lan is currently serving a life sentence for masterminding Vietnam's largest ever corruption scandal.

AI-generated K-pop songs about the disputed islands are turning historical grievances between South Korea and Japan into viral digital nationalism.

Can Japan become a second major democratic partner for Taiwan’s defense industry?

Tensions are unlikely to ease.

The two neighbors are drawing closer, but North Korea remains a dividing line.

Looking beyond the Russia honeymoon and Japan’s abduction diplomacy.

A recent visit highlights Tokyo’s seriousness.

Steve Swerdlow, a well-known Central Asia researcher and a USC professor, was leading a group of 16 students to Kyrgyzstan when he was denied entry and deported.

Asia is already home to two full-fledged arms export powerhouses – but many more countries have high hopes of joining the ranks of the world’s top defense exporters.

The fundamental difference between Kazakhstan’s fintech landscape and Western financial systems lies not in the "right to block," but in what happens after a service is suspended.

Peace is not given – it is forged, reclaimed, and built from the very fragments meant to destroy us.

Can Seoul strengthen deterrence while remaining non-nuclear?

Despite certain institutional similarities between China in the 1970s and North Korea today, head-to-head comparisons are deceptive.

The accelerating movement toward multi-domain non-contact warfare capabilities without any strategic restraint erodes crisis stability in South Asia.

In overlearning the lessons of China, Washington risks squandering the most important relationship it needs to counter China: India.

The first airtight Chinese closure forecloses gradual reform – and American policy must be calibrated accordingly.