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The author of “Witness to North Korea” reflects on which lessons from his time in the country are still relevant today.

Rather than signaling the abandonment of non-alignment, the same principles are increasingly pursued through a different set of institutions.

On the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Japan, the hibakusha are disappearing just as fast as the world is becoming numb to their cause

Insights from Gloria Chen.

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader said Japan’s preemptive attack capability is entering the “stage of the actual act.”

In China, India, much of Southeast Asia, and elsewhere in Asia, the net benefits of AI are perceived by populations to be greater than their drawbacks.

Two laborers from central India were shot dead at a brick kiln in Kulgam in the Kashmir valley on July 31.

Parents are paying institutions to coerce adults whose life choices conflict with family expectations.

Moscow is naming one of the disputed islands after a Soviet spy who operated in Imperial Japan.

While China and India compete for influence through Buddhism, smaller states such as Bhutan and Singapore are showing how Buddhist values, networks, and heritage can be transformed into diplomatic influence.

South Korea's army thought they were locked on to a North Korean UAV. It actually belonged to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Germany stepped up its deportations of Afghan nationals even as critics take aim at its interactions with the Taliban regime.

In East Asia’s graying societies, police are becoming the “catch-all” agency for managing aging, like dementia-related wandering.

Up to six proposals – ranging from nuclear power to absentee voting – will be put to voters in the November polls, but without the usual round of campaigning for signatures.

Most climate finance goes where it is easiest to lend. Embankments, water systems, shade, and shelters that save lives and livelihoods in villages struggle to find funding.

The announcement follows the Pakatan Harapan coalition's bruising defeat in the Negeri Sembilan state election on Saturday.

The capricious treatment of partners and allies threatens to do long-term damage to Washington's standing in the region.

The move is intended to weaken ASEAN's determination to hold Myanmar to the Five-Point Consensus and widen the divisions between the bloc's member states.

His rhetoric was familiar, but carried additional weight in light of recent clashes between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.

The Red Sea corridor Asian trade depends on has another volatile shore, and almost nobody is watching it.