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March 26, 2020
Can China’s COVID-19 Statistics Be Trusted?
By Scott N. Romaniuk and Tobias Burgers
From GDP figures to coronavirus counts, China’s government has a long history of manipulating data for political gain.
March 25, 2020
Japan’s Limited Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Hayden Marks
With limited testing and little interest in social distancing, Japan's coronavirus response is puzzling.
March 23, 2020
Telegram Sex Slave Video Scandal Hits South Korea
By Tae-jun Kang
Yet another disturbing example of “rape culture” in South Korea has the public demanding government action.
Diplomat Risk Intelligence
DRI
March 21, 2020
Peace Is Easier Said Than Done in Afghanistan
By Ankit Panda
The U.S.-Taliban ‘leap day’ deal is proving difficult to see through, even as the Afghan government tries to move forward.
March 09, 2020
‘This Is Not a Drill’: COVID-19’s Economic Fallout
By Ankit Panda
Making sense of COVID-19 and the specter of a global economic crisis.
February 21, 2020
Duterte’s Gamble on the US-Philippines Alliance
By Ankit Panda
A reset for the U.S.-Philippines alliance?
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April 01, 2020
South Korea: Elections Amid a Pandemic
By Youngmi Kim
Electoral reforms and inter-Korea relations once looked destined to dominate April’s parliamentary elections. Now a global pandemic will likely be the deciding factor.
April 01, 2020
Sharia in Brunei: Much Ado About Nothing?
By Asif Ullah Khan
One year after an international outcry against the new Sharia Penal Code, most Bruneians say it hasn’t impacted their lives at all.
April 01, 2020
War and Peace in the Philippines
By Zachary Abuza
With the BARMM’s first birthday, the peace process in the southern Philippines reaches a milestone.
April 01, 2020
Amarnath Amarasingam: Sri Lanka After the Easter Massacre
By Catherine Putz
A year after the Easter attacks, what have we learned about extremism in Sri Lanka?
Blogs
China Power
A New World Order
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April 02, 2020
‘Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy’ Fails to Impress – or Reassure
By Denny Roy
Though the credo is mainly a PR exercise to massage China’s image, it leaves plenty of cause for global concern.
April 02, 2020
Some Say China’s Belt and Road Helped Create This Pandemic. Can It Prevent the Next One?
April 02, 2020
China and Eastern Europe in the COVID-19 Era
April 02, 2020
China’s Huawei Warns More US Pressure May Spur Retaliation
Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means
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April 03, 2020
Nearly 3,000 Sailors to Leave US Navy Carrier Amid Virus Outbreak
By Associated Press
Nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday, according to U.S. Navy officials.
April 01, 2020
US Aircraft Carrier Captain Seeks Crew Isolation as Virus Spreads
March 31, 2020
‘Choppy Waters’ Await US Navy as Virus Strikes Aircraft Carrier
March 31, 2020
North Korea Lashes out at Pompeo, With New Foreign Ministry Department
Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
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April 03, 2020
US Orders 78 New F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Lockheed Martin was awarded $4.7 billion to build 78 new F-35 fifth-generation combat aircraft.
April 03, 2020
Russia Offers India Three Refurbished Kilo-Class Submarines
April 03, 2020
Indonesia Is Reconsidering Contract With South Korea for 3 Diesel-Electric Submarines
April 02, 2020
Japan Rejects Lockheed Martin Plans for Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft
ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
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April 02, 2020
Will the COVID-19 Crisis Spell the End of Cambodia’s Hun Sen?
By David Hutt
COVID-19 may not topple Cambodia’s Hun Sen, but its shockwaves could spark the beginning of the end of his rule.
April 02, 2020
Thailand Imposes New Coronavirus Curfew
April 02, 2020
Singapore’s COVID-19 General Elections
April 01, 2020
What Did the 2020 China-Cambodia Golden Dragon Military Exercise Actually Achieve?
The Pulse
Perspectives on South Asia
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April 03, 2020
Virus Lockdown Changes How Hindus Celebrate Holy Period
By Associated Press
Devout Hindus are adapting to religious practice under lockdown.
April 03, 2020
Pakistan Court Overturns Conviction in Death of Daniel Pearl
April 02, 2020
How Is COVID-19 Reshaping China-India Relations?
April 02, 2020
The Idea of India—And a Transition Toward Violent, Exclusionary Nationalism
The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
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April 02, 2020
Elections in the Time of COVID-19
By Jenna Gibson
South Korea’s ruling party hopes to maintain its control of the legislature in upcoming election.
April 01, 2020
Did Kim’s Vladivostok Visit Reshape Russia-North Korea Relations?
March 30, 2020
A Democratic Response to Coronavirus: Lessons From South Korea
March 27, 2020
Suspicions Grow in South Korea Over China’s Online Influence Operations
Tokyo Report
News From Japan
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April 02, 2020
The Shape of a Japan-UK Free Trade Agreement
By Michito Tsuruoka
Limiting damages or designing a bold future?
March 31, 2020
Carlos Ghosn and Japan’s ‘99% Conviction Rate’
March 31, 2020
What is the Future of Japan’s Nuclear Diplomacy?
March 27, 2020
Why Japan Hesitated Before Postponing the 2020 Olympics
The Debate
Comment and Opinion
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April 02, 2020
The International Community Must Put a Spotlight on Tajikistan’s Human Rights Record
By Scott Martin
Silencing opposition figures, independent voices, and those defending the detained -- a spotlight must be shone on the Tajik government’s human rights record.
April 02, 2020
An Open Letter to the People of the United States From 100 Chinese Scholars
April 02, 2020
Book Review: ‘Trumped: Emerging Powers in a Post-American World’
April 01, 2020
Trump Adds to Asian-Americans’ Fears
Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
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April 02, 2020
Uzbekistan Leads Central Asian Diplomacy in the Age of COVID-19
By Catherine Putz
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been ringing his neighbors to coordinate and dispatching aid to Afghanistan.
April 01, 2020
Did Turkmenistan Really Ban the Word ‘Coronavirus’?
March 31, 2020
How Is Central Asia Handling COVID-19?
March 30, 2020
More Arrests Linked to February Ethnic Violence in Kazakhstan
Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia
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April 01, 2020
The US and South Korea Need a Stopgap SMA
By Troy Stangarone
The ongoing nature of the coronavirus crisis merits a rethink to both countries' approaches to the SMA talks.
March 31, 2020
Character and Leadership: COVID-19 in US-China Relations
March 30, 2020
Drone Delivery Puts the Focus on US-Malaysia Security Cooperation
March 30, 2020
How Anti-Coronavirus Aid to North Korea Can Restart Negotiations
Pacific Money
Economy And Business
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April 02, 2020
South Korea Aims for Environmental Leadership Through Green Free Trade Agreements
By Annie Young Song
Environmental chapters in South Korea’s FTAs represent a way of demonstrating environmental leadership at low costs – a strategy that could be replicated in other emerging economies.
April 01, 2020
Soaring Coronavirus Cases Deepen Global Economic Gloom
March 31, 2020
World Bank Sees Coronavirus Outbreak Hitting Asia Hard
March 31, 2020
How COVID-19 Is Affecting North Korea’s Economy
Asia Life
The Other Asia-Pacific
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April 01, 2020
South Korean Cobbler Hopes Donation Gives ‘Strength and Courage’
By Associated Press
A Korean man aims to donate land, worth up to $570,000, to the local government to help support those suffering economic difficulties because of the pandemic.
April 01, 2020
Delivery People Are Risking Their Lives to Keep Asia Running. Here’s What People Are Doing to Say Thank You.
March 28, 2020
Globalizing the Korean Concert Industry
March 28, 2020
Tourists Stranded in Asia by Canceled Flights, Shut Borders
Oceania
The South Pacific
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April 03, 2020
Where In the World Are There No Coronavirus Cases?
By Catherine Putz
What should we make of the countries that have not reported cases? Are they unable to test? Are they lying? Are they that isolated?
April 02, 2020
Women in Vanuatu Vie for a Presence in Parliament
March 30, 2020
Pandemic in the Pacific: COVID-19 to Hit Pacific Economies Hard
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 Risks Stalling the Indonesia-Australia Economic Partnership
Podcasts
Asia Geopolitics
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April 02, 2020
North Korea’s March 2020 Return to Missile Testing: Hard Times Ahead?
By Ankit Panda
Are negotiations with the United States no longer a priority?
March 28, 2020
Japan’s Postponement of the Olympics: What Next?
March 19, 2020
Making Sense of Malaysia’s 2020 Political Tumult
March 18, 2020
Of Film and Adventure in Mainland Southeast Asia
Photo Essays
Asia in Pictures
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March 04, 2020
Who Will Save Luang Prabang?
By Tom Fawthrop
The World Heritage site in Laos is endangered by mega-projects and Mekong dams.
February 18, 2020
After 14-Day Quarantine, 238 Indonesians From Wuhan Finally Come Home
January 29, 2020
The Rich Merchant and the Young Bukharans
January 22, 2020
Ringing in Chinese New Year in Indonesia
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Asia on Video
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February 05, 2020
The Shrinking Space for Minorities and Dissent in Sri Lanka
By StoriesAsia
An interview with activist Ruki Fernando on Gotabaya’s presidency.