2021

Coercing, and even abducting, defectors is a common tactic for authoritarian regimes to discourage defection.

Sometime in 2020, China began building a village in territory disputed with India.

While U.S. relations with Phnom Penh have long been frosty, new tensions relate to China's construction of facilities at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base.

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed allies’ cooperation on the North Korea issue on the sidelines of the G-20 and U.N. climate summits.

Thailand didn’t make bold climate commitments or sign key agreements reached at the conference. So why was Prayut in Glasgow?

Hindutva activists are seeking to enforce rigid codes of normative Hindu culture and Islamophobia by forcing the withdrawal of progressive advertisements.

The cinema, which entertained thousands of Afghans, is now silent as it waits for the Taliban to decide its fate.

The demand for reform of the monarchy is the most radical and controversial as the royal institution has rarely faced public scrutiny.

At the Glasgow meeting, New Delhi led the charge against rich nations which haven’t fulfilled their pledges on climate finance.

Can Bangladesh and France take ties to the next level?

At Luban Workshops locals are trained on Chinese technology with Chinese standards as part of a full court press to globalize Chinese tech.

A young Afghan woman who emigrated to Japan became ensnared in a nightmare, caught between an abusive partner and a rigid bureaucracy.