It’s been quite a year in the Asia-Pacific, from the regularly scheduled (elections in South Korea, the Philippines, Nepal, and Malaysia, for instance) to the shocking (perhaps nothing more so than the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo). Global events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine took a toll and regional crises loomed in the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait, all while the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic complications continue to reverberate through the region.
In this webinar, recorded on December 20, 2022, The Diplomat’s editors recap the major events of 2022 within Northeast, Southeast, South, and Central Asia.