East Asia

China is watching Russia's military mistakes in Ukraine and will apply those lessons to its battle planning for a conflict in the Taiwan Strait.

The Shanghai lockdown highlighted pre-existing fault lines in China between state and society, as well as the central and local governments.

Chinese academics are ushering in a new school of thought concerning China’s role in international affairs – one that is particularly attractive to the developing world.

With few exceptions, South Korea’s K-pop idols have been conspicuously silent on controversial subjects – including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Insights from Susan Brownell.

North Korea tested its “new-type tactical guided weapon” a day after the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung. Seoul apparently did not detect the launch before the North’s state media reported it.

Lee is back in Taiwan after serving a five-year sentence for “subverting state power.” Several other Taiwanese remain in detention on politically motivated charges.

Kim Il Sung’s birth anniversary, the most important national holiday in North Korea, passed without the expected military parade or any missile testing.

The party-state is using its extensive information control toolbox to artificially amplify its version of Russia’s invasion.

South Koreans are generally supportive toward hosting U.S. troops, but their preferred cost-sharing levels are below what Seoul already pays.

The question is not whether China will continue to hang on to its strategic partnership with Russia, but how it will manage it.

It was the second highest number of scrambles in a single year, representing the worsening security environment surrounding Japan.