East Asia

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has rejected proposals by foreign manufacturers to develop a new fighter aircraft, according to a government spokesperson.

Managing Asia’s key flashpoints could prove challenging - in some senses even more so - as governments are managing the continued fallout from COVID-19.

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.

The recent development spotlighted the defense aspect of the relationship between the two countries.

A closer look at how the recent drills, held amid the coronavirus crisis, actually played out.

In a paper published in February, before the disease even had a name, Chinese scientists noted an anti-malaria drug as a promising treatment.

A year after Kim Jong Un’s first summit with Putin, where do Russia-North Korea relations stand?

The ongoing nature of the coronavirus crisis merits a rethink to both countries' approaches to the SMA talks.

The kicking off of track laying work spotlighted the development of a key infrastructure project within the bilateral relationship.

Geo-economics can be a subtle tool of statecraft, but not all such tools are benign and their deployment can be destabilizing for countries as well as the international system.

The latest patrols spotlighted China’s efforts to boost security collaboration with Mekong states despite the challenges that remain.

Beijing accuses Yang of espionage; Australia says he wasn’t a spy.