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April 19, 2023

South Korea
The Strategy Behind South Korea’s Bold Diplomatic Realignment

To achieve its goal of being a “global pivotal state,” South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol must maintain domestic political support by managing sensitive bilateral issues with Japan and the United S…

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a trilateral meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 13, 2022.

September 6, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of September 6, 2013

Will Piekos and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. Beijing goes to war against a former security tsar. Investigations of multiple senior executives at state-owned oil produ…

An employee of a sushi restaurant takes a break as seafood stalls are seen at the Noryangjin fisheries wholesale market in Seoul on September 6, 2013. (Kim Hong-Ji/Courtesy Reuters)

April 1, 2016

China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of April 1, 2016

Ashlyn Anderson, Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Gabriella Meltzer, Gabriel Walker, and Pei-Yu Wei look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Anger, grief, and questions linger over debris of coll…

Kolkata-collapse

December 2, 2020

United States
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2021

As 2020 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2021.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

August 23, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of August 23, 2013

William Piekos and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. Bo Xilai defiant in trial. Standing trial on charges of bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power, former Communist Pa…

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai stands trial inside the court in Jinan, Shandong province, on August 22, 2013. (Jinan Intermediate People's Court/Courtesy Reuters)