Asia

The current White House has legitimate concerns but counterproductive solutions.

Anna Fifield on how the North Korean leader uses class divisions to stay in power.

If the extradition law is eventually forced through the Hong Kong legislature, censorship of books will become commonplace in what has long been a bastion of publishing freedom.

Washington once mistakenly thought the crackdown would be temporary. It was wrong then, just as it’s wrong about a new Cold War now.

Thirty years after Tiananmen, the CCP has largely triumphed over history. But its failure to recognize that could spell trouble.

Even Tehran’s sympathizers in Europe and Asia are leery of its latest shifts in policy.

The biggest barrier to policing social media is language.

Chinese students marched into Tiananmen Square 100 years ago in a movement that is still shaping attitudes in the country today.

In a first since 1945, the country is sending self-defense forces to a non-U.N. mission abroad.

The Islamic State has a newly expanded geographic focus—and the results will be worse than the original.

Why Japan clings so tightly to its traditions—including the monarchy.

Millions of Indonesians lack basic protections. The presidential contenders don’t seem to care.

The world’s third-largest democracy goes to the polls.

Faced with China’s increasing aggression, Japan must invest in fifth-generation fighter jets to deter Beijing’s expansion.

When it comes to an agreement between Washington and Pyongyang, doing it right beats doing it fast.

In resisting the temptation to make a bad deal, he avoided failure at the Hanoi summit.

As hostilities between India and Pakistan escalate, leaders in both countries are very aware of the risks of a nuclear catastrophe.

Japan worries its interests will be ignored in deal between U.S. and North Korea.

It’s clear by now what North Korea is willing to offer in nuclear negotiations. The question is what the United States makes of it.

A new study finds some of the world’s biggest humanitarian disasters go virtually uncovered.