Asia

Tokyo picked a trade brawl with Seoul—but wasn't prepared for the inevitable blowback.

How China will use its military might.

Mark Esper sets out to persuade U.S. allies in Asia that the United States has their back.

Beset by conflicts, stagnating economies, and political troubles, the region no longer looks set to rule the world.

A global snapshot of cooling.

A maritime clash has left the public wondering why their president won’t stand up to Beijing.

Beijing is famous for putting engineers and scientists in charge. But that doesn’t make for better leaders.

Facing U.S. unpredictability, both countries have decided that they’re better off working together.

He’ll insult them in public, then demand a deal behind closed doors. The meeting in Osaka is another test case of the president’s dealmaking skills.

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.