East Asia

  • Feb 12, 2016
  • 2 min read

Kaesong closure dashes Pyongyang's investment hopes

Seoul has withdrawn South Korean personnel from the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, and cut off electricity

North Korea
  • Feb 11, 2016
  • 2 min read

Geography will drive China's navy into South China Sea

China is building a fleet of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, to be based at Hainan Island in the South China Sea

China
  • Feb 10, 2016
  • 6 min read

Anti-mainland feeling fuels Hong Kong radical groups

Tensions have boiled over in a violent clash between anti-mainland radicals and the police

Hong Kong
  • Feb 10, 2016
  • 2 min read

Deadly purge highlights North Korea instability risk

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly removed yet another senior defence official and had him executed

North Korea
  • Feb 9, 2016
  • 6 min read

China's narcotics industry will boom

China's narcotics market has developed into an international industry worth tens of billions of dollars

China
  • Feb 9, 2016
  • 2 min read

Hong Kong 'riot' highlights growing 'localist' threat

Hundreds of people clashed violently with police in the city centre of Hong Kong last night

Hong Kong
  • Feb 8, 2016
  • 7 min read

Reality will fall short of Abe's 'womenomics' goals

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe presents himself as a champion of feminism, but his government's policies lack teeth

Japan
  • Feb 8, 2016
  • 2 min read

North Korea rocket launch will spur missile defence

Pyongyang yesterday launched its sixth long-range rocket as part of its efforts to develop ballistic missiles

North Korea