East Asia
Naval drills maintain Japan's robust approach to China
Japanese ships will take part in Indian Ocean exercises for the first time since 2007
JapanADIZ will not follow Chinese runway in South China Sea
China has completed construction on a disputed island of a runway that could be used for fighter jets
ChinaJapan-Malaysia defence ties may estrange Beijing
With Japanese support, Malaysia will increasingly push back against China over maritime disputes
JapanMERS deepens economic gloom in South Korea
The government today tabled a 10.5-billion-dollar stimulus package to tackle the economic aftermath of a MERS outbreak
South KoreaStock collapse could end policy-driven market in China
The Shanghai stock market has continued to fall, despite government measures to prop up prices
ChinaSplits and scandals could stall policy in South Korea
The government must act on the economy, amid open hostility between the president and her party's parliamentary leader
South KoreaXi's elite purges may wind down
The government has downplayed the trial of the anti-corruption campaign's most senior casualty yet
ChinaChina's state security law bolsters authoritarian rule
The legislature today passed expansive new state security legislation
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