In August 2021, following the Taliban’s return to power, governments around the world scrambled to evacuate Afghans facing immediate protection concerns. An estimated 124,000 people were evacuated in ...

Singapore is considering stronger measures to protect children online, including an age-based tiered approach to social media access for those aged below 18. Under the proposal, children under 13 ...

A rumor with one traceable source drew an official rebuttal in Dushanbe that buried its documented enforcement.

North Korea’s strict ideological controls apply to perceptions of its allies as well as “hostile states” like the U.S.

Thus, while the Arakan Army is deliberately refusing to recognize the distinct identity of the Rohingyas, who constituted between 25 and 30 percent of the population of Rakhine State before the 2017 ...

The South Korean president secured semiconductor pledges in San Francisco before turning to trade and mineral agreements in Brazil and Chile.

History seems to be repeating itself in South Asia as the region’s smaller nations once again demand the revitalization of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Delivering a ...

Mongolia just made a historic breakthrough by signing a deal to buy oil products from South Korea. Successful negotiations between Mongolian Minister of Indu ...

As the Takaichi administration strives to strengthen Japan’s intelligence capabilities, it’s important to build up counterintelligence capabilities too.

In this episode of The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics Podcast, hosts Ankit Panda and Katie Putz examine the status of the Russia-North Korea partnership. Since the signing of a Comprehensive Strategic ...

On October 8, the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) gathered in Moscow for their annual meeting. Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired the summit, given ...

EU leaders have an opportunity to stop treating repression as a side issue and instead make human rights more central to ...