East Asia

Limited Partnership

No, North Korea did not just test an Iranian nuke.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The Little Search Engine That Couldn’t

How China’s Communist Party tried to compete with Google, and failed miserably.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Handle with Care

Japan is Washington's most important Asian ally. But in some ways it's also the trickiest.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Chinese Hackers Are Getting Dangerously Good at English

And they're coming to an inbox near you.

BY MELISSA CHAN | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Will China Ever Be No. 1?

If you want to know the answer, ask Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew.

BY GRAHAM ALLISON, ROBERT D. BLACKWILL | FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Don't Fear the Migrants

What America really needs to worry about is when they stop coming.

BY FRANK JACOBS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Lips and Teeth

It’s time for China to get tough with North Korea.

BY SHEN DINGLI | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

North Korea's Big Bang

Did Pyongyang just take a big step toward an arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles?

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

North Korea Is a Nuclear Power

And it’s time for the West to get used to it.

BY ANDREI LANKOV | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The Laughingstock Next Door

How the Chinese are using Kim Jong Un's antics to mock their own leaders.

BY HELEN GAO | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The Chinese Union

Could China and Hong Kong create a common currency?

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

What Young North Koreans Dream Of

The copyright infringing video game destruction of America, apparently.

BY MICHAEL PECK | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Westward Ho!

As America pivots east, China marches in the other direction.

BY YUN SUN | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Why the world needs better data.

BY URI DADUSH | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

China and Japan's Wikipedia War

How a showdown over a group of remote islands in the East China Sea is heating up online.

BY PETE HUNT | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

What to Expect from a North Korean Nuclear Test

Pyongyang is about to make some more trouble. Here's what to look for when Kim Jong Un debuts his new bomb.

BY SIEGFRIED S. HECKER | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

America’s Game

Why don't other countries like football?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Once Upon a Time in Seoul

Remarkable images of South Korea, before Samsung and PSY.

BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The People's Republic of Hacking

China’s campaign of cyber attacks has reached epidemic proportions. Can anything be done to stop it?

BY ADAM SEGAL | JANUARY 31, 2013

The First Lab Results Are In

Democracy Lab is celebrating its first anniversary. Here are some of the things we've learned over the past year -- and where we're headed in year two.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2013

Saying UnSorry

Will Japan's new prime minister really take back his country's apology for World War II?

BY ROBERT WHITING | JANUARY 30, 2013

A Maritime Balkans of the 21st Century?

East Asia is a tinderbox on water.

BY KEVIN RUDD | JANUARY 30, 2013

The League of Authoritarian Gentlemen

It used to be that it was mainly the liberal democracies who banded together in defense of their values. No longer.

BY ALEXANDER COOLEY | JANUARY 30, 2013

Seizing the Moment

The world’s leading nations are convening a meeting on the fight against corruption. Here’s what they ought to be discussing.

BY LAURENCE COCKCROFT | JANUARY 22, 2013

Second-Term Heat

What will be the legacy of Obama's next four years?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 18, 2013

Rising Sun

What if Japan actually gets its economic act together?

BY ROBERT DUJARRIC | JANUARY 14, 2013

China's Press Freedom Goes South

Will Southern Weekly's protest against censorship change the face of journalism in China?

BY ANNIE ZHANG | JANUARY 11, 2013

Don't Engage Kim Jong Un -- Bankrupt Him

It's time to play hardball with North Korea's new leader.

BY JOSHUA STANTON, SUNG-YOON LEE | JANUARY 9, 2013

Reinventing China, Again

China made it big by saving money. Now it needs to spend it.

BY ROBYN MEREDITH | JANUARY 7, 2013

Chuck Hagel's Biggest Task

Obama's new defense secretary will first and foremost need to get the Asia pivot right.

BY JAMES HOLMES | JANUARY 7, 2013