As the “year of elections” enters its second month, global attention has shifted towards Indonesia as the world’s third largest democracy went to the polls on February 14. While the actual results would not be known for several weeks, polling samples have predicted a victory for current Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who also happens to be the son of current President Joko Widodo.

China, the world’s second-largest economy and the biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has solidified its dominance in investment and technological advancement within the renewable energy sector. According to a study published by the European Commission in January 2024, China outpaced EU in research on clean technology.

The Republic of China, commonly referred to as Taiwan, has recently concluded its presidential and legislative elections this year on January 14th. Unsurprisingly, it mostly proceeded as a showdown between the two largest parties, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Kuomintang (KMT).

While global observers of the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco speculated on what it meant for the trajectory of US-China relations, few noticed a brewing storm between two of the summit’s participants – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

While politicians raced to publish words of comfort and support, their movement to action was rather slow.

Taking symbolic and tactical cues from similar demonstrations in Thailand and Hong Kong, the protesters of Myanmar have seemingly joined the ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ of Southeast Asian pro-democracy movements, an informal coalition that has grown online since 2020.

The origins of the current protests date back to the Green Revolution in the 1960s, when the government introduced subsidies for farmers and implemented laws to regulate the price of crops.

Dozens of other countries are depending on China for the vaccines necessary to pull their nations out of the pandemic.

According to the UN, North Korea consistently ranks among the worst nations in the world for widespread gross human rights violations.

A central district court in the South Korean capital of Seoul sentenced Cho Ju-bin, a 25-year-old man, to 40 years in prison for operating an online sex trafficking ring.

With the upcoming inauguration of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, one must ask: how will the new Biden administration handle the North Korean nuclear crisis?

The initial backlash was directed at the prime minister, who gained control of the government after a coup d’état in 2014 and has since won an election held under controversial circumstances in 2019.

Asia’s economies just got a lot more connected.

The origins of the war date back to a territorial dispute in the Caucasus region that was reopened after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

India’s ability to protect its population will be a true testament to where it stands from the perspective of global development.

As Turkey sends multitudes of migrants, potentially numbering in the millions, toward the Greek border, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has once again made the case for a steady response based on maintaining security and order along Europe’s frontiers.

Utilizing a mix of “Chinese bureaucratese” and “Orwellian doublespeak,” detainees are called “students” who officials aim to “graduate” from training programs.

Foreign Policy reports that protests in Hong Kong reached an all-time high last weekend as an unarmed protester was shot with live rounds by Hong Kong police, and a Beijing supporter was set on fire.

The Civil War in Yemen destroyed its health infrastructure

In a recent fact-finding mission, the United Nations (UN) reported over 10,000 dead and 723,000 Rohingya have fled the country.