Author : East Asia Forum

In November 2015, Hong Kongers went to the polls for the first time since an uprising of pro-democracy sentiment gripped the city during the Umbrella Movement in late 2014....

While the earthquake that hit Nepal in April thrust the country into the spotlight, in many ways it wasn’t the biggest challenge Nepal faced in 2015. The violence that...

Shortly after North Korea detonated a nuclear device at 10am local time on 6 January 2016, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) proclaimed that the device was a...

After a historic, overwhelming election victory on 16 January, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Tsai Ing-wen will dominate Taiwan’s executive and legislative branches starting on 20 May....

When the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) decided to abolish the one-child policy in October 2015 it made headlines throughout the world. However, while the...

Last year was a challenging year for South Korea’s democracy. Since the inauguration of the Park Geun-hye government in 2013, there have been a number of incidents that raise...

These days, political death in China comes in two moves. The first is when the dreaded Central Discipline and Inspection Commission (CDIC) announce that you are under investigation. After...

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government has finally admitted that PNG’s revenue surge has ended. As long as PNG’s mining boom lasted, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill could build parliamentary...

On the last day of November, at the conclusion of its five-yearly review of the composition of the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), the IMF elevated the renminbi to its...

The sudden, sharp fall of Chinese stock prices twice in 2015 and again this month does not necessarily herald a further slowdown of GDP growth. However, investor confidence, the...