Author : East Asia Forum

Vietnam’s diplomacy saw many successes in 2014, but also faced many challenges. Vietnam’s diplomacy saw many successes in 2014, but also faced many challenges.In early May, the country saw...

China recently announced strict controls to stop big cities expanding on to neighbouring farmland. The Minister for Land and Resources Jiang Daming justified these controls by claiming that good...

Cambodia had a year of political reform in 2014, and observers are sceptical about how much change it will bring. But it might be premature to dismiss Prime Minister...

It has been widely argued that the defeat of Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party’s (KMT) in the ‘nine-in-one’ local elections revealed nationwide disillusionment with the government. The opposition Democratic Progressive...

Malaysia’s government-linked companies (GLCs) are, relatively speaking, among the most extensive and powerful in the world in terms of capitalisation, market presence and socio-political mandate. Malaysia’s government-linked companies (GLCs)...

It is not hard to list the domestic and international challenges for South Korea for 2015. There are many.At the end of 2014, South Korea faces economic slowdown, an...

The household registration (‘hukou’) system in China, originally adopted in 1958, was finally put on the national reform agenda in July 2014. But how significant are the reforms? The...

A quiet but increasingly deadly struggle is taking place in Thailand’s deep south.But why has the security crisis in the three southernmost insurgency-affected provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat...

The mutuality of Asia’s economic interests centring on deepening economic integration is a potential foundation for building an Asian economic community that encompasses the ASEAN 10 plus their six...

The mutuality of Asia’s economic interests centring on deepening economic integration is a potential foundation for building an Asian economic community that encompasses the ASEAN 10 plus their six...