By Andrew McDermott
Young Climate Activists Win Big in South Korea
By Sejong Youn
By Aaron Halegua and Yifu Dong
By Richard Bush
Taking Stock of Law and Development with Chinese Characteristics
By Matthew S. Erie
Why Blocking the Nippon Steel Deal May Seriously Harm US-Japan Relations
By Bruce Aronson
February 16, 2025-February 22, 2025
A coordinated operation by the Thai, Chinese, and Myanmar governments achieves the release of hundreds of foreign nationals forced to work in telecoms fraud operations in Myanmar; Hong Kong’s Democratic Party studies measures to dissolve itself; a court in Japan convicts a would-be assassin of former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and sentences him to ten years in prison; criminal proceedings begin against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as he continues to battle impeachment; Taiwan praises and China condemns the US Department of State for removing a statement on its web site that it does not support Taiwanese independence.