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Apr 24, 2024 | 
asiasociety.org | Emma Whitmyer
Election Outcomes and Political LandscapeElections for South Korea’s 300-seat National Assembly elections concluded on Wednesday, April 10, after months of campaigning and contention. Thursday morning’s results showed the Democratic Party (DP) winning a majority once more. Together, the DP and the Rebuilding Korea Party, a satellite progressive party, took 187 seats, while President Yoon Suk Yeol’s conservative People Power Party (PPP) secured only 108 seats.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Scott Snyder |Enze Han |Andrei Lankov |Emma Whitmyer
Author: Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign RelationsThough North Korea had yet to fully resume its pre-pandemic activities by the end of the year, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un celebrated major successes in safeguarding and strengthening North Korea and the Kim family dynasty in 2023. In so doing, Kim appears to have set a course to generate more tensions in 2024. There was an apparent successful launch of a North Korean satellite in November 2023 following two failed attempts.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Allison Alexy |Edward Aspinall |T.Y. Wang |Emma Whitmyer
Author: Editorial Board, ANUThe idea that the Communist Party of China is an urgent threat to democracy is commonplace in the West. The reality, for those who pay attention, is more complex. The emergence of a non-democratic great power in Asia, and the economic and diplomatic patronage it provides, might make a difference at the margins to the evolution of political regimes in our region, especially at critical moments of political crisis or transition.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Allison Alexy |Edward Aspinall |Emma Whitmyer |Andrew Selth
Authors: Chung-min Tsai, National Chengchi University and Yves Tiberghien, University of British ColumbiaTaiwan’s three-way presidential and legislative election campaign has entered a vital phase leading up to final rallies on 12 January and the vote on 13 January. With Taiwan at the heart of strategic tensions in Asia, the whole world is watching how Taiwanese voters react.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | T.Y. Wang |Allison Alexy |Edward Aspinall |Emma Whitmyer
Author: T.Y. Wang, Illinois State UniversityOn 13 January 2024, Taiwanese citizens will elect their next president and members of the Legislative Yuan. The incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is not running due to term limits. Two opposition parties attempted to form an alliance to unseat the ruling DPP. But the plan fell apart due to disagreements over who would head the ticket as presidential candidate.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Eric Lai |Allison Alexy |Emma Whitmyer |Edward Aspinall
Author: Eric Lai, Georgetown UniversityIn October 2023, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the government would table its own local national security legislation, with the China-imposed National Security Law (NSL) remaining in effect during the process.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Shuja Nawaz |Allison Alexy |Emma Whitmyer |Edward Aspinall
Author: Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic CouncilPakistan found itself in an economic crisis in 2023. Inflation raged around 40 per cent, power shortages were frequent, while exports, remittances and foreign direct investments all dwindled. Political conflict intensified and the military increased its involvement in both economic and political affairs.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Billy Stampfl |Allison Alexy |Emma Whitmyer |Edward Aspinall
Author: Billy Stampfl, University of Michigan Law SchoolBoth the United States and China will be watching the outcome of Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election. For China, another victory for President Tsai Ing-wen’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) could portend prolonged hostilities between Taipei and Beijing. But the first-order effects will be felt in Taiwan, where the race for president will implicate national identity, energy policy and the economy.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Faizal bin Yahya |Allison Alexy |Emma Whitmyer |Edward Aspinall
Author: Faizal Bin Yahya, NUSThe global tightening of monetary policy in 2022 by central banks to curb excess liquidity and combat surging inflation has stirred fears about a global economic slowdown. Estimates from the International Monetary Fund forecast global growth falling to 2.9 per cent in 2023 from 3.4 per cent in 2022. Highly trade-dependent economies like Singapore will be hardest hit by these monetary tightening measures.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Ryosuke Hanada |Allison Alexy |Emma Whitmyer |Yiping Huang
Author: Ryosuke Hanada, Macquarie UniversityThe trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting between China, Japan and South Korea (CJK) was held in Busan, South Korea on 26 November 2023 for the first time since August 2019. Though the meeting itself is routine and has no immediate impact on regional affairs, the resumption of CJK foreign ministerial meetings indicates a change in the ‘two-to-one logic’ of trilateral relations.
