The trilateral partnership of China, Japan, and South Korea is Asia's backbone. In a fractured world, it's our lifeline. Trade, supply chains and cultural bonds trump differences.

From 1405 to 1433 CE, Ming fleets sailed to Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and East Africa, demonstrating that China could also be the center of a great maritime empire, or at least ...

They challenge China’s extra-legal claims in the South China Sea, by asserting navigation rights and sailing military vessels in disputed waters. In 2017, the first Trump administration placed the ...

The question as to whether Japan and South Korea should be invited to join AUKUS, or a similar agreement based on the AUKUS model, has in recent weeks again been garnering attention.

Views of China in Northeast Asia — Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan — are famously cold. But to the south, majorities in most ASEAN countries express positive feelings despite China’s ...

To regain support in Southeast Asia, the United States should avoid overstating its convergence with Asian partners. Stressing the convergence narrative suggests, at best, that Washington lacks an ...

China released the map on Monday of its famous U-shaped line covering about 90% of the South China Sea, a source of many of the disputes in one of the world's most contested waterways, where more ...

China, Japan and South Korea had agreed to hold a trilateral meeting every year starting in 2008 to discuss regional cooperation. But the plan has often been disrupted by diplomatic spats and most ...

Hosts and defending champions China booked their place in the Sudirman Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Malaysia on Friday, setting up a clash with Japan, who also advanced after beating Taiwan ...

SOME targets of the American president’s tariffs, such as China and the EU, are fighting back. South Korea and Japan feel they have to play nice. They are terrified that President Donald Trump ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan ...

On November 20, 2024, defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened in Vientiane, Laos, for the 18 th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM). The ADMM-Plus ...