Economy

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 5.
Trade war

Trump says trade deal with Beijing must include 'structural change'

In State of the Union speech, president also asks for retaliatory trade bill

6 February 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington on Feb. 5.
N Korea at crossroads

Second Trump-Kim summit set for Feb 27-28 in Vietnam

President claims to have prevented a 'major war' with North Korea

6 February 2019
Japan must work proactively. (Global Newsroom via Getty Images)
Opinion

Japan can do more to manage regional security risks

Amid uncertainty about the US, China and North Korea, Tokyo can help stabilize region

28 January 2019
A TV screen shows the live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's press conference in Seoul.
Politics

Moon seeks to reboot presidency with vow to revive economy

South Korean leader calls for innovation as trade war hurts export-driven country

10 January 2019
Armed police officers stand guard outside a Beijing medicine factory that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly visited on Wednesday.
N Korea at crossroads

Kim tours Beijing medicine plant in search of economic remedies

North Korean leader emphasizes industrial growth before heading home

10 January 2019
California-based autonomous delivery start-up Udelv will launch a service based on Baidu's Apollo open-source platform this year.
China tech

Baidu's driverless tech to power Walmart delivery: CES 2019

Chinese platform finds way into US despite trade war

9 January 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju inspect an honour guard before leaving Pyongyang for a visit to China on Jan 7. (KCNA/Reuters)
N Korea at crossroads

Kim Jong Un makes 4th China trip ahead of potential Trump summit

Visit comes days after Kim warned the U.S. he may take an alternative path

8 January 2019
As his administration talks trade with Beijing this week, Donald Trump faces a depressed stock market, an impeachment inquiry, and a reelection campaign. 
Opinion

From Pelosi to Xi, Trump's tough year ahead

Democrat resurgence makes life harder for U.S. president, including in Asia

7 January 2019
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde
N Korea at crossroads

Seoul firms up support for North Korea to join the IMF

But stalemate in nuclear talks risks halting push to help North open up

17 December 2018
Moon and Kim Jong Un meet for the first time in April at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.
N Korea at crossroads

South Korea crafts VIP itinerary for Kim visit that may not happen

Moon has arranged a hotel, train ride and island trip for North Korea's leader

8 December 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho in Beijing.
N Korea at crossroads

Xi urges North Korea to work with US for peace

China's leader expresses support for second Trump-Kim summit

8 December 2018
Work is underway on a new building in Sinuiju on the North Korean side of the Yalu River. Construction industry officials in Dandong have speculated that China is providing technical assistance for the project. (Photo by Daisuke Harashima)
N Korea at crossroads

China-North Korea border trade thrives again, despite sanctions

Disguised clams, building materials and short-stay visas undermine UN resolution

6 December 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last year.
International relations

A shaken Asia awaits America's midterm verdict on Trump

A 'blue wave' would embolden Democrats to push back against the president's Asia policies

6 November 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech on the government's 2019 budget proposal to the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov. 1.
N Korea at crossroads

Moon says peace on Korean Peninsula will be new growth engine

President asks lawmakers for support amid stalemated denuclearization talks

1 November 2018
© Nikkei photo illustration/Source photo of Kim Jong Un by Getty Images
Asia Insight

South Korea's corporate giants tiptoe toward the North

Chaebol sound positive about entering the country but harbor private concerns

16 October 2018
A truck crosses the Friendship Bridge from Dandong in China to Sinuiju in North Korea. 
Datawatch

North Korea's mysterious trade deficit with China -- in charts

Pyongyang continues to finance imbalance, despite lack of foreign capital

8 October 2018
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, seen here on his last visit to Tokyo in February, is set to push Trump's agenda in Asia.
Politics

Pence to visit Japan in November with trade deal on agenda

US vice president's talks with Abe also likely to cover North Korea and China

4 October 2018
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, center, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the inauguration of a smartphone plant in Noida, India in July. (courtesy of Samsung)
Business trends

Moon warms to Samsung for help on jobs and North Korea

South Korean prosecutors excuse Lee family from union sabotage indictment

28 September 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 in New York.
International relations

Abe tells UN he hopes to meet 'face to face' with Kim Jong Un

Japanese prime minister also stresses free trade talks with RCEP nations and US

26 September 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in gesture after signing the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreementon during a ceremony on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24.
Trade war

South Korea gives Trump his first big trade deal

Second summit with Kim will be announced 'soon,' president says

25 September 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, is set to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Tuesday. Moon is to bring a business delegation with him. 
N Korea at crossroads

Moon to bring South Korean businesses to summit with Kim

Samsung subdued about projects in the North but KT and Lotte dive in

17 September 2018
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces search for survivors from a house damaged by a landslide in this week's Hokkaido earthquake.
Economy

Japan ministries seek record budget for defense, disaster relief

Abe seeks to prepare nation for higher welfare costs and North Korea threat

7 September 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the Ungok Area General Stock Farm on Aug. 13 as part of a nationwide tour of factories, farms and other facilities. 
N Korea at crossroads

Kim struggles to revive North Korean economy battered by sanctions

Life in the cities better than on hardscrabble farms, but country still reeling

2 September 2018
While the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. gave its assent to the sale of Waldorf Astoria Hotel, it blocked the purchase of another hotel, citing its proximity to a military base hundreds of meters away.
Business Insight

Tighter US foreign investment rules are here to stay

Revamped CFIUS regime marks a retreat from globalization that will spread

20 August 2018
The ASEAN source also said the bloc's foreign ministers may express concern over protectionism in the statement.
Trade war

US-China trade war to command attention at ASEAN forum

North Korea faces less pressure at foreign ministers gathering after Trump summit

31 July 2018