In parts of East Asia, roughly half of adults or more view China’s power and influence as a major threat, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted between June and September 2023. How we ...

East Asia’s high-income democracies are facing a troubling trend: the future custodians of democracy are turning away from democratic politics. This democratic malaise has taken on different forms. In ...

A researcher from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa is revealing new insights into a group called the Julurens — meaning the ...

Jakarta: For millions of people across south-east Asia, their smart phone and Facebook are their only interaction with the people who govern them and shape their society. And that is unlikely to ...

The purple line representing East Asia shows the most striking trajectory. In 1990, a large majority — 60.2 percent — of people in the region lived in extreme poverty. In 2013, only 3.5 ...

By some measures, East Asia seems like one of the least religious regions in the world. Relatively few East Asian adults pray daily or say religion is very important in their lives.And rates of ...

Archaeologists know from fossils and artifacts that modern humans have occupied Southeast Asia for 60,000 years and East Asia for 40,000 years. But there’s a lot left to untangle.

A deadly cold snap that is gripping East Asia has killed at least four people in Japan after subzero temperatures and heavy snow brought travel chaos during the Lunar New Year holiday, with ...