The images are striking: Japanese soldiers camouflaged with shrubbery storming up a hill on motorcycles and pouring out of helicopters. As China's state-run CCTV reports, Japan's Self-Defense Forces have carried out an "island defense drill" in th...

On January 6, journalists at Guangzhou's hard-hitting Southern Weekly newspaper went on strike to protest government censors rewriting a scathing New Year's Day editorial calling for political reform. South Korean broadcaster MBC breaks down the s...

There's always been an implicit understanding that Chinese journalists could negotiate changes with government censors. But, as contributor David Bandurski reports, the drama that unfolded in the Southern Weekly newsroom shows what happens when of...

Google's Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt accompanied former UN ambassador and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson in a high-level delegation to North Korea this past week. Broadcaster MBC gives the South Korean perspective on the tr...

The timing of Bill Richardson and Eric Schmidt's trip to North Korea took many by surprise, including the US State Department, which called it "unhelpful". LinkAsia speaks with Andray Abrahamian, executive director of the NGO Choson Exchange, abou...

India's booming urban middle class has emerged as an influential political constituency in the aftermath of the brutal rape that left a young New Delhi medical student dead. Contributor Ajoy Bose reports from New Delhi on how social media is provi...

Authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province have proposed a law that would require women to ride side-saddle on motorcycles instead of straddling them. Contributor Rachel Will looks at the reactions in social media, ranging from proponents saying tha...

As Chinese New Year approaches, expectant mothers in China are welcoming their babies being born in the auspicious Year of the Snake. As CCTV News reports, the snake is the sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac, and is known for deep thinking and artis...

As temperatures continue to drop across China, authorities have stepped up efforts to bring homeless people into shelters, going out at night to search for people sleeping on the streets. State-run CCTV News reports that many, however, choose to s...

The Chinese government's disciplinary body has investigated nearly 160,000 corruption cases since they stepped up their anti-corruption fight, purporting to have recovered over seven billion yuan. State-run CCTV News gives China's official perspec...