The cover story for this week's Asian edition of Time Magazine, on South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, ran the headline, "The Strongman's Daughter", a reference to her dictator father. But as contributor Yoo Eun Lee reports, the all...

In the face of mounting Tibetan protests, China arrested two Tibetan monks this past week for supposedly inciting self-immolations. What do these arrests mean for China's policy towards Tibetan protest? LinkAsia speaks with Columbia University's R...

China's official news agency, Xinhua, has had a Twitter account since March. But most people were unaware, due to the fact that Twitter is banned in China. Chinese people were outraged after a newspaper in Yunnan province broke the news. Host Yul ...

Chinese author Mo Yan accepted his Nobel Prize in Literature this week in Stockholm, an award that sparked a burst of pride in China and sent sales of his books through the roof. State-run CCTV News reports on the frenzy surrounding "Mo-mania" in ...

China's state broadcaster CCTV has just held their annual "Economic Person of the Year" awards, celebrating ten of the countries most "innovative and successful businesspeople." Winners of China's economic Oscars included Jack Ma, head of online r...

China's state-run CCTV News recaps international reactions and gives China's perspective on the launch. In a sharply-worded interview response, an academic named Tao Wenzhao speaks about the "negative impact" of North Korea's actions.

In the first "special broadcast" on North Korea's state television since the death of Kim Jong-il, the DPRK announced that it successfully launched the Unha-3 long-range rocket. South Korean broadcaster MBC looks at the ramifications for the launc...

While many young Chinese couples are tying the knot on 12/12/12, even more are prepping for their wedding dates on 1/4/13. What makes this seemingly random day so auspicious? CCTV News reports that the pronunciation of that date sounds like, "Love...

In a crowded campaign season, the Liberal Democratic Party has separated itself from the pack in Japan with far right policies concerning security and territorial claims. Broadcaster MBC has South Korea's perspective on Japan's growing conservatism.

China's state-run CCTV News has run a lengthy segment for the second straight day on Tibetan self-immolations, after steering clear of the issue for months. In this report, they interview two Tibet scholars about what they perceive to be the root ...