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Squid Game shines a light on inequality in South Korea (Stella Jang, East Asia Forum)

Recent portrayals of South Korean inequality have captivated international audiences. Squid Game is on track to become Netflix’s most watched show ever, with viewers struggling to...

Is Kishida a dove or a hawk? (Kazuhiko Togo, East Asia Forum)

Shortly after his victory in the contest for the position of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President, and being sworn in as Japan’s new prime...

South Korea seeks to develop missile defense against N. Korea’s artillery barrage (Brian Kim, Defense News)

LIG Nex1, a South Korean precision missile developer, displayed this week a mock-up of a low-altitude missile defense system. The LAMD concept model was displayed...

Chinese-Russian task force sails around Japan (Mike Yeo, Defense News)

A joint Chinese-Russian naval armada has sailed around Japan following a joint exercise in the Sea of Japan, sailing through a narrow international waterway...

KAI unveils electric basic trainer (Brian Kim, Defense News)

Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, showcased this week a concept model of an electrically powered basic trainer aircraft during the Seoul International Aerospace and...

Russia fears complicate NATO’s new China focus (Joe Gould, Defense News)

One of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s top jobs at the NATO ministerial conference this week was to keep steering the 30-member alliance’s focus to China,...

Laura Kovesi: Is the EU doing enough to tackle financial crime? (Al Jazeera)

The European Union is a single market of 27 countries. While the bloc was officially formed in 1993, it took its member states 25...

Moldova declares state of emergency over gas crisis (Al Jazeera)

Moldova’s parliament has approved a government-requested state of emergency until November 20 as it tries to ease gas shortages amid soaring world energy prices. The...

Bosnian Serb police drill seen as separatist ‘provocation’ (Al Jazeera)

Bosnia’s Serb police have held an “anti-terrorist” drill just outside the capital Sarajevo in a move seen by many as another provocation by the...

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