Chaebol reforms are crucial for South Korea’s future
WEBMar 24, 2021 · A. A. While the chaebols undeniably contributed to government-led economic development, they also caused a number of economic and social problems. The chaebols have been identified as a fundamental cause of South Korea’s 1997 economic crisis, and the deviant behaviour and economic crimes of their controlling families have been widely criticised.
Combating depopulation in Japan | East Asia Forum
WEBMar 5, 2024 · If this trend continues, Japan’s population is projected to decline to 63 million in 2100, half of its population in 2022. Behind the trend lies Japan’s declining birth rate. Japan’s birth rate declined from 9.5 births per 1000 women in 2000 to 6.8 per 1000 in 2020. A declining population and birth rate coupled with long life expectancy ...
Press freedom is no joke in the Philippines | East Asia Forum
WEBNov 7, 2021 · The Philippines is ranked 130th and Russia 152nd in the Reporters Without Borders 2021 World Press Freedom Index. The Philippines and Russia also ranked 7th and 10th, respectively, in the Committee to Protect Journalists 2021 Global Impunity Index.. While the media situations in both countries deserve scrutiny, the Philippines is a peculiarly interesting case.
Mongolia’s military diplomacy and geopolitical balance
WEBDec 7, 2023 · The Mongolian Armed Forces celebrates its centenary on 18 March 2021. Mongolia regained independence from China one hundred years ago and established its military with Soviet assistance. Today, Mongolia’s military maintains close ties with its two neighbours and their geopolitical competitors. In February 2020, China’s Ministry of National ...
Maximising Indonesia’s demographic dividend | East Asia Forum
WEBJun 22, 2021 · A. A. The data shows that Indonesia’s total population sat at 270.2 million in September 2020 after an annual average growth rate of 1.25 per cent in the decade 2010-2020. The population of Java is also continuing to grow but at a lower rate than the national average, so its share of the total population has fallen to 56 per cent.
The Future of ASEAN Maritime Security Cooperation
WEBJun 17, 2022 · The ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025 stresses the objective to consolidate ASEAN’s previous achievements on maritime cooperation. To address this objective, ASEAN could take three potentially helpful actions. Establishing an ASEAN-only maritime security partnership (AMSP) could …
Japan’s stubborn gender inequality problem | East Asia Forum
WEBJun 28, 2022 · Gender inequality is a stubbornly entrenched problem for Japan. It ranked 120 out of 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) Report 2021, which measures the gap between men and women in political representation, economic empowerment, education and health.This puts Japan at the bottom of the ladder among the developed world.
Keeping the Five Power Defence Arrangement relevant at 50
WEBNovember 2021 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA), a consultative defence mechanism involving Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. Its future is likely to be challenged given the dynamics of Australia’s defence relations with Indonesia and the formation of AUKUS, a military ...
The Asia-Europe Meeting needs to agree on a connectivity code of ...
WEBThere is an urgent need to agree on rules for global connectivity. For connectivity to contribute to building trust and sustainable peace, it needs to be underpinned by a set of principled codes and norms. This is essential to avoid overlap and waste, as well as to prevent connectivity from becoming an adversarial, zero-sum geopolitical game.
Vietnam’s tug of war with China over Laos | East Asia Forum
WEBMay 12, 2021 · In Brief. In March, Vietnam announced it had gifted a new parliament building worth US$111 million to Laos. The move reflects Hanoi’s unease over Beijing’s growing influence over its closest ally. China has overtaken Vietnam as the largest investor and lender in Laos. Keeping Laos by Vietnam’s side is a top foreign policy priority for Hanoi.
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