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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers her inaugural address at the Taipei Guest House in Taipei, Taiwan May 20, 2020. Wang Yu Ching/Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Taiwan’s president begins her second term with a call for unity

Richard C. Bush

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Vietnamese tourists visit Ha Long bay after the Vietnamese government eased the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

Reopening Vietnam: How the country’s improving governance helped it weather the COVID-19 pandemic

Trang (Mae) Nguyen and Edmund Malesky

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

News report on Kim Jong-Un, May 3, 2020 : A screen shows local TV station's report on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. According to local media, Kim Jong-Un's absence from an annual event marking the April 15 birth anniversary of his late grandfather and the North's founder Kim Il-Sung had spawned media speculation about ill health of the North Korean leader. North Korean media reported on May 2 that Kim attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertilizer factory. Kim Jong-Un appeared in public for the first time in 20 days last week. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Why North Korea-US relations will remain stable unless Kim really needs coronavirus aid

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Monday, May 18, 2020

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses a special video conference with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hanoi April 14, 2020. Manan Vatsyayana/Pool via REUTERS

US-China rivalry after COVID-19: Clues and early indications from Southeast Asia

Jonathan Stromseth

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen answers the media during a visit to a non woven filter fabric factory, where the fabric is used to make surgical face masks, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen enters second term with a strong political mandate, but no room for complacency

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask is seen past a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street as the country is hit by an outbreak of the coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Clouded thinking in Washington and Beijing on COVID-19 crisis

Monday, May 4, 2020

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Pool - RC137238E550

Why we shouldn’t rule out a woman as North Korea’s next leader

Monday, May 4, 2020

A man distributes food to residents living in a slum on the banks of Yamuna river, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

How is the coronavirus outbreak affecting China’s relations with India?

Thursday, April 30, 2020

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Senior officials from South Korea attend a conference call between President Moon Jae-in and the leaders of the Association of 10 Southeast Asian Nations, China and Japan at the Cheong Wa Dae presidential office in Seoul, South Korea on April 14, 2020. The summit was held to discuss ways to address the new Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (NO RESALE)

Moon’s moment in the sun

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front) visits the Taesongsan General Hospital being built by the People's Army in this picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang January 20, 2013. KCNA said the hospital covering a total plot of more than 100,000 square meters has three sick wards. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

How US support for North Korea’s dire medical system could help build trust

Annika Betancourt

Monday, April 20, 2020