EAST ASIA

HONG KONG: ‘Independent civil society is being replaced with state-aligned structures’

CHINA: ‘The state is using generative AI to engineer reality through informational gaslighting’

‘The new prime minister signals a shift towards a confrontational approach that risks destabilising the region’

‘The North Korean human rights movement is facing its greatest crisis since it began in the 1990s’

‘Controversial legislative measures triggered a citizen-led mass movement’

Japan’s right-wing populist rise

Xenophobic party benefits from economic anger to win significant parliamentary presence

‘The diaspora is playing key roles in advocating for human rights and raising international awareness’

‘Democratic states have been slow to recognise Chinese transnational repression on their soil’

The silencing of Hong Kong

Five years of extraordinary repression have curbed a once vibrant democracy movement

‘The roots of young people’s political disengagement lie in their lack of representation’