By Jane Lee — According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification, the number of North Koreans entering South Korea annually has decreased over time since the late 2000s. The continued dramatic decline was observed since Kim Jong-un assumed power…
By Amy Searight — In this two-part series, Dr. Amy Searight, senior adviser and director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program, previews five key issues to watch in Southeast Asia in 2020. This installment addresses U.S.-ASEAN relations, climate change and…
By Kim Mai Tran & Audreyna Tjiptardjo — Southeast Asia is home to a booming digital economy and rapid mobile growth. With about 400 million users among ASEAN’s total population of 630 million, the region’s digital users are more numerous…
By Kim Mai Tran — Southeast Asia’s healthcare industry is at a crucial crossroad. Economic development and disposable income have increased the demand for quality healthcare; demographic changes, the emergence of new chronic diseases and health challenges, and the…
By Kim Mai Tran — The movement by all Southeast Asian economies to embrace the “digital revolution” presents a tremendous opportunity to empower women, especially financially. Intentional and unintentional biases against women in the region have, for too long, excluded…
By Brian Harding — Southeast Asia is home to many of China’s most high-profile Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, including Kyakpyu port in Myanmar, a high-speed railway in northern Laos, and now-stalled rail and pipeline projects in Malaysia. While…
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program has released a new compendium report that provides a summary of insights from a series of events held by CSIS in 2018 as part of the CSIS-Pertamina Southeast Asia Energy Initiative. This initiative…
In this episode we discuss power and conflict in Southeast Asia with Michael Vatikiotis. While inter-state conflict has been minimal in recent years, countries around Southeast Asia face challenges in the form of unresolved insurgencies, simmering ethnic conflicts, and illiberal…
By Keith Luse — The February killing of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia brought attention to relations between North Korea and Malaysia, revealing a deep web of interaction. Before this, if Americans thought about North Korea’s ties to Southeast Asia at…
By Geoffrey Hartman & Jane Nakano — The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on April 25, 2017, held a roundtable discussing “Southeast Asia in Global Energy Markets: Trends, Challenges, and Policies.” The discussion brought together government, industry, financial,…