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Asia Human rights in North Korea: what next? The recent détente between North and South Korea has complicated the picture for human rights activists. This is what they should bear in mind By Andrew Wolman
Asia Historic victory in Malaysia How a 92-year-old defector came to dominate the polls By Sergio Grassi
Asia The Moon-Kim overture and the Trump-Kim duet The historic meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea was inspiring, but the story of peace on the peninsula is only just beginning By Mason Richey
International relations Time for change? Russia faces some big decisions about its future in the wake of Putin’s landslide re-election By Evgeny Gontmakher
Asia Waiting with bated breath When it comes to North Korea, Europe can no longer stand on the side-lines By Mason Richey and Tongfi Kim and Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Asia On your marks, get set… stop The Winter Olympics will not defuse the North Korea crisis By Herbert Wulf
Asia Tolerance on trial Indonesia has managed to resist religious extremism – until now By Franz Magnis-Suseno
Asia To resist the robots, invest in people The day will come when computers replace humans in many sectors of Asia’s developing economies. Governments should prepare their workforces now By Stephen Groff
Asia Menace from afar, chaos at the door For Beijing, the greatest threat to China’s national security is not the Kim regime: it is the US By Anny Boc
Don’t just listen! Although trade unions can influence EU economic policies more and more, they are taking little advantage of it (yet)
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