Putin’s pre-war allies dominate Hungarian and Serbian elections
The country's leaders are walking a tightrope between maintaining old ties and trying to get closer to the West.
With days to go, South Korea has no favorite in presidential race
Polls show that neither of the two main candidates have convinced a large majority of voters that they can provide the steady hand needed to steer East Asia’s third-largest economy.
Rising prices threaten Modi’s hold on India’s most crucial state
Soaring prices, joblessness and health complications from a vicious wave of delta-fueled COVID-19 infections last summer are high on the minds of voters in Uttar Pradesh.
Will a presidential election mark the end of South Korea's tattoo taboos?
Almost all of the country's 50,000 tattoo artists are at the mercy of potential police raids and prosecution, facing huge fines as well as prison terms, in theory as much as life.
Soaring gasoline bad timing for Asian governments facing voters
Soaring gasoline prices are fanning inflation and causing a headache for governments and central banks worldwide.
India’s Modi braces for tough local elections amid virus surge
Indian voters will head to the polls in several states in February and March, posing a key test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Myanmar plans to hold fresh election in August 2023, junta chief says
The top general earlier extended an initial timeline for the new election after the election body annulled last year’s poll results that Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won in a landslide.
Pro-Beijing candidates sweep 'patriots'-only Hong Kong vote amid low turnout
The turnout of 30.2%, was almost half that of the previous legislative poll in 2016, with the latest results showing almost all of the seats being taken by pro-Beijing candidates.
Japanese citizens living overseas face high hurdles to vote
Sunday’s general election underscored anew the plight of overseas voters, whose abilities to vote were compromised like never before by the pandemic and Kishida’s election strategy.
Voting starts in Yokohama mayoral election that could hold the key to Suga's fate
Hachiro Okonogi, a close Suga ally, and the opposition-backed Takeharu Yamanaka appeared to be neck-and-neck heading into the Sunday poll.
The myth of America’s Anglo-Saxon political traditions
America’s founding fathers were well aware of the Saxon theory — Thomas Jefferson studied the subject — but they didn’t emphasize it publicly.
All you need to know about how Abe’s successor will be chosen
The choice is neither up to the Japanese people, nor is it something to be decided in the Diet. Instead, the decision rests solely within the LDP.
