Asia Review Vol.16 | No.2 | 2026
Asia Review Vol. 16 | No. 2 | 2026
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Visual Art Materials Published in North Korean Popular Magazines of the 1950s: Focusing on Inmin Choson and Choson | Mijeong Kim 
From Social Isolation to Relational Autonomy: Youth Agency and Changing Support Policies in Japan | Gwan-ja Jo
Pleasure and Revolution: Taste and Political Activism among Young Myanmar Activists | Sang Kook Lee
Triangle Trinity: The History and Politics of Conflicts between Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia | Sinae Hyun
The Impact of Social Media Communication Types on Public Online Engagement: Evidence from South Korean Government Agencies in Vietnam | Nguyen Minh Huong, Minchul Kim
Population Shrinkage and Aging in Northeast China: Spatio-temporal Coupling, Regional Disparities, and Future Trends in Jilin Province | Qi Pang.
Shouzhi Zhang
Governing Health in China: State Power, Ideology, and Public Health from Empire to Pandemic | Woojong Moon
Coercive Diplomacy by Target: How China Differentiates Its South China Sea Discourse | Ha-eun Kim
How Interethnic Networks Shaped Foreign Residents’ Identity Threat and Settlement Quality during COVID-19 in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Perceived Interethnic Acceptance | Zhichao Lei
Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia | Fernan Talamayan
Christmas in Modern Jordan: Public Religion, Official Islam, and the Politics of Celebration during the Gaza Crisis | Fukiko Ikehata
Book Reviews
A Badiouian Reinterpretation of Egalitarian Politics in China’s Cultural Revolution – Reading Alessandro Russo, The Revolutionary Culture of the Cultural Revolution (Sanzini, 2026) | Seungwook Baek
Manchukuo in the Japanese Imagination: Empire-Building as a Mass Enterprise – Reading Louise Young, Japan’s Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism (Marco Polo, 2025) | Jihee Jung
Why We Must Still Place Our Hope in Citizens – Reading Gi-yeon Koo, Ha-eun Han, So-yeon Ahn et al., A New Perspective on the Middle East: The Power of Civil Society and the Future (Seoul National University Press, 2025) | Jungeun Koo