Asia Review Vol. 15 | No. 3 | 2025

India’s Game Industry and Youth Society

Introduction – India’s Game Industry and Youth Society: At the Intersection of Industrial Growth Drivers and Social Transformation | Sung Yong Kang  

Can the Indian Game Market Follow China’s Growth Curve?: A Comparative Study of the Indian and Chinese Game Industries | Gyudeuk Yeon, Hyun Chul Maeng, Dongjin Chun 

Why Are Indian Youth Enthusiastic about Mobile Games?: Patterns of Mobile Gaming Experience and Social Network Formation Among Indian Young Adults | Sung Yong Kang, Eunyoung Nam 

Esports in India and Fair Opportunities for Social Mobility: A Comparison with Existing Pathways | Hyun Chul Maeng

Free Themes

The Future of Democracy in South Korea from a Comparative Perspective: A Proposal for Political Reform | Hyun-Chin Lim 

China’s Pacific Islands Strategy under Xi Jinping: Revisionist Grand Strategy and Wedge Tactics amid U.S.–China Strategic Competition | Jaeyoung Lee 

The Triad of Body, Technology, and Relationships in Urban China’s Group Fitness Classes | Lin Kim 

Escaping from Evil: The Fushun War Criminals Management Centre Experiment and Postwar Japan’s Embrace of Pacifism | Yungjin Lee 

A Comparative Study on the History of Ancient Vietnam to Identify the Characteristics of Wiman Joseon: Focusing on Nam Viet | Oh Young Kwon 

Vietnam’s Hedging Strategy based on Critical Geopolitics | Su-jin Lee 

Sustainable Development Pathways for Plain Cities from a Multi-Model Integration Perspective: A Case Study of Chengdu | Ting Lei, Shouzhi Zhang 

Youth Disillusionment and Political Coping: A Comparative Study of China and South Korea | Xu Haina, Sun Eae Chun 

Book Review

An Introduction to Villainous Thinking – Reading Kim Hang, A Record of a Certain Defeat: Criticism, Democracy, and Revolution in Postwar Japan (Changbi, 2025) | Heechan Shim 

Modern Japanese Society Reflected in the Mirror of the Military – Reading Katō Yōko, trans. Park Wan, Conscription and Modern Japan (Korea University Press, 2025)| Hyungshik Lee 

The Structure of State Buddhism in Vietnam and the Lacuna in Korean Buddhist Studies – Reading Youn Daeyeong, Buddhism in Vietnam (Acanet, 2025) | Hong Gu Kim 

How Are Communities of Those Living ‘After the State’ Formed? – Reading Lee Sang-guk, Connected Refugees, Living After the State: The Transnational Practices of Karen Refugees (Yonsei University Press, 2025) | Heesook Kim