Who had it bad and who had it good in Asia and the Pacific region in 2024?
Mixed year: Democracy and incumbency in AsiaFrom India and Japan to South Korea and Indonesia, and Pakistan and Sri Lanka to Taiwan, elections dominated 2024.
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul on December 4 2024, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law.
South Korean author Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024.
This tsunami of soft diplomacy that has elevated South Korea's global presence is also big business.
Persons:
Yagi, Curtis, Chin, Jose B, Donald Trump, Sheikh Hasina, Yoon Suk Yeol, Jung Yeon, Yoon Suk, Narendra Modi, Prabowo Subianto, you've, Han Kang, Geoffroy Van Der, Kim Soo, Kim Ji, Moo Deng, Deng, —, Matt Jelonek
Organizations:
Getty, Asian Development Bank, RiverPeak Group, White House, Hong Kong ., United Nations, Korea's Ministry, Safety, National Assembly, South, Constitutional, India's, Afp, Netflix
Locations:
Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, Xuan Quang, Afp, U.S, Asia, Philippines, China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal, East Asia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong . Women, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Seoul, Korean, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, Korea, PATTAYA, THAILAND, Chonburi