Conflicts

Interview: Japanese American Grant Ujifusa Defied Odds in Face of Historic U.S. Error

Meet the key figure behind official U.S. acknowledgment of the injustice done to Japanese Americans in WWII.

Video: Former Top South Korean General on Responding to North Korean 'Provocation'

The former chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff talks to Asia Society Korea Center about the latest political tensions on the peninsula.

Video: Looking Back, Irish Korean War Veterans Revisit Battleground 60 Years Later

Twelve Irish veterans of the Korean War recently returned to South Korea 60 years after the war's end.

Photos: Japan Honors Japanese American WWII Veteran Terry Shima

92-year-old Nisei veteran is awarded one of Japan's top honors for non-Japanese civilians.

William Dalrymple: Not Learning from the Past in Afghanistan

The acclaimed historian concludes his "East India Company trilogy" with a tale of staggering imperial hubris and incompetence.

Photos: Across Generations, Bangladeshis Unite to Demand a Death Sentence

After a week of protests in Bangladesh demanding the death of a 1971 war criminal, we take a look at the history that motivates thousands of people to demand capital punishment.