Northeast Asia

Tourists on the Great Wall of China

Cold War on the Korean demarcation line in the Joint Security Area

Northeast Asia in the broader sense includes North Asia and East Asia , i.e. the entire Asian part of Russia (Siberia and the Far East) and Mongolia as well as Japan , China , North Korea and South Korea .

In a narrower sense, only the actual northern East Asia is meant: Japan, Korea, China (occasionally only north of the Great Wall ) and the Far Eastern part of Russia (occasionally without Yakutia ).

The Far Eastern Economic Review in 1991 included China, Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Asiatic Russia (Siberia and the Far East) and Taiwan as part of Northeast Asia.

The six countries of Northeast Asia account for around 40 percent of the global tourism industry, but different economic developments and political confrontations (e.g. Korea) make it difficult to flourish.

At the end of the 1990s, Northeast Asia accounted for 12% of global energy consumption , and the trend is growing rapidly. Due to the strong economic growth in the region, this share is expected to double or triple by 2030.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Far Eastern Economic Review All-Asia Guide, Volume III: Northeast Asia . Hong Kong 1991
2. ^ RIA Novosti of May 26, 2009: Countries of Northeast Asia are discovering tourism
3. ↑ Ambio Vol. 28, No. 2, Mar., 1999: Energy Consumption and Acid Deposition in North East Asia ( abstract)