China risk
Korean economy should be in emergency mode China slashed its 2012 growth rate to 7.5 percent, a recession by the Chinese standard and the lowest in 13 years. The slowdown will also have a ripple effect on the Korean economy, which ships 29.8 percent of its exports to the neighboring country. Korea needs to diversify […]
AJA expresses regret on NK defectors
The Asia Journalist Association (AJA), represented by Ivan Lim, issued a statement in which it expressed regret and concern over the 31 North Korean defectors who were arrested earlier by the Chinese police and now in danger of being repatriated to North Korea. North Korean defectors, sent back to the North before, were either publicly […]
Let us be wonderful Mom & Dad
All the time it’s common to hear from your friends that they decide to make resolutions to change their behavior and improve their performance and make a new start, this is often a personal goal and doesn’t necessarily include how you treat others. If you a parent then it’s a good opportunity for you to […]
Annan sees “one mediation process” key to ending Syrian crisis
Kofi Annan, the UN and the Arab League (AL)’s joint special envoy for Syria, said Wednesday that an one and only mediation process accepted by all parties concerned is crucial for the success in the efforts to end the current crisis in Syria. “If we are going to succeed, it is extremely important that […]
Former FM Attends Diplomatic Event
At the reception to mark the 51st National Day and 21st Anniversary of Kuwait Liberation held on Monday (Feb. 27) evening at Hotel Shilla, not a few attendants seemed surprised to find a person whom they didn’t expected to meet in such an official event. He was Yu Myung-hwan, former Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister. Actually, it is quite natural for any former […]
Muslim Brothers: No End Game!
<Hassan Al-Banna(1906~1949), The Founder of Muslim Brothers> The story the Society of Muslim Brothers is related to the life and death of many people, but the most adequate start could be the story of its founder and supreme guide; Hassan AL-Banna (1906~1949). Hassan AL-Banna was born in Mahmudiyya, a village near the northern Egyptian city […]
Hallyu messengers must learn etiquettes
Editorial: The seven-member hip-hop group Block B (Blockbuster) is under fire for joking about Thailand’s tragic flooding. The band and other K-pop stars need to learn manners. Thai social networking services are abuzz with angry comments critical of one of the group member’s joking about the Bangkok floods which killed 780 and left three missing […]
N. Korea flexes muscles ahead of nuclear summit
North Korea is back in the spotlight. On Wednesday, it launched a verbal assault at South Korea for its scheduled hosting of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit slated for March 26 and 27. The North’s Central News Agency characterized the global gathering as a grave threat to the Stalinist state, threatening that “it won’t sit […]
The Death of Kim Jong Il: Now What?
After 17 years at the helm of North Korea, the Dear Leader is no more, and suddenly we are faced with a reality on which so much “contingency planning” has been based. So, what can we expect of the next chapter in the North’s political history? And how should the key players—South Korea, the US […]
A Proposal for a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in Northeast Asia
As the Six-Party talks aimed at eliminating North Korea’s nuclear program remain stalled, a fresh approach incorporating the concept of a nuclear weapons-free zone in Northeast Asia should be considered as a way of ensuring peace and security in the region, Morton H. Halperin argues. If the international community was seen to accept North […]
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