Expose of NK top leader’s wife may be a sign of change to come
In mid-July, the world of Pyongyang watching was in a state of great excitement. Remarkable news were coming out of North Korea with unusual frequency. There was a lot to be discussed, analysed and speculated about. And, perhaps, the single most popular topic of speculative excitement was the identity of the woman who had begun […]
Tea, an integral part of Pakistani culture
Tea is used as common beverage almost all over the world but Pakistan is among those countries of the world, which consume very high quantity of tea. The per capita tea consumption has reached to 1kg per annum in the country. Almost all the tea is imported which amounted to worth $301 million in 2010-11. […]
[Global Report] Antartica, most Desolate Region on Earth
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The Weather At the end of April, the sun will disappear for 4 months (Huxley, 1977). During this time the temperature can drop to -55C. Since Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere, their winter is during the northern hemisphere’s winters. During the winter if one goes ventures into the outdoors, they could suffocate and die. […]
Why overseas Koreans don’t vote
NEW YORK ― The upcoming Korean presidential election is a big deal ― and an even bigger one for Koreans overseas, or so we’re told. As it will be the first-ever presidential election allowing Korean citizens living abroad to vote, the ballot ― to be held in December ― is not only said to hold […]
Korea-Japan: time for outside mediation?
There is an old Russian proverb that applies to current Japan-South Korea (ROK) relations: “Forget the past and lose an eye; dwell on the past and lose both eyes!” The Japanese, it would appear, are eager to forget the past, while the Koreans seem unable to see beyond it. Isn’t it time for America’s two […]
Russia Looks South As Well As East
*Author, Mihoko Kato is Senior Associate Member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, and GCOE Research Fellow at the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan. ASEAN-Russia: Foundations and Future Prospects Edited by Victor Sumsky, Mark Hong and Amy Lugg Singapore: ISEAS Publications, 2012, 376 pages, S$59.90/US$52.90 (Softcover) SINCE VLADIVOSTOK WAS CHOSEN as the venue of […]
Experiencing Ramadan as a Non-Muslim
Interested to experience the Ramadan month that Muslim celebrates this month, I then decided to take my own little adventure. Although I was born and grew up in Indonesia, world’s largest Muslim country, and as a non-Muslim, but I am pretty familiar with the Muslim’s culture. I remembered, as a child I used to wake […]
Is authority must-have virtue for president?
The presidential election campaign has heated up by a TV appearance of nonpolitical potential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo. He has neither joined a party nor declared he will run. Yet he has been steering the race with Park Geun-hye, according to opinion polls. Ahn apparently hasn’t shown a clear will toward politics and his socio-political inclination […]
Love and hunger
With three gold medals, South Korea is off to a good start at the London Olympics, even after controversies have affected some of its strongest gold medal prospects ― swimmer Park Tae-hwan, judoka Cho Jun-ho and fencer Shin A-lam – in the first few days. But when on Monday, North Korea ranked above South Korea […]
Dispute over torture
Seoul, Beijing should seek cool-headed solution The gruesome details of torture suffered by Korean activist Kim Young-hwan in China are shocking and infuriating. Any country that can put a foreigner through such unjustifiable physical and mental ordeals must be nothing more than a third-rate dictatorship. What astonishes and disappoints people all the more is that […]
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