Tunisia Marks Second Anniversary Of Revolution, But Is Struggling With Unemployment, Rising Violence
A crowd invades Tunis’ main avenue to mark the second anniversary of the Revolution, Monday, Jan.14. 2013 in Tunis. Two years after the revolution that overthrew an authoritarian president and started the Arab Spring, Tunisia is struggling with high unemployment and rising violence in its politics. Supporters of the ruling Islamic party Ennahda protest against […]
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kang Chang-hee Meets With His Vietnamese Counterpart In Hanoi
Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung (R) shakes hands with visiting Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly Kang Chang Hee in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, on Jan. 14, 2013. Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with Kang Chang Hee Monday to boost bilateral legislative ties. Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Nguyen Sinh […]
The world in 2030
CAMBRIDGE ― What will the world look like two decades from now? Obviously, nobody knows, but some things are more likely than others. Companies and governments have to make informed guesses, because some of their investments today will last longer than 20 years. In December, the United States National Intelligence Council (NIC) published its guess: […]
Russian solution
It’s as if Paul Newman and Jane Fonda had fled the U.S. in protest at something or other ― they were always protesting ― and sought Russian citizenship instead. Americans would be surprised, but would they really care? It’s a free country, as they say. Whereas the French are quite cross about the decision of […]
Lawmakers pressured to forgo privileges
Lawmakers in Korea were given various privileges to fight an authoritarian president and effectively execute people’s demands. But as democracy has matured, those privileges are under public scrutiny. The National Assembly has come under fire lately for passing the legislators’ pension budget for this year which they previously pledged to abandon as part of voluntary […]
QR codes help tourists
Gangnam install 8 on-pavement markers for visitors to get around Gangnam has installed quick response (QR) codes on the sidewalks of major tourist destinations to “help” visitors navigate the upscale southern district of Seoul referred to in Psy’s international hit “Gangnam Style.” It is the first time that QR codes have been used for this […]
Xi’s image as ‘reformer’ under dispute
BEIJING – The well-observed vociferous clamoring for press freedom in China, ignited by protests at the country’s most prominent weekly newspaper Southern Weekend, was a vignette shot of how new leader Xi Jinping is seen by both reformists and conservative factions, thinking that he belongs to them. Some see Xi as a reformer who will […]
NK calls for dissolution of United Nations Command
North Korea’s foreign ministry renewed its call for the dissolution of the United Nations Command (UNC) Monday, saying that the cease-fire agreement that concluded the 1950-1953 Korean War needs to be replaced by a peace treaty. According to the North Korean Central News Agency, the ministry said, in its “diplomatic note,” that an unstable truce […]
Nurturing Asia’s female leaders
When Jack Meyer first asked Korean-American lawyer Kim Young-joon in 2011 if he could succeed Meyer as the chairman of Asian University for Women (AUW) Support Foundation, Kim declined. The chairman’s job is to raise funds, and Meyer is a legendary former manager of Harvard University’s endowment who started with $4.8 billion in 1990 and […]
Rare photos of past Korean society to be shown in Japan
Two old men, dressed in traditional Korean garb, face the camera, one performing what seems like a traditional dance move, are seen against the sea off Jindo, South Jeolla Province. Japanese photographer Takumi Fujimoto captured during the 1970s and ’80s what he saw as exotic and rare scenes that revealed humanity. Fujimoto first came to […]
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