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East Asia
A school for fathers
A few years ago, I enrolled at a school for fathers run by a nonprofit corporation, which issued an honorary certificate after completing the designated courses. I went there because I couldn’t deal with the unexpected friction as my son reached adolescence. In fact, I constantly told my son the…
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East Asia
U.S. may consider buying off improved NK missile capabilities
So it has been almost one year since the world learnt about the sudden and untimely demise of Marshall Kim Jong Il, the Lodestar of the Twenty-first Century. What has happened in North Korea over the last year, what was predicted and what was not? Perhaps, it is a good…
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East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesia concerned about NK rocket launch
Indonesian Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa expressed concern on North Korea’s missile launch on Wednesday (December 12). Despite of international pressure to dismantle its nuclear program, North Korea successfully launched its long-ranged rocket, saying that it is for a peaceful purpose. The technology used in the rocket launch can be used to launch nuclear weapon.…
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South Asia
Bangladesh politics sliding down to violent course
Dhaka–The killers are unleashed on street amidst political confrontations leading to large scale violence, arson, firing and killing. The political situation suddenly turned violent last week with the opposition enforcing a country-wide road blockade followed by a full-day and a subsequent half-day shutdown throughout the country. Things could have been…
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East Asia
On the brink in NE Asia
Two stories dominate the news in the U.S. There’s the “fiscal cliff” over which civilization-as-we-know-it is doomed to tumble on New Year’s Day unless President Barack Obama talks some common sense into his intransigent foes in Congress. You get so tired of hearing the grating voices of the Republican Senate…
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North Korean missile strikes fear
The world has just become more dangerous. For decades, the United States has been wary of the rogue state of North Korea, governed (after a fashion) by pariahs. Their intent to become a nuclear power, while unable to feed their own people, has not lagged. Their highly touted but often…
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NK’s reckless challenge
Pyongyang should pay the price for rocket launch After much speculation, North Korea fired a long-range rocket Wednesday morning in defiance of international condemnation and sanctions threats from the United Nations. The launch is a reckless challenge to the international community that has stubbornly urged the North to give up…
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Central Asia
Everyday Putinism
For those following the headlines, Putin II may seem progressive. As opposed to Putin’s first tenure, there have been no controversial television station closings, no prominent cases against businessmen and no assassinations. Instead we read about the building of a Jewish history museum in Moscow and improved relations with U.S.…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] UN asks Indonesia to reduce traffic accidents
The United Nations (UN) has asked Indonesia to reduce the number of deaths due to traffic accidents. Each year about 32,000 lives are lost due to traffic accidents, according to report by Vivannews.com quoting Deputy Chief Police Commissioner General Nanan Sukarna. “The demand to reduce the number of deaths by traffic accidents…
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Russia’s European prospects
MOSCOW ― In 1966, Charles de Gaulle’s vision of a Europe “that stretched from the Atlantic to the Urals” was provocative. Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has advanced an even more ambitious goal: “a common market stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific.” In the race toward globalization, the stakes…
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