• [Asia Round-up] What Malaysians’ votes represent

    Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. What Malaysians’ votes represent [Singapore, The Strait Times 07-05-2013] The intense run-up to Malaysia’s general elections of the ruling party Barisan Nasional and opposition party Pakatan Rakyat and the results too close to call signify changes in…

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  • West Asia

    The AsiaN’s Arabic version marks six-month anniversary with success

    Six months ago, it was just a dream to start a new version of The AsiaN addressed to readers in more than 20 countries whom their mother tongue is Arabic. Today, with more than 2000 articles submitted, attached by 3000 plus photos uploaded, sent from more than 100 contributors, of…

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  • East Asia

    Hundreds of research papers submitted for Indonesian Students Conference

    Hundreds of research papers by Indonesian students from various countries have been registered for paper competition in the Indonesian Student Conference in Korea or CISAK 2013, which the registration ended last 28 April. Indonesian Students Association in Korea (PERPIKA) has organized this annual event since 2008. The high number of…

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  • South Asia

    Government disappoint Nepalese by recommending Karki for CIAA chief

    Kathmandu – Recommendation of the Constitutional Council to appoint former chief secretary of Nepal Governmnet to the post of the chief of the anti-graft body has drawn flak from the civil society leaders, student organizations, lawyers and journalists. The Constitutional Council led by chairman of the Interim Election Council (Prime…

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  • East Asia

    Grading America’s ‘Pivot to Asia’

    Editor’s note: The ‘Pivot to Asia’ has been understood as one of the Obama Administration’s central foreign policy initiatives. Simply put, the pivot is meant to be a strategic ‘rebalancing’ of U.S. interests from Europe and the Middle East toward East Asia. But there are still lots of controversy over…

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  • East Asia

    How long will N. Korea’s regime last?

    Three problems of young leader How stable is the North Korean government? Is it going to continue indefinitely? And if it does not, what is its life expectancy? The present author encounters those questions nearly every day. The only honest answer to such questions is that we do not know.…

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  • Building future bridge of global peace

    The great monk and poet Cho Oh-hyun’s poetry published in Egypt This week I got a message from Cairo, sent by the editor of “Shi’r” magazine, telling me that my translated volume of poetry; entitled Far-Off Saint written by the great monk and poet Mr. Cho Oh-hyun, has been published…

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  • East Asia

    RCEP vs. TPP: Choice between China and America?

    Editor’s note: A trade talk for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) is scheduled to open from May 9 to 13 in Brunei. The RCEP covers more than half of the world’s population involving 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to become a platform for the integration of trade…

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  • South Asia

    NGOs hide identity for fear of militants in restive Balochistan Province

    Quetta, Balochistan – A grave situation prevails in restive Balochistan province of Pakistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, where the civil society organizations have removed boards and name plates from their office buildings, their staff and officials do not carry identity cards or any other document while travelling, for the fear…

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  • North Korea is ruthless and desperate, but not crazy

    Editor’s note: Following commentary is written by Denny Roy who is Senior Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, specializing in Northeast Asia security issues. North Korea seems to be crazy, threatening to use recently acquired nuclear weapons against South Korea and the USA. But the Democratic People’s Republic…

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