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East Asia
Pervasion of mobile phone in NK will eventually change it to a new country
In recent weeks, North Korea has frequently been in the headlines. Of course, the successful launch of a satellite attracted much attention. The large-scale purges of the military, the pregnancy of Kim Jong-un’s wife, Kim Jong-un’s New Year address and other news were widely discussed in the international media. However,…
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Sad truth about N. Korean missiles
The political dust, which was created by North Korea’s successful rocket launch is beginning to settle. Predictably, there has been the usual amount of tough talk from Seoul, Washington and Tokyo as well as the somewhat half-hearted and muted condemnation from Moscow and Beijing. The North Korean government is celebrating…
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Stability of NE Asia
Seoul can be key regional player with skill, resolve No three neighboring countries in the world might have greater potential for economic prosperity than Korea, China and Japan. Together, they account for nearly one fifth of global GDP and trade, closely following North America and the EU. That was at…
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East Asia
Seoul’s New City Hall
An old couple stood in the plaza gazing at Seoul’s newly built City Hall. “Look at that undulating glass structure that looms over from behind the old stone City Hall building. It’s ugly,” the old man whispered to his wife. “It looks more like my baby granddaughter’s winter boot upside…
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East Asia
America’s adoption reality
In 2010, 98 children were sent from Korea to Canada for adoption, making Korea the seventh-largest supplier of children to Canada. China was the largest supplier, with 472 children sent, followed by Haiti with 172. And can you guess who the third-largest supplier was? It was the United States, which…
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UAE under pressure to reform its policies for migrant workers
On Visit, Press for Migrant Worker Rights During Louvre Branch Construction PARIS – Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, UAE authorities have demonstrated their intent to silence critics and anyone pressing for political reforms, Human Rights Watch said. In addition, migrant workers constructing a high-profile project that will include…
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South Asia
Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India
“The Poetic Discourse of the fictional narration in Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s Novels” is the title approved by University of Calicut for Mrs. Sabeena K. to study to works of the Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The topic was approved in April 26th. 2012, under the supervising of Dr. Moideenkutty A.B.…
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South Asia
Nepali journalists stand up against gov’t for not punishing Maoists who killed a journalist
KATHMANDU, Jan 13 – Journalists in Nepal have taken to street against Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai for his attempt to halt the investigation into an eight-year-old murder incident and dismiss the case. Led by the Federation of the Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of the journalists, they have been…
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West Asia
Zina, a young cartoonist, depicts her comics with a “revolutionary” sense
Born in Cairo of Greek-Lebanese parents, taught in Canada, and arrived back to Lebanon, the country of her parents, those aspects made the cosmopolitan profile of the young artist Ms. Pert Zina Mufarrij, the artist who makes Zina Comics, to express herself, and her love, which is not a blind…
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East Asia
Will the US Pivot Trigger a New Regional Arms Race?
*Author, Richard A. Bitzinger is Senior Fellow with the Military Transformations Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Formerly with the RAND Corp. and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, he has been writing on Asian defense and military issues for more…
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