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Korea’s 3 key challenges
Citigroup recently predicted that South Korea would have the fourth highest GDP per capita in the world by 2050 based on purchasing power parity calculations. Korea with an estimated GDP per capita of $107,752 would be among an Asian gang of four that would top the global league along with…
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Smartphone blues
Users top 30 mil. but side effects must be controlled The number of smartphone users in Korea, one of the world’s most wired nations, has surpassed 30 million. This feat has been achieved in just over two years and nine months since KT, one of the nation’s three mobile phone…
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US-China rivalry over Africa
Africa has become a major theater in the global rivalry between China and the United States. This was evident during Hillary Clinton’s visit to the continent, during which she spread the message of democracy and warned Africans against unnamed “outsiders” coming to “extract the wealth of Africa for themselves, leaving…
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Sri Lanka, though being poor, is beautiful country
History Sri Lanka first lost its independence to the Portuguese in 1505 and then to the Dutch in 1656, and finally to the British in 1795 and was under British rule till 1956(Baxter, Malix, Kennedy, &Oberst, 1987).English was the primary language (Wanasundera, 1996). After that, the Sri Lankan Constitution stated…
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Journalism’s old order is passing
WASHINGTON ― It has been a tough couple of years for journalism, particularly for us old guys. Aside from the continuing travails of the nation’s newspapers, the “business,” as we liked to call it, has lost some of its leading lights, and the struggle for the people’s right to know…
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Marking 20 years of ties
Seoul, Beijing need to raise mutual understanding South Korea and China will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their diplomatic ties Friday. During this period, the bilateral relationship made epoch-making strides, especially in the field of socioeconomics. The neighboring countries witnessed their bilateral trade surge from a meager $6.4 billion in…
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First woman candidate
To change nation, Park must first change herself By sweeping the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential primary Monday, Park Geun-hye set two records. She became the first female presidential candidate in Korea, and for the first time ever turned the race into a battle between the sexes. If Park wins the…
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Pyongyang blowback
In 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attack, a term used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency entered common currency. Throughout the 1980s, the Mujahideen, that loose conglomeration of Afghan tribal forces and international Muslim groups fighting against Soviet forces occupying Afghanistan, were supplied and supported by the CIA. Following the…
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Japan and neighbors
Tokyo must know reasons for diplomatic isolation Japan is suffering both internally and externally, with an unending economic slump at home and diplomatic conflicts with its neighbors abroad. Tokyo has brought most ― almost all ― of these troubles upon itself. That means the country should seek solutions not outside…
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Compete or Co-operate? India, China and the ‘Asian Century’
*Author, Dr. Rupakjyoti Borah is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK in 2009. The views expressed in this article are personal. He can…
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