• 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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  • Illegally adopted baby to return home from US

    A seven-month old Korean-born baby illegally adopted by an American couple and currently at the center of a legal dispute is likely to return home. The Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois, which initially granted the couple the right to take care of the child in November, nullified its…

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  • South Asia

    Senior Officials Of BRICS Countries Meet To Discuss Security Issues In New Delhi

    Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo (3rd L) meets with Dr.S Cwele, Minister of State Security of South Africa, in New Delhi,India,Jan 10, 2013. Senior officials of the BRICS countries met in New Delhi Thursday for the Third Meeting of BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues. (L-R) Brazil National Security Advisor,…

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  • East Asia

    Liu Yunshan Talks With Head Of Portuguese Socialist Party In Beijing

    Liu Yunshan (R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with Maria de Belem Roseira, president of the Socialist Party of Portugal, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2013. Liu Yunshan (2nd R), a member…

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  • East Asia

    Googling sedition in N. Korea

    The visit of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to North Korea this week raises intriguing questions about internet usage there to which we may not get real answers for a long time. Belatedly, North Korea has had to open access to the Internet to highly select elite that includes students at…

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  • East Asia

    NK tech capabilities put on spotlight

    A trip to North Korea by Google’s Eric Schmidt this week has sparked speculation over whether the Kim Jong-un regime is politically inclined to increase internet access for his people. Additionally, there are questions over whether the impoverished state is technologically capable of the move. Watchers say the North may…

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  • East Asia

    ‘Be with US on China’

    This is the fourth in a series of letters by experts to President-elect Park Geun-hye. — ED. Dear Madam President-elect, Your dramatic election as the first female head of state in Northeast Asia is epochal, but it also is emblematic of a larger process of Korea’s globalization, evolution, and increasing…

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  • East Asia

    Li Keqiang With French Minister Of Economy And Finance In Beijing

    Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with French Minister of Economy and Finance Pierre Moscovici in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 8, 2013. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei>

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  • East Asia

    U.S. Delegation Including Google Chairman Visits Kim Il-sung University In Pyongyang

    Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (R) and Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (C) watch a student using the online library service in a reading room at the Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Jan. 8, 2012. A U.S. delegation including Richardson and…

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  • East Asia

    Tom cruise to become honorary Busan citizen

    Hollywood star Tom Cruise is becoming an honorary citizen of Busan, city officials said Tuesday. The actor, who will be in the southern port city this week to promote action movie “Jack Reacher,” will be awarded a certificate of honorary citizenship by Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik at the Busan Cinema…

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