Impoverished North Korea splurged $4bil on luxury goods, says lawmaker

SINCE taking power in 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has spent a whopping US$4 billion on luxury imports from China, a South Korean...

Trump space force - a real need but hazy planning

With his demand that the Pentagon create a new military service — a Space Force to assure "American dominance in space" — President Donald Trump...

Farewell ‘Dr. Jellyfish,’ who cracked secret of creature’s glow

Decades ago, Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who died on Oct. 19 at age 90, made daily visits to a small island off...

Pogovorimo  se o  orožju

Tako  smo v slovenskem parlamentu  nedavno videli   odločnega prvega moža Nata, Jensa Stoltenberga, ki  nas je  prišel  okarat zaradi...

Tough-minded strategy the way to rebuild ties with China

Japan and China normalized their diplomatic relations in 1972 after a long period of conflict and upheavals due to World War II and China’s...

Australia strikes Burmese generals with sanctions over Rohingya crisis

AUSTRALIA has imposed sanctions and travel bans on five Burmese (Myanmar) generals said to be responsible for atrocities committed during the...

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Why Shinzo Abe’s Beijing visit is a big deal for both Japan and China

Notwithstanding their consolidated political positions, Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe have been unable to return Sino-Japanese relations back to the...

America’s Midterm Mess

When Americans vote on November 6, Donald Trump will not be on the ballot, but the future of his presidency will be. Veteran Washington journalist...

What Indonesia, Malaysia had to say about the Khashoggi plot

MALAYSIA and Indonesia have openly denounced the high-profile killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a rare move that threatens to...

China: Is the world’s longest bridge a very expensive political statement?

CHINA is set to unveil its latest spectacular jewel in its engineering crown with the opening of the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge on...

How the US-China trade war could doom the entire planet

The escalating trade feud between the United States and China is increasingly viewed as the opening campaign of a new cold war. But this clash of...

India's #MeToo moment

Time for Japan to shine in diversity

WASHINGTON – Japan and the United States have polar opposite views when it comes to citizenship. But as xenophobia becomes an increasingly...

Malaysia seeks a new dawn in China ties

Is Beijing squeezing the life out of Hong Kong?

Hong Kong is exceptional, of course. It is an object of desire worldwide – a known global gem, a gold-medal metropolis. It attracts not just...

Some leave to stay

“Some leave to stay” was a tweet posted by the betrayed journalist Jamal Khashoggi on his Twitter account, where he also posted his saying, “Say...

Odsúdení na kompromis

No ak chce Slovensko zostať naďalej normálnou demokratickou krajinou, tak je v záujme všetkých politikov, aby sme mali funkčný Ústavný...

The end of America’s China fantasy

WASHINGTON – A long-overdue shift in America’s China policy is underway. After decades of “constructive engagement” — an approach that has...

Can Japan-China relations return to ‘normal’?

The first formal Sino-Japanese summit since 2011 will be held Friday. Over the last seven years, President Xi Jinping has consolidated his position...

Trump’s trolling versus the ‘constitution of knowledge’

WASHINGTON – On the road again, and full of indignation about, or perhaps admiration for, what he called “made-up” and “fabricated”...

U.S. INF treaty pullout plays into Russia’s hands

NEW YORK – It may be the highest-stakes move for Donald Trump in his entire presidency — unilaterally removing the United States from yet...

Detente and denuclearization

By Choi Sung-jin What would be a fair evaluation of President Moon Jae-in's tour of five European countries last week "as the salesman for North...

Open your markets, China, for everyone's sake

Autumn in Korea

By Bernard Rowan These days, I'm thinking of autumn in Korea. These days, I'm wishing I were there. Until then, I've fond memories to share. I've...

How Asia can drive the tech revolution in property

Advanced manufacturing and smart transport are two one-time traditional industries that have been transformed by technological advances, for which...

Understanding Decentralization in Mozambique with a Ziblatt-Mann Framework

This article has been shortlisted for the 2018 Article Award In this article, I examine decentralization reforms in Mozambique since 1994, through...

Is China’s thirst for timber wiping out these natural forests?

Investigation on timber harvesting in the Solomon Islands indicates the activity is decimating natural forests there at around 19 times the rate...

Jordan’s Warning Message

The decision by Jordan’s King Abdullah not to renew Israel’s lease of two parcels of land in southern and northern Israel when it ends in October...