‘It’s a sin’: Cambodia’s brutal and shadowy dog meat trade

CAMBODIAN dog meat traders drown, strangle and stab thousands of canines a day in a shadowy but sprawling business that traumatises workers and...

A Racist Unity Government

Every time Israel faces a military “escalation,” the thin wrapping that barely covers its institutionalized racism is revealed. The primary...

Sri Lanka presidential elections: Tamils need an alternate path

REGARDLESS which of the two frontrunners in Sri Lanka’s forthcoming election becomes president, Tamils’ aspirations for equal rights and...

Yahoo Japan-Line merger will not create domestic Alibaba or Amazon

Business which is centered on home country can never compete with tech giants

Zgodba o Lačnem Franzu: "Mirno morje, dober kavs ti želi tvoj Miki Maus"

Nekoč, v obdobju, ko smo kakšni dve leti zaradi Lidije igrali v vsaki luknji, smo se znašli v Košani pri Pivki. Igrali smo v gasilskem domu, in ko...

Alibaba confirms huge Hong Kong public listing

Chinese technology giant Alibaba confirmed Friday its plans to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, in an initial public listing aiming to raise...

For the Glory of the State of Israel

“A cease-fire without a cessation of terror isn’t deterrence, it’s surrender,” Naftali Bennett said at a cabinet meeting on July 15, 2018 (and...

Under 55? You could save a life by donating your bone marrow

People who have had a bone marrow transplant often think of their age in terms of the number of years that have elapsed since surgery. Kazuhiro...

Undermining activist investors will hurt Japanese companies

NEW YORK – Having gained encouragement and some success during the rule of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, foreign activist investors may be about to...

Green markets for equitable growth

NEW YORK – The climate crisis and the 2008 financial crisis are two sides of the same coin. Both were born of the same toxic feature of the...

Magic of translation

By Kim Ji-myung "Without it being written in English and spread on internet, even a truly attractive or valuable story of Korea would move the...

Qatar and the blockade have a new narrative with the Gulf Cup 

The news that the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are to participate in the Gulf Cup football tournament was a surprise to most people. Ever since...

For Netanyahu, an assassination opens up a political escape hatch

Analysis. As one analyst put it, Netanyahu ‘made sure he’ll have a place in the future government and a protective shield from the possible...

10 years after the Mavi Marmara massacre, ‘The Truth’ seeks justice

Interview. No one has been held accountable for the deaths of 10 activists on a humanitarian voyage to Gaza. 'The image is the most powerful tool...

Abe should come clean on doubts over cherry blossom event

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has yet to offer convincing answers to any of the key questions concerning the controversy over the annual cherry blossom...

N. Korea's ultimatum

Two Koreas share responsibility for stalled Geumgang tours North Korea said Friday it has sent an "ultimatum" to South Korea that it will demolish...

The infallible warrior: Honest reflections on the legacy of Yasser Arafat 15 years after his death 

15 years after the passing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian people continue to reflect on his legacy. Thousands of images of...

Why South Korea is wrong about Fukushima tritium

Eight years ago, Japan faced one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the world, the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. More than...

Germany Can Reduce Its External Surplus

MUNICH – At just below 8% of GDP, Germany’s current-account surplus is the highest of any country in the world. Since the 2008 financial crisis,...

Mind the Learning Gap

KUALA LUMPUR – Despite frequent calls for action to provide universal primary education and eliminate gender disparities, few developing...

Desperate Democrats impeaching Trump to avoid defeat in 2020 – as well as possible jail time

On Wednesday, the sound of millions of TV remote controls clicking in unison echoed across the heartland as the top American diplomat in Ukraine...

Israel is present 6 Arab countries

According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Tel Aviv is currently in contact with half a dozen important Arab and Muslim countries that...

Egypt: The Middle East’s forgotten revolution

The Arab Spring did not start in Egypt, but it was there were it ended. In 2011, Egyptian citizens took to the streets to protest the rule of Hosni...

Revolutions for whom?

Kristen R. Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein PHILADELPHIA ― "No one will be worse off than before, but it will be much better for many," German...

Daylight Saving Time

By Prabhat Mukherjee Most of those living in the Americas adjusted their clocks back from Daylight Saving Time (DST) to their standard time on Nov....

How much violence do we show as a media outlet?

DW is committed to depicting reality, including its atrocious side. But where are our limits? When do we have to show violent images? When do we...

Risk and benefit of Bloomberg running for president

The Democrats have 17 candidates clamoring for their presidential nomination, offering a wide and impressive array of experience and ideas. What...

Regular ASEAN Summits and Prospects for Proposed RCEP Free Trade Agreement

The fate of the ASEAN Plus Six project has become a key issue at the annual ASEAN summits, the latest of which was held in Bangkok in early...

BC: The French 9/11: Reasons and Lessons

BC stands for NEO’s Banned Classic. This article was originally published by our journal on 14.11.15. For some reason, this article is missing...

Abolish the Billionaires?

In the Gulf crisis, sport is an ‘intensive policy’

Political scientists define war as “intensive policy”; this is something that applies to sport in the Arab world. It reveals deep crises, both...

Naša nežná a záhadná

Pri pohľade zvonku sa nežná revolúcia 1989 odohrala v Prahe. Tam bolo sídlo moci, ale aj centrum disentu. Tam pôsobili zahraničné ambasády...

From Legos to Rockets: Technology is Disrupting Western Monopolies

At first glance the Danish toy company Lego doesn’t seem to have much to do with paradigm shifts in technology. Yet a recent incident illustrates...

Israel’s Political Soap Opera Stains Rabin Assassination Memorial

After drifting for weeks in dead end attempts to form a new government, the Israeli political drama sunk to an even lower partisan level. Past...

¿Cómo evitar ser la próxima víctima de las 'fake news'?

El concepto de desinformación no es nuevo. La manipulación de noticias ha sido parte de la historia casi a la par de la existencia de los medios....

Victims of pollution

Damage relief alone cannot address tragedy of cancer-stricken village A tragic environmental disaster at a rural village in North Jeolla Province...

Israel has cracked down on Palestinian education, criminalising hundreds of students 

Khaleel Shaheen is a senior at Birzeit University in Ramallah. When he heard that four close friends and fellow students were arrested by the...

O Čehih in čehih

Češka nas prehiteva, je nedavno vame zakričala časopisna naslovnica in za trenutek sem imel v glavi zemljevidno podobo Češke, ki prižiga...

Samo da se strelja (kozle)

V politiki je pač tako, da je mnogi ne razumejo. Še huje je, ko je ne razumejo tisti, ki jo delajo. Oziroma jo hočejo delati. Tem osebkom...

Legenda o tovarišu Ivanu

Vse je pred petinšestdesetimi leti začel neki ključavničar. Ni tisti, na katerega mislite: temu je bilo ime Ivan.

A call to ethical action in the sports industry

From the dawn of the Olympiad to Tokyo 2020, sports have always captivated and united us as a global society. Where one might otherwise see...

Istanbul’s Chora Museum should belong to history

The practice of Islam is a highly sensitive matter in Turkey. The widespread construction of mosques has shaped our political space and affected...

Vzpon nacionalizma po padcu berlinskega zidu

Padec berlinskega zidu v noči na 9. november 1989 je nenadoma dramatično pospešil zlom komunizma v Evropi. Konec omejitev potovanj iz Vzhodne...

24 Years After Rabin's Assassination, Israel Could Use a Little Polarization

Twenty-four years after Rabin’s assassination, the main legacy associated with the event is that we must avoid polarization and diminish...

GSOMIA and alliance

Stronger ties impossible without mutual respect South Korea's senior security officials and diplomats, including Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha,...

What’s next in the Cardinal George Pell’s case?

Two judges in the High Court of Australia this morning referred Cardinal George Pell’s application for special leave to appeal his convictions to...