China bans South Korea pig imports on swine fever fears

CHINA has banned pig imports from South Korea after Seoul became the latest to report an outbreak of the African swine fever that has destroyed hog...

Children in Australia, Pacific launch global climate strike

CHILDREN in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate strike Friday -- heeding the rallying cry of teen...

(BRANJE) Bajke in resničnost mariborskega urbanizma: Koroška, Cafova, Strossmayerjev most ...

Naslov je sposojen in parafraziran iz knjige Urbanizem - bajke in resničnost, pokojnega svetovno uveljavljenega urbanista Vladimirja Mušiča,...

Israel Election Results: A National Unity Government Is the Least Worst Outcome

Among Israelis who care about the country’s liberal democracy and disgusted by tawdriness in high places, the results of this week’s elections...

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Election Day Proved Israelis Want Public Transportation on Shabbat

Tuesday was an official holiday in Israel, yet shopping malls and places of entertainment venues were open and, most important, trains and buses,...

Election Was Filthy. Now Clean Up

This election campaign has left anyone with a basic sense of decency feeling deeply nauseous. Campaigns have become increasingly extreme over time...

Booming tourist paradise Peleliu still bears scars of Pacific War

After losing a series of battles on the islands in the South Pacific, the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 faced a full-scale attack by the U.S....

Moment for decision

Central bank should not miss right timing to cut interest rate The United States has lowered its key interest rate for the second time this year....

Paternity issues also strain Japan-U.S. alliance

KOBE – For the past four years, I have served as a pro bono adviser to a women’s rights organization based in Okinawa Prefecture, where I lived...

Can the SDF age gracefully?

WASHINGTON – The security environment around Japan has become increasingly tense with North Korea’s continued development of nuclear weapons...

Argentina, Again

The growing scandal of Muslim concentration camps

Internment is a well-tried and deeply mistrusted tool of reactionary governments. It involves large groups of people – often entire communities ...

Here is How China-US Trade War Impacts Iran

In the last week of August, China added crude oil imports from the US to its tariff list for the first time in a retaliatory decision against the...

‘Hollywood’ blends Tarantino’s childhood and the era that revolutionized cinema

Interview. Quentin Tarantino takes us back to the summer of 1969 in Los Angeles County, a coming-of-age moment for himself, for Hollywood and for...

Korea's great diplomats

By Choe Chong-dae "Civilization on Trial," written by Arnold Toynbee, stated that "Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by...

Gantz, Don’t Fold by Joining Netanyahu

On Tuesday evening Benjamin Netanyahu gathered the Likud MKs and announced: “There are two possibilities – a government headed by me, or a...

It Was a Filthy Election. Now Clean Up

This election campaign has left anyone with a basic sense of decency feeling deeply nauseous. Campaigns have become increasingly extreme over time...

Trial of 3 former TEPCO execs showed utility’s denial of risks

In a baffling ruling, the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19 acquitted three former top Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives of criminal liability for...

Is Saudi Arabia’s glitter beginning to fade?

The largest oil exporting country in the Middle East announced last weekend that its Abqaiq petroleum processing facilities and Khurais oil field...

After police complaint, Juventus purges ultras with neo-fascist and mafia ties

Analysis. Among the 12 people targeted, we find well-known leaders of the ultras, some already convicted of murders and ties with organized crime,...

Netanyahu Must Look Israeli Arab Society Straight in the Face, Rather Than Fleeing From It

“Listen Abu Yair, incitement has a price,” Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh began an interview with Israeli media outlets Wednesday. Apart from...

Attacks on Saudi Arabia unlikely to stop Trump’s keenness towards Iran 

Abqaiq petroleum processing facilities and Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia were attacked by a multitude of missiles and rockets last Saturday....

Netanyahu Won the Referendum

There was one major question the voters grappled with: Netanyahu, for or against? Despite three indictments, despite the hell that residents’ lives...

How AI Can Promote Social Good

BOSTON – Artificial intelligence is now increasingly present in corporate and government decision-making. And although AI tools are still largely...

There Is No Alternative to Multilateralism

CANBERRA – Since the creation of the Bretton Woods system 75 years ago, countries have been coming together in pursuit of global public goods,...

Feeding Papua New Guinea: A growing appetite for solutions

This August, Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s 27th Ministerial Forum was held in Port Moresby. As part of this, the governments released a...

Philippines' suicide bombings are no excuse to squeeze civil rights

Duterte should reconsider approach to Islamic extremism and Marawi reconstruction

US must come up with proper China policy to protect global economy

Was Iran really behind the attack on Saudi Aramco facilities?

On 14 September, state-owned Saudi Aramco’s oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in the Eastern Province were the target of a...

Afghanistan’s Road to Peace Still Needs U.S. Leadership

For nearly a year, Washington and the Taliban were engaged in peace talks and had even reached a tentative agreement. In mid-September U.S....

It Was a Filthy. Now Clean Up

This election campaign has left anyone with a basic sense of decency feeling deeply nauseous. Campaigns have become increasingly extreme over time...

Moon's waning popularity

'Cho Kuk factor' presents dilemma for President President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has plunged to its lowest level since his inauguration in...

Should Profane Contracts Be Sanctified?

CAMBRIDGE – Is there such a thing as too much sanctity? After all, even the word sanctimonious indicates an excessive show of devotion. The fervor...

Zabudnime na Beňovského

Máme dôvod sa tým hrdiť, hoci v Afrike sa kraľuje inak ako v Európe. Ešte aj dnes sa tam v niektorých končinách vyskytujú králi...

Archive to revive 1907 Korea

By Kim Ji-myung While I was finalizing my dissertation in November 2017, UNESCO decided to list on the Memory of the World Register the very...

The President and the Contractor

Two names dominate the current political landscape in Egypt: Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the President, and Muhammad Ali, the Contractor. The former runs...

Would IOC let Nazi flags fly in Berlin?

South Korean protesters hold Japanese rising sun flags during a rally to mark the Aug. 15 Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule, in downtown...

Asia-Pacific propelling climate charge at 'One Planet' Summit

By Andrew Hammond French President Emmanuel Macron co-hosts the "One Planet" Summit at the U.N. in New York, Sunday. The landmark event, which will...

Doing our part for inter-Korean understanding

By Richard Pennington Shortly after I moved to Seoul from Daegu in early 2009, I did some tutoring with young North Korean refugees. I wanted to...

Moon's waning popularity

'Cho Kuk factor' presents dilemma for President President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has plunged to its lowest level since his inauguration in...

China, Russia and Iran: Basis of the New Geopolitical Order

In a recent very insightful article, analyst Alistair Crooke argued that the United States was institutionally incapable of making a substantive...