Are the Houthi rebels capable of launching the Saudi strikes?

LONDON – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday’s strike on two...

How Israel Will Thwart Any Rapprochement Between Trump and Iran

As the opening of the United Nations General Assembly approaches this week, there's speculation about a grand summit featuring the presidents of...

Science bears out theory on moon cycle, plant growth link

At a research lab I recently visited, heads of lettuce were flourishing in a culture chamber. A record of the exact times the lights were turned on...

Empty hair salons can’t be saved by BOJ

NEW YORK – The pachinko parlor is abandoned and there isn’t much Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda can do about it. The gambling hall near the...

A silver lining in the North Korea nuclear impasse?

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Pyongyang’s series of short-range ballistic missiles firings of late is part of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s...

Saudi Arabia drone attacks and trilateral coordination

Things often change overnight and what used to be right becomes wrong. Until last week, oil producers feared cheap oil. Now, world crude oil prices...

Back to Little England?

MILAN – Future historians may come to describe Brexit as the defining moment of a nationalist wave that swept away the postwar liberal...

Could Ultra-Low Interest Rates Be Contractionary?

CHICAGO – The real (inflation-adjusted) yield on ten-year US treasuries is currently zero, and has been extremely low for most of the past eight...

With Boris Johnson steering Brexit towards destination disaster capitalism, Scottish indy is now a lifeboat

I write here as a Scot who was opposed to independence in 2014. Holding this position, I wrote articles, campaigned, and took part in debates...

Moon's biggest mission in New York

By Choi Sung-jin President Moon Jae-in will leave for New York City, Sunday, to attend the U.N. General Assembly and hold talks with his U.S....

Beijing-Seoul ties after Xi's Pyongyang visit

By Lee Seong-hyon There are some qualitative differences in the way China treats South Korea since Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang....

Did Saudi push Yemen’s Zaydi community into Iran’s hands? 

It has been argued that the Zaydi sect of Shia Islam is closer to mainstream Sunni Islam than it is to the Twelver Shias who form the majority in...

Africa is multilateralism's secret champion

By Ottilia Anna Maunganidze PRETORIA ― African countries' commitment to multilateralism has often gone unnoticed. But, at a time when the world...

A Vote for the Nation’s Soul

The focal point of this election is not an economic or diplomatic dispute, as is usual in properly run countries, nor is it about giving immunity to...

Why Bibi Is the Right Choice This Time, Too

Politics in Israel is like Hollywood: Just as every new movie is a sequel to the previous one and a prequel to the next one, this election (an...

Chinese official to visit US to prepare for trade talks

A Chinese vice finance minister will visit the United States on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for trade talks next month, state media said. The...

Hateful media comments about S. Korea do more harm than good

The Japanese news media are awash with comments about this country’s relationship with South Korea. Even though the proliferation of arguments on...

What Donald Trump needs to hear from Australia’s Morrison

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s state visit to Washington later this week is a rare honour — the first for an Australian leader since...

Israel Election: Inside Views on Netanyahu’s Desperate, Illiberal and Annexationist Attempt to Hold on to Power

Israel has never held two national elections in one year, and voters face a stark choice: backing Netanyahu’s unprecedented assault on...

Who is a 'Muslim American?'

I recently read two very informed and informative pieces on Al Jazeera on the situation of "Muslim Americans." One was very critical and the other,...

To protect Israel’s colonial project, Palestinians are treated like a humanitarian project

The latest report on Palestine by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) displays the increasing deterioration of the...

Attack on Saudi oil facilities

Seoul should make effort to avoid potential supply disruption Saudi Arabia, the largest supplier of crude oil to Korea, shut down about half of oil...

Dialogue is good thing

North Korea, US should take step-by-step approach Expectations are high that North Korea and the United States will finally resume their...

U.S. president cornered by the latest Middle East crisis

NEW YORK – A small squadron of drones — and possibly cruise missiles — penetrated Saudi Arabia’s air defenses on Saturday, laying waste to...

Changing Seoul-Beijing ties

By Lee Seong-hyon There are some qualitative differences in the way China treats South Korea since Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang....

Kashmir will be paradise on earth again

By Vishnu Prakash "If there is a paradise on earth; It is this, it is this, it is this" ― Amir Khusrau, an iconic Indian mystical musician, poet...

Manufacturers will listen if California demands sustainable packaging

Will California show the nation how to take on the enormous problem of single-use plastic? Or will state lawmakers chicken out under heavy lobbying...

'Jeong Ha-sang'

By Kim Ae-ran Recently on Sept. 3 to 11, the Seoul Catholic Theater Association performed "Jeong Ha-Sang" at the Consolation Hall at the Seosomun...

Time to Replace Netanyahu

Today’s election for the 22nd Knesset gives Israelis another opportunity to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime, which is beset by...

A Vote to Buy Time

Whatever the results of today’s election, they won’t stop the Israeli colonial project, which is speeding ahead like an express train, in broad...

The Day After Netanyahu

It’s 11:00 P.M. and Netanyahu has no coalition. Not for lack of trying. He promised Pnina Tamano-Shata to see to the aliyah of the rest of the...

Trump's tariffs revive damaging prewar world of trade barriers

600,000 Rohingya still in Burma at ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN

ROHINGYA Muslims remaining in Burma still face a "serious risk of genocide", UN investigators said Monday, warning the repatriation of a million...

Indonesia’s pre-social media laws are no match for animal traffickers

Indonesia is one of the world’s most biodiverse nations. It is thought that as many as 300,000 species, or almost one in five of the world’s...