Afghanistan: 'A decent interval'

By Gwynne Dyer There is movement towards peace in Afghanistan ― or at least towards an end to the American military ordeal there, which has lasted...

Critical week for Korea

Tokyo should accept US offer for mediation South Korea's ongoing row with Japan over the latter's trade restrictions in apparent retaliation for a...

Bad deal over extra budget

The political standoff over the government's supplementary budget proposal shows no signs of abating. The 6.7 trillion won ($5.7 billion) proposal...

South Korea foreshadows global slowdown

NEW YORK - In 1960, South Korea had a total fertility rate of more than six children per woman, high enough to cause a population explosion. But as...

Open discussions, not ingratiation

The president-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants a more objective debate about the rule of law in Europe. But that...

Piracy or War?

Article 22 of the Convention On The High Seas of 1958, states: ‘1. Except where acts of interference derive from powers conferred by treaty, a...

South Korea's panicky interest rate cut is a warning for Asia

Pushing Turkey out of NATO is a terrible idea

WASHINGTON - After several years of verbal jousting with the United States, Turkey accepted an initial delivery of a highly advanced Russian air...

Politici zrazu trúbia na pochod

Nechýbal tam ani desaťnásobne hrdý na svoje deti, no stále slobodný Boris Kollár zo Sme rodina a eurosposlanec za kotlebovcov Milan Uhrík. Za...

2020 Games to have legacy of sustainability

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are just one year away. A variety of “one-year-to-go ceremonies” are scheduled on July 24 for the...

Joe Biden wants to make defense of democracies crux of US foreign policy

By Trudy Rubin The most important element of Joe Biden's foreign-policy speech recently lay not in the details (which were thin) but in his embrace...

Alzheimer's advice: Heed it or fuhgeddaboudit?

By Danny Tyree According to NBC News, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has offered a ray of hope for...

Nuclear phase-out (III): Recommendation

By Chang Se-moon In this final article of a three part series reviewing the nuclear phase-out policy in Korea, we review its long-term impact and...

US-Iranian Confrontation in the Persian Gulf. What Lies Ahead?

Tensions which have been escalating since May this year between the US and Iran in the Persian Gulf and Washington’s military intervention have...

Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATO

In recent weeks a dramatic escalation of tension around Turkish oil drilling rig presence in the disputed Exclusive Enterprise Zone surrounding EU...

Georgian Rustavi2 TV Journalist Suffers NED-Inspired Diarrhea of the Mouth

They will never cease to amaze me, the new depths, even as reported by the BBC … the so-called Georgian media can reach when spurring out...

An Ontological Reading of Turkey’s AK Party – Gülen Movement Conflict

Since one of the most bitter rivalries in the history of the republic of Turkey has turned bloody with a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, many...

Rising Temperatures could Increase Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

[Dr. Duncan R Smith] As global temperature rises, the spread of mosquito-transmitted diseases is likely to increase significantly.

‘Clear and Decisive Win’: Why Netanyahu Needs a War on Gaza More Than Ever Before 

Media reports of an impending Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip are now a regular occurrence. The frequency of these reports fluctuates based...

What type of fascism is driving the far right today?

If anyone needed further proof that fascism is still alive and well in Italy, the footage of Carola Rackete, the 31-year-old captain of the...

New world order

By Adam Borowski It's likely that every idea was discussed at some point in the past. It's virtually impossible to come up with an original idea....

Nuclear power phase-out (III): Recommendation

By Chang Se-moon In this final article of a three part series reviewing the nuclear phase-out policy in Korea, we review its long-term impact and...

A feud for the ages

The feud between the governments of Korea and Japan is largely seen through the prism of history. While politicians are looking back at what they...

The World is Dedollarizing

What if tomorrow nobody but the Unites States would use the US-dollar? Every country, or society would use their own currency for internal and...

Cyprus Rape Case: Israel's Boys Struck at Dawn

Iran and Saudi Arabia's Proxy Wars Have a New Battlefield: Indian-controlled Kashmir

Tehran is targeting the hearts and minds of Indian-controlled Kashmir's 1.4 million Shia Muslims. Once limited to India and Pakistan, the Kashmir...

Can the Israel-Palestine Campus War Become a Conversation?

The UK student 'debate' spurred by feuding pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups is noisy, intimidating and intellectually crude: That's why I...

Time for Palestinian Culture to Go Beyond Nationalism

This year's Palestine International Festival showed Palestinian art, which generally avoids emotions, dark desires and controversial identities,...

Is a new U.S.-led war looming with Iran?

The United States is deploying troops in Saudi Arabia as tensions soar with its arch-rival Iran raising concerns over navigation in the Gulf's...

Gaza revived: how an Irishman is giving hope to Palestinian amputees

Gaza. The very name evokes images of Israeli bombardment, crumbling infrastructure, keffiyeh-clad protestors standing defiantly with Palestinian...

Is Labor's New Partner a Bridge or a Barrier for Israel's Left?

The decision by Amir Peretz’s Labor Party and Orli Levi-Abekasis’ Gesher to run jointly in the upcoming election should be judged only by the...

The moon now has hundreds of artifacts. Should they be protected?

Three rovers, six U.S. flags, dozens of probes that either landed successfully or crashed, tools, cameras and trash: the moon is dotted with...

Conversion Therapy for Whom?

Akutagawa Prize winner makes even horror stories endearing

Natsuko Imamura was a part-time worker when her supervisor told her one day, “You don’t have to come in tomorrow.” She felt deeply despondent on...

Abe to blame for lack of Diet debate on Constitution

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to frame the July 21 Upper House election as a choice between a party willing to engage in debate on the...

America’s abandonment of Palestine is a challenge to South Africa

Is South Africa among those countries which are standing aside as the world is confronted with illegal moves by the Trump administration to...

Improving perceptions of North Korean immigrants necessary for unification

North Korean women cross a road in Pyongyang, Oct. 27, 2018. AP By Timothy S. Rich Since the historic meeting between President Moon Jae-In and Kim...

The solution to Israel’s siege on Gaza is decolonisation

Unemployment in the Gaza Strip now stands at more than 50 per cent. Enforced joblessness is “as high as 69 per cent in the under-26 age...

What can Plato tell us about the crisis of modern democracy?

By Peter Y. Paik Plato, as the founder of Western philosophy, must be regarded as one of the most influential humans to have lived. But while his...

[INTERVIEW] Globalization: Chinese universities develop strong policies

By Hwang Jae-ho Jiang Feng speaks during an interview at the Shanghai International Studies University in Shanghai, China, May 18. Korea has become...

Between life and death: for Miriama Kamara and other refugees, the doors are closed

Reportage. The once welcoming doors to Europe are closing, but the number of refugees streaming across the Tunisian border from Libya are...

Italian government in crisis as Salvini says Di Maio ‘lost my trust’

Reportage. The aftershocks of the Italian Russiagate scandal and the Five Stars’ support for pro-EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are...

Jaz pa ti pa židana Evropa

V bližini majhnega pravoslavnega pokopališča v osrednji Bosni, na katerem sta pokopana moja stara starša, je pred dvajsetimi leti vzniknil...