South Korea as peaceful actor

By Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu Korean institutions organize significant programs for foreigners who are engaged in peace and conflict issues. One of...

Israel: A Democratic State?

The issue of the democratic character of Israel is not only challenging from an academic perspective but also of high political relevance. During...

Inaction on China and India's crimes emboldens Myanmar

On August 25, Rohingya refugees and survivors in refugee camps, as well as their diasporic communities, commemorate the second Rohingya Genocide...

Japan continues to help Myanmar whitewash the Rohingya crisis

Braving the sweltering summer heat, more than 100 businesspeople gathered in central Tokyo on Aug. 6 to get the latest update on Myanmar’s...

If India Rethinks Nuclear No First Use, It Won’t Surprise Pakistan or China

Islamabad and Beijing have long doubted India's stated nuclear no first use policy.

Anyone but Cowardly, Warmongering Kahol Lavan

Vote left, vote right, just don’t vote nothing. The nothing of Kahol Lavan isn’t merely nothing, it’s an actively destructive nothing. It...

Under Trump, US arms sales to Taiwan could be the new normal

The Trump administration’s green light for the sale of 66 fighter jets to Taiwan will not make much operational military impact. But it delivers...

Dermer or Friedman – Does It Even Matter?

Donald Trump’s remark that Jews who vote Democratic are either ignorant or disloyal was interpreted as an accusation of “dual loyalty.” That is,...

Minimize economic fallout

Contingency plan needed to avoid any crisis The escalating Seoul-Tokyo standoff over historical and trade issues is expected to cast a darker cloud...

Widening income gap

Time to change policy to realize inclusive growth Income inequality among South Koreans has widened to its worst level in 16 years. This shows that...

Urgent appeal to save nuclear agreements

HIROSHIMA – The Hiroshima Round Table held its seventh annual meeting last Wednesday and Thursday. For the first time, in recognition of the...

Federal government should not bring back executions

The Trump administration's decision to start executing federal death row prisoners after a 16-year lull is a bad idea that reeks of politics rather...

Foreign aid is a hindrance to Rohingya repatriation

Local and international NGOs have been working hard to provide relief to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. But their efforts are proving to be...

Federal government should not bring back executions

The Trump administration's decision to start executing federal death row prisoners after a 16-year lull is a bad idea that reeks of politics rather...

Greenland gimmick?

By John J. Metzler NEW YORK ― It's the summer silly season in the media; see what purports to be serious news from the eternal campaigning for...

Is end of GSOMIA a calculated move of Korea?

By Sandip Kumar Mishra South Korea decided to terminate its General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan last Thursday....

Heteronomy: Tyranny of a Construct?

By the time this article is published, it will have been 45 years since the publication of Elizabeth A.R. Brown’s ‘The Tyranny of a Construct:...

Kedy to buchne?

Na summite G7 vo francúzskom Biarritzi k tomu mali už veľmi blízko. V nedeľu ráno prezident Spojených štátov deklaroval, že ľutuje...

A Bereaved Mom’s View of HBO's Israeli Drama ‘Our Boys’

What happens when we recognize and acknowledge that the pain of the “other” is the same as ours, when we admit that our tears are all the same...

Democrats need a China strategy to replace Trump's aggressive policy

South Korea and Japan must cooperate more, not less, on North Korea

The Liberal Order Began by Embracing Russia, Now They Want Revenge

A former adviser to Russia’s government, Angus Roxburgh became famous for covering the fall of communism in eastern Europe. At a point, the former...

Taljenje obrazov

Ob glavni železniški postaji v Singapurju, kjer po navadi izstopim na poti iz službe domov, je večja trgovina z živili. Kadar mi žena sporoči,...

On the Events in Hong Kong: the Show Must Go On?

Recently, the NEO has been looking at the situation in and around Hong Kong from different angles. It is hard to disagree with the viewpoint that...

More on eunuchs

By Mark Peterson A few weeks ago I wrote of my visit in 1977 to the last living eunuch in Korea and I wrote of his jokbo (genealogical book) and...

Zadoščenje

Torej, komentarji so primer sovražnega govora, kar jaz sicer že dlje časa trdim in dokazujem. Zabavno bi bilo, če so me Facebooku prijavili prav...

S. Korea erred big-time in decision to scrap intelligence pact

South Korea’s shock decision to scrap a vital intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan represents a drastic and dangerous deviation from the...

US and EU are Seeking to Tear Armenia Away from Russia

For centuries, the Caucasus, which was part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, has been an arena of interaction and struggle between...

Allowing Gender Segregation

In the wake of the storm around the separation of men and women at a concert in Afula, on Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit issued...

No troops, no concessions, no end in sight for Hong Kong unrest

There has been an almost audible sigh of relief in and outside Hong Kong sincelast Sunday’s peaceful anti-government protest, when hundreds of...

Trump must choose between economy and trade war

The White House is becoming increasingly volatile and erratic in its pronouncements about the economy and trade as the internal contradictions...

Betrayal and bickering has no place in our ties with South Korea

During the Edo Period (1603-1867), Confucian scholar Amenomori Hoshu (1668-1755) served as the Tsushima domain's official in charge of hosting...

S čelado na glavi v prihodnost

Obstaja samo ena slika, ki državljanom sporoča, da gre država naprej. Ta slika je zaščitni znak vsakega šefa vlade, vsakega ministra in vseh,...

Roots of Chaos in Hong Kong were Planted in Washington

A significant part of US foreign policy rests on the notion of promoting the ‘politics of chaos’ as this chaos, as I pointed out earlier, plays a...

Israel Must Break Down the Walls of the ultra-Orthodox Ghetto

The Israel Women’s Network’s battle against holding a sex-segregated concert in Afula has caused great harm to ultra-Orthodox feminism while...

Korean old people rock

A sign hanging inside cafe Silver Made. Photo by David Tizzard By David Tizzard I'm sure all of you reading this know a few. Perhaps white of hair,...

“There are no Widows in the Caliphate”

This saying was fairly popular inside Daesh (or ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), a terrorist organization banned in the Russian...

Absurdný svet G sedmičky

Hoci niektorí európski lídri, v prvom rade hostiteľ summitu G7 Emmanuel Macron, sú rozhodnutí venovať sa tomu prvému, ak sa Trump rozhodne...

China’s lame Twitter meddling in Hong Kong

KUALA LUMPUR – Last Monday, Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. disclosed that they had detected and deleted Chinese government-linked social media...

Suddenly West is Failing to Overthrow “Regimes”

It used to be done regularly and it worked: The West identified a country as its enemy, unleashed its professional propaganda against it, then...

Bayern Munich need to reach Robert Lewandowski's level

It was meant to be Philippe Coutinho's big day, but Robert Lewandowski stole the headlines against Schalke. With his hat trick and his leadership,...