Hypocritical behavior

Listen carefully to people's growing discontent President Moon Jae-in urgently needs to reshuffle the lineup of his aides after his chief of staff...

Fate of Asiana Airlines

All parties should strive to finalize takeover deal The envisioned acquisition of ailing Asiana Airlines by Hyundai Development Company (HDC) faces...

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Maskless crusader

By Jason Lim As cool as he was, there was always something a little off about Batman: a billionaire playboy acting the righteous vigilante while...

The Other Global Power Shift

By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE ― Since 2017, America's National Security Strategy has focused on great power competition, and today much of Washington...

Beijing hackers target Vatican

By John J. Metzler The story comes right out of a Dan Brown mystery thriller in which Vatican secrets are targeted by state-sponsored computer...

K-apple spreads seeds

By Nam Sang-so There is a beautiful road named Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) along the west bank of the Hudson River. The southern terminus of...

How stores can improve their mask-up game

By Lilly Kofler Whether you wear a mask depends on many factors, such as your level of education, gender, partisanship, or - and I admit, this is a...

Why nuclear weapons will always be with us

With the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago, a new form of horror came into the world. There is only one sure way...

Southeast Asia's year of living dangerously

Governments will pay price of delaying tough reforms when the going was good

Koniec dobrého anjela

Politická stratégia Andreja Kisku bola spočiatku dobrá. Ako tatranský finančný magnát si založil charitatívnu organizáciu Dobrý anjel....

Asian Security amid China’s Dominance

The American century is coming to its end and China is ready to dominate the Asian Hemisphere. Yet, China’s labelling as a threat to world peace...

Pakistan Must Engage With Israel to Save Pakistani Lives

What has Pakistan achieved from its perpetual boycott of Israel? What has it achieved for the Palestinians? Doesn’t logic demand a reassessment,...

A white majority for Trump and a Black VP for Biden

According to the latest polls, US President Donald Trump continues to command the support of the majority of white and male voters in America....

Chinese manufacturing’s coronavirus crisis gives Singapore an opportunity

Covid-19 made the world realise what many had long suspected. That countries around the globe had become dangerously overreliant on China as a...

The future of the US-South Korea and US-Japan alliances

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a Northeast Asia...

Beirut explosions create a dilemma for the world

New York – More than a hundred dead, thousands injured and hundreds of thousands rendered homeless: The human toll of the massive explosions in...

Diversity means accepting and tolerating differences

Despite recent signs of what may be second wave outbreaks, Japan has been deemed to be among the countries that have controlled the COVID-19...

Five Lessons From the Gaza Disengagement That Israel Still Hasn't Learned, 15 Years On

The first step toward peace should be an sraeli-Palestinian separation

‘Coronaphobia’ is far more deadly than the coronavirus

Canberra – The guidance from the World Health Organization on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) was published last October based on “the...

Sino-Iran Deal and the Future of Gulf Geo-Politics

Whereas the recently announced Sino-Iran deal cuts at the US policies vis-à-vis both China and Iran, China’s multi-billion dollar is quite likely...

Israel’s Budget Pit Is a Disgrace for a Developed Country

Why Do HIV Vaccine Trials Keep Failing?

DURBAN – Yet another seemingly promising HIV vaccine has failed in clinical trials. According to Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute...