Category: Column/Editorial
Pakistan, a nation hostage to criminals
The entire Pakistani nation is virtually hostage to terrorists, kidnappers, killers and other criminals, as the number of crimes including heinous crimes like murders, kidnapping for ransom, highway robberies, bank […]
Understanding S. Korea’s ‘386 generation’ and pro-north activists
As all our readers are surely aware, South Korea is now in the middle of yet another political scandal. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) recently produced evidence that seemingly indicates […]
The missing links of Asian history
Emeritus Professor Kim Byung-Mo of the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Hanyang University in South Korea has been looking for his roots. After a laborious forty years of research, he […]
Kazakh director Zhanabek Zhetiru: Recreating myth in cinema
As Otilija Kerbelyte says, in cinema we find the myths and legends portrayed with fantastic genres, special effects, and mythological creatures such as elves and orcs in the The Lord […]
Nomadic Art: the world’s true identity
In Latin American geography and culture, each and every human being is at once a unit and a multiplicity – identical to him/herself while constantly changing. That is how we […]
‘Hallyu’ wave on Egyptian shores
Guys singing Korean songs in the street, girls tuning in to Korean dramas on TV every day, and people just making plans to go work in Korea, and maybe even […]
Georgia-Central Asia ties to strengthen
Being located on the cross-roads of Eastern and Western civilizations and serving as a bridge between Europe and Asia, Georgia naturally enjoyed trade and cultural exchange with many other nations, […]
Seeking for Egypt’s true future
The 30 June Revolution could be the key gate to understand the future of Egypt. In 2012, Egyptians were ready to support the Muslim Brotherhood man who won the presidential […]
N. Korea’s old tricks no longer work
So, these days North Korea is now in the middle of waging a ‘charm offensive’, which has suddenly superseded their belligerence campaign they conducted in March and April. In recent […]
[Asia Round-up] Is Japan on the road to becoming militaristic again?
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. China plastic surgery fraught with danger [China, China Daily, 13-08-2013] As an increasing number of people […]