Category: Column/Editorial
Japan’s excess liquidity worries neighbors
Editor’s note: Japan ushered in a new era of economic policy with new governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda at the helm, while Asian neighbors looked on warily. […]
N. Korea’s bluffing works again
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING North Korea has scored another brilliant diplomatic success. It has scared the world and created a sense of acute international crisis out of nothing. In the […]
What N. Korea means to America and China
Editor’s note: In the wake of the recent crisis on the Korean Peninsula, shifting politics between U.S. and China has been a center of attention. Following article published on the […]
Taiwan’s middle-income trap
Editor’s note: Taiwan’s economy, built on an export-oriented manufacturing sector, was once a powerhouse of Asia’s emerging economies. But over the past decade or so, growth in personal income has […]
Grandson Kim: Who laughs last?
In the 1940s, the German leader Adolf Hitler was going on building his Greatest Germania; a target that was not accepted by his far enemies or by his competing neighbors. […]
Ending North Korea’s gamesmanship
Editor’s note: The crisis on the Korean peninsula has heightened to the bitter end. Here’s a view from Singapore’s The Strait Times to address the issue. It never is wise […]
Can North Korea learn from Coca-Cola?
*Editor’s note: As North Korea’s ‘bellicose rhetoric’ against the U.S. and S. Korea became a daily ritual, a Beijing-based American columnist Evan Osnos pointed out that the discrepancy between North Korea’s […]
Bassem Youssef: Egypt’s iconic satirist
All around the world, there are many satirical programs, whether it’s political or not, with real or made-up events. But in the Arab world, it differs. Political satirical programs are […]
NK’s effort to block defectors pays off
Where have all the NK refugees gone? In late February, I was travelling in an area which should be frequently visited by any serious North Korean watcher – the parts […]
Chinese Non-action
Despite sanction, China remains staunch NK supporter On the 9th of March, the Chinese foreign minister, Yang Jiechi held a news conference in Beijing. Predictably, one of the questions was […]