Category: Opinion
The Future of “European Isalm”
The recent incident in the city of Toulouse, southern France, raised repeated questions about the impact of the presence of Islam and Muslims not only on France but also on […]
Light the Lamp: Inspiration from Tagore and Han Yong-Un
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly […]
How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea
*Editor’s Note: MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci gave keynote speech at the ASAN Nuclear Forum in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The ‘Asan Nuclear Forum 2013,’ hosted […]
Nepal’s parties agree to form election government led by Chief Justice
Kathmandu – Nepal’s key four political parties, which were divided following the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in May last year, have succeeded to make a significant breakthrough by agreeing […]
The Experiment of Democratic Islamists and Its Hope
Europe in the Middle Ages was still lying in darkness and its priests, armed with their papal and clerical authority, involved in the sale of indulgences claiming the remission of […]
Common Sense Approach to Conflicts in East Asia
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly […]
Park’s candid remarks feared to irritate NK leadership
Soon after North Korea’s third nuclear test, Ms. Park Geun-hye, president-elect of South Korea, met current President Lee Myung-bak. As one should expect, South Korea’s future leader found harsh words […]
What do journalists really do?
LOS ANGELES ― It’s uncertain whether Asia will come to entertain many Western journalists that tried harder to understand their region, their ways and their history than Barry Wain. The […]
Desirable attitude foreign students should have here
Being a guest in Korea During my childhood, whenever I went to my friend’s house, my mother always reminded me to be polite and behave properly at his home while […]
A Culture-Oriented Country Needs to Embrace Larger Identities
Looking at the conflicts – small and big alike – which engulf the world today reveals that they, without exception, are provoked by ideological, sectarian, ethnic and linguistic differences, as […]