How Fear and Conspiracy Theories Fuel South Korea’s Political Crisis
Right-wing YouTube​rs helped President Yoon Suk Yeol​ win his election. They are now his allies in the wake of his botched ...
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Is Japan’s Sudden Pivot to China Naïve?
During his first official visit to China on December 25-26, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi made an unexpected ...
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Carrier USS Carl Vinson Back in the South China Sea, French Carrier in Indian Ocean
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is back in the South China Sea following a port visit to Port Klang, Malaysia. Meanwhile ...
Toyota’s Shanghai EV plant plan shows esteem in Chinese market
Japanese carmaker Toyota's recent plan to build its first wholly-owned electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant in Shanghai has attracted broad attention. US electric car producer Tesla's Megapack ...
China Must Heed Lessons of Japan’s Lost Decades
With China facing a deflationary spiral and uncertain economic prospects, lower interest rates alone wouldn’t be enough to ...
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Labels and language stoke Britain's 'small boats' debate, obscuring reality
The Conservative Party's "Stop the Boats" slogan has been ditched in favor of Labour's "Smash the Gangs "approach, with a ...
The Dangers of China’s Planned Megadam
The Great Bend hydroelectric project would harm the environment in South Asia and hinder Chinese human development.
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Japan, US discuss feasibility of co-producing AIM-120 missiles
Tokyo and Washington are working to launch a study to assess the feasibility of co-producing AIM-120 advanced medium-range ...
The new Great Wall: China’s $70 billion, 2,700-mile water transfer mega-project
Potentially the world's largest infrastructure project, China’s South-North Water Transfer project spans 2,700 miles and costs $70 billion.
Russia trained officers for attacks on Japan and South Korea
Russia and Japan have never signed an official peace treaty to end the second world war because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands. The Soviet army seized the Kurils at the end of the war in 1945 and ...
Zoho Founder Questions 70-Hour Work Week: Should Societies Die For Development?
The controversy surrounding the 70-hour workweek, which was first triggered by Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, was ...
Lessons from the elections held in 70 countries in 2024
Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections in 2024, and voters’ message was often: “You’re ...