Japan-South Korea Ties Take Turn for Worse

Japan and South Korea are at odds again – with potentially dangerous implications for multilateral overtures to North Korea
Kakumi Kobayashi
March 23, 2005

Social Change in Qatar, One Degree at a Time

Foreign universities establish local presence in educational overhaul
Otto Pohl
March 24, 2005

Fraying of a Latin Textile Industry

Central America's garment business is wilting under recent global trade deregulation
Ginger Thompson
March 28, 2005

Pan-Asian Biotech Federation Formed

Asian countries look to pool their biotech resources in new transnational organization
February 23, 2005

Confucius Says: It's Time to Learn Mandarin

China is beginning a very different cultural revolution with the launch of language centers around the world
Hamish McDonald
March 7, 2005