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Korea Herald: Why Arabic Is So Popular Among South Korean Students?

December 25, 2017
Students intent on entering the best colleges make strategic choices on every detail, and that was behind Arabic becoming the most popular second-choice foreign language for Korean students taking the Suneung, a college entrance exam. English and a second foreign language are among the test...

Indo-Iranian Ties: Thicker Than Oil

June 14, 2007
Both India and Iran have ambitions to be major powers in Asia. With Iran and the US at odds over Iranian nuclear development and conflict in Iraq, India must balance its ties with both. Even though both Iran and India express concern about unipolarity and US attempts to display power throughout...

Can Asia Step Up to 21st Century Leadership?

December 1, 2011
Global power is shifting, particularly in economic matters. Asia’s emerging powers seek enhanced leadership roles in world affairs, yet those roles may not be warranted until the nations take on more responsibility for regional and global governance and security, argues Amitav Acharya of American...

Everyone Can Help With Contact Tracing

May 13, 2020
Individuals and communities have some control over the spread of Covid-19. “As many communities in Europe, Asia and the Americas take steps to restart economies, public health departments rely on contact tracing to identify and isolate cases and prevent new waves of infections,” reports YaleGlobal...

Islam, Disney Style

November 28, 2002
UK-produced Muhammad (Pbuh) The Last Prophet, a story that traces the life of Mohammad and the birth and rise of Islam, arrives in theaters after overcoming impediments over Islamic law's ban on depicting the Prophet and other notable figures. The cartoon tells the story of Muhammad through...

Rohingya Crisis Diminishes Suu Kyi

August 28, 2018
Nations have taken meaningless gestures on the highly visible Rohingya crisis a year after the Myanmar military burned villages and drove more than 700,000 minority people across the border into Bangladesh and beyond. Myanmar, insisting that the Rohingyas are not citizens, has redistributed their...

Nike Versus Sweatshop Critic: Back to California

June 27, 2003
Nike, the world's largest shoe manufacturer, could become the world's leader in improving labor standards across the globe. If US courts decide that it must, that is. The US Supreme court decided on June 26 to allow a California state court to proceed with a trial in which US-based Nike...

Unwanted Immigrants: America’s Deportation Dilemma

July 27, 2010
Increased labor mobility has accompanied global population growth and ease of travel. The world has roughly 50 million illegal migrants, about one quarter of which live in the US. Nations widely oppose illegal immigration, but identifying, catching and then deporting violators present a huge...
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