The unprecedented number of migrants fleeing Central America’s so-called Northern Triangle – El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – highlights regional challenges: unparalleled levels of organized crime, gang violence, and corruption – problems all fueling and being fueled by lack of economic...
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The job-creating economies of the Northeast Asia Pacific region are the envy of the world. China, Japan and Korea – the world’s second, third and eleventh largest economies, respectively – are significant global economic powers. China, Japan and South Korea are major trade and investment partners,...
Contest or cooperate? Lee Myung-bak, former South Korean president, ratcheted up pressure on Japan by visiting contested Dokdo island (top); Chinese and Japanese patrol waters near contested Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
SEOUL: Since the end of the 20th...
A year after his inauguration, US president Obama has already seen his star sink. Slipping in the opinion polls and with his Democratic party losing its supermajority in the Senate, Obama appears weaker and threatened. What he does next is likely to have a profound effect on the rest of the world....
This time last year most of the world was abuzz with talk of hope and change following Barack Obama’s historic inauguration. Just 12 months on, hope has turned to fear and anger – at least among America’s increasingly volatile electorate.
Mr Obama’s...
Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans are seeking asylum in neighboring countries. Those that escape to the South are welcomed by the South Korean government, which has been embracing all escapees. Those that flee to China are not so lucky, however, and human rights activists are pressuring...
Though 468 North Korean defectors were brought from a Southeast Asian country to Seoul this week, the government`s concerns have not abated because an estimated 100,000 North Koreans in China still seek asylum in the...
When a global firm makes decisions based on global needs, local interests can feel the pain. Thousands of Indonesians may lose their jobs if Japanese electronics giant Sony goes ahead with plans to close a factory in Indonesia. Indonesia's Manpower Minister, however, is threatening to organize...
JAKARTA (JP): Manpower Minister Jacob Nuwa Wea has threatened to campaign for a boycott of Sony Corp. products unless it explains the closure of its factory in the country, AFP reported
"(Minister Jacob) said...
A British-based campaign for democracy in Burma urged soccer fans to boycott goods produced by Kappa, a popular sportswear supplier with stores all over Europe. The campaign claims that Kappa indirectly supports the brutal Burma military regime by continuing to stock its stores with products made...
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Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodians and killed about 2 million people and displaced millions more in an attempt to restore an agrarian society, as explained by the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor. Scott Neuman, writing for NPR, explains how the Khmer Rouge came to power...
Workers of the West resent the transfer of manufacturing jobs to China, as companies pursue cost advantages and low wages. With good jobs hard to come by, the Chinese have little choice but to work long days for low wages. Some employers withhold wages altogether. Allowing competition to take its...
Pang Qing Xiang climbs furtively up the narrow staircase leading to the private dining rooms of a noodle shop in Liaoyang, a city in northeastern China. He speaks quietly as he takes a seat, and flinches whenever there...
