After years of suspense and speculation about the changing of the guard in North Korea, the new leader’s identity has been revealed. But the nuclear-armed nation remains a regional source of anxiety. This YaleGlobal series analyzes the regime’s long-term goals and the challenges they pose to China...
Star appearance: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's young son Kim Jong-Un is revealed to the world as a four star general. Last known baby photo (inset)
SEOUL: The unveiling of “young general” Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang again gives lie to many past...
China’s response to the so-called US pivot to Asia is to expand influence in Asia. Known as the “One Belt, One Road,” the modern-day Silk Road network “will not only enhance ‘five connections’ – trade, infrastructure, investment, capital and people – it will create a community with ‘shared...
Chinese road: Chinese President Xi Jinping outlines his "One Belt, One Road" Initiative at a conference in Boao, China (top); the Chinese built a deep-sea port at Gwadar in Pakistan, part of the proposed New Silk Road
GENEVA: Successful launch of...
About 13 million foreigners make up about 70 percent of the workforce in six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Governments in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar worry about their societies’ over-reliance on foreign help. Increasing unemployment...
The percentage of expatriates in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries grew from 22.9 in 1975 to 37.1 in 2004, constituting about 70 percent of the workforce. However, a number of changes on the ground during...
A day after the UN Security Council imposed 52 new sanctions against North Korea, the isolated regime fired six short-range projectiles about 100 kilometers off the Korean Peninsula. The sanctions “places a legal responsibility on UN member states, who will be found in violation of the resolution...
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Many predicted that the rise of the Internet in the 1990s would herald an information technology 'revolution' that would change almost every aspect of human life. While the reality for many has proven less exciting than the hype, there is one small corner of cyberspace that is living up...
Wikipedia, which takes its name from the Hawaiian word for 'quick', lets anyone with web access update and revise entries.
HONG KONG: In the last ten years, the Internet has opened up incredible amounts of...
Although a wealth of products pour into the US, bearing the label “made in China,” few are made completely in that nation at all. These days China is just the last stop in the complex global production networks run by multinational companies in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the US. By confusing...
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was founded with noble intentions, but today this same agency is badly misguided, says author George Monbiot. The initial hope was that nuclear fission would solve the world's problems by creating alternative energy sources. According to IAEA...
Poor Mr Baradei, His mission is a parody: He tells the states (with some aplomb) They can and cannot have the bomb.
Here is the world's most nonsensical job description. Your duty is to work tirelessly to prevent the proliferation of...
The United States is investigating China’s Huawei Technologies for theft of trade secrets from US partners, reports the Wall Street Journal. “The investigation grew in part out of civil lawsuits against Huawei, including one in which a Seattle jury found Huawei liable for misappropriating robotic...