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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As traditional trade barriers continue to disintegrate, innovators around the world are searching for the next billion-dollar invention that will transform global society. But while some inventors want to patent their products overseas, few realize that they might be committing a crime in the...
(SINGAPORE) If you lodge the patent for a Singapore invention in another country first, be prepared to go to jail or pay a fine.
While this may be the standard patent law observed globally, few outside the...
Often criticized for overwhelming global audiences with 'American culture', evidence from the past twenty years shows that Hollywood is expanding its embrace to include actors from Hong Kong, scripts from South Korea, and production facilities in New Zealand and China. With 50% of its...
Jet Li in China's official entry at the Oscars - 'Hero': A global film with a Chinese director, Hong Kong actors and Hollywood financing. (Courtesy: www.netasia.net Target Asia Network Corporation)
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.: In the eyes of the world,...
Both China and Vietnam have filed appeals with the United Nations over territorial claims to the Paracel Islands after China placed huge drilling rig in the area. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea gives countries exclusive economic use 200 miles offshore and the Chinese rig is 120 nautical...
UNITED NATIONS (TRNS) – China and Vietnam took their escalating territorial dispute in the South China Sea to the U.N. last week, as both countries filed appeals to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over China’s move to place an oil rig near the Paracel...
The United Nations announced a 72-hour ceasefire for the war in Yemen. The pause, just after the US Navy fired missiles into Yemen in response to attacks on US ships in the Red Sea, may prevent expansion of the war that has killed more than 10,000 and displaced more than 3 million Yemenis. Yemen’s...
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Laura Kasinof was the Yemen correspondent for the New York Times from 2011–12 and the author of the reporting memoir Don’t Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen. She lives in Berlin.
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...
The US dollar holds value for more countries than any other world currency and comprises about two thirds of world’s official foreign-exchange holdings. This dependence allows the US to run large trade deficits in purchasing a cornucopia of goods – from Porsches to t-shirts – by distributing paper...
Dollar lust: East Asian countries' export-driven growth gives American consumers a bonanza, but high dollar saps manufacturing export
WASHINGTON: With US Federal Reserve chairman warning about inflation, the US dollar is in the news these days,...