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All eyes on a chance for change in Kim's closed North
News, Published on 11/01/2012
» The announcement of Kim Jong-un as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army is one more step in the process of Pyongyang's efforts to consolidate power as quickly as possible after the sudden death of Kim Jong-il.
Screwing tight the bolts of connectivity
News, Stephen S Roach, Published on 31/01/2012
» Long the most fragmented nation on earth, China is being brought together like never before by a new connectivity. Its internet community is expanding at hyper speed, with profound implications for the Chinese economy, to say nothing of the country's social norms and political system. This genie cannot be stuffed back in the bottle. Once connected, there is no turning back.
Without accountability, what reform?
News, Published on 08/02/2012
» More than a decade after the launch of reform, education in Thailand is still a chronic problem with no solution in sight.
For pan-Asian peace, a Pax Pacifica
News, Published on 09/02/2012
» While good relations between China and the United States are critical to Asia's future, this does not mean the region will become a Sino-American duopoly. The concept of a "G2" is never going to fly in Asia.
Laid-back learning sacrifices objectivity
News, Published on 11/02/2012
» In 1986, Panasonic Corp made headlines by hiring four non-Japanese engineers. The number of foreign employees at this major Japanese electronics maker has steadily grown since then to reach 750 out of 1,250 newly employed in 2010.
Great game hits town
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/02/2012
» When three men _ who happened to be Iranians who like Thai women (doesn't everyone?) and who aren't very good around bombs _ set off three explosions in Bangkok, it was not just an isolated incident.
Hard to find: patriot geeks to combat cyber militias
News, Published on 22/02/2012
» Cyber-attacks are hitting the headlines almost every day. Crackers, or black hat hackers, are trying to access sensitive defence industry information and stealing e-mail passwords from Diet members, threatening to disrupt key communications infrastructure. The "attacks" however, have killed no one in Japan. Probably few have died directly from them around the globe either. Very few who have planned and executed the attacks have been arrested so far.
Asia shows austerity works wonders
News, Published on 06/03/2012
» The austerity debate was the topic du jour at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. With good reason. Europe is slipping back into recession just when recovery in the United States is finally getting some traction. That has undermined the case for fiscal consolidation, which is so heavily favoured in Europe.
Thailand, upbeat and unbeatable
News, Published on 08/03/2012
» Thailand and Japan are old friends whose economic future is linked to one another. From the establishment of diplomatic relations 125 years ago to the Strategic Partnership with an Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) today, Japan and the private sector have played a key role in Thailand's development.
It'll be a bumpy ride home, amnesty or not
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 15/03/2012
» Thaksin Shinawatra's declaration that he wants to come back to Thailand from self-exile is another attempt to sound out the public about whether he is likely to get away returning as a free man.