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Sat, June 3, 2023 | 00:14

Hell in the Holy Land

Hell in the Holy Land

A massive double crisis is emerging between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are confronting internal challenges that have cast shadows over their respective futures, and fast-rising tensions between the two sides are approaching a breaking point.

2023-03-22 16:48

. Casey Latigue

People are negative

When people use the idiom “a penny for your thoughts,” I say, “You will probably get back $10 of criticism.” If you want to know what others think then it means you don't know humans very well. People are negative, but they rarely express those thoughts.

2023-03-21 16:54

Sandip Kumar Mishra

Korea's proactive move and Japan's reluctance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 16. It was a bilateral meeting that happened after a gap of almost 12 years. Despite the Japanese leadership, which kept repeating that no bilateral dialogue is possible without South Korea resolving the forced labor issue, Yoon has been consistently working to ...

2023-03-21 16:45

Peace requires betrayal

Peace requires betrayal

In 1795, German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote that perpetual peace could come either through diplomacy or a “war of extermination” that annihilates all parties and leaves only the “vast burial ground of the human race.” Historically, humanity has tended to favor the latter, at least until the ravages of war forced warring states to come to an accommodation. And even then, b...

2023-03-21 16:30

. Deauwand Myers

American public relations in Asia

I have lived in Asia for most of my adult life. What I have found most fascinating is the great PR game America has created for the rest of the world.

2023-03-20 16:47

Mitch Shin

President Yoon ignored victims' will to mend ties with Japan

On March 6, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin announced a plan that could be a momentum to resolve one of the country's major obstacles between South Korea and Japan - compensating South Korean victims of wartime forced labor. After months of coordination with the forced laborers and Tokyo since South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol took office in May 2022, Seoul finally ...

2023-03-20 16:45

Shocking new data shows we can't stop fighting hate

Shocking new data shows we can't stop fighting hate

If you ever needed a reminder that we can't turn a blind eye to hate, new data from the Anti-Defamation League should more than do the trick.

2023-03-20 16:30

. Yoon Byung-se

President Yoon's bold diplomacy for the future

President Yoon Suk Yeol has just completed his milestone visit to Japan. Fierce debates are underway about the resulting balance sheet. Each has its own yardstick. I asked my imaginary ChatGPT about the key themes: 12 years, normalization, future cooperation, new era/chapter, past history and mutual trust were some words that popped up on my screen.

2023-03-19 20:42

. Kim Sang-woo

Denuclearization - Quo Vadis?

After a year of war in Ukraine, transatlantic and Indo-Pacific security can no longer be discussed separately. The reality of a predatory authoritarian power in Europe launching a war of conquest against a weaker neighbor has shaken the United States and its Indo-Pacific friends and allies out of complacency.

2023-03-19 16:50

Winning cancer war in sub-Saharan Africa

Winning cancer war in sub-Saharan Africa

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, kill 41 million people per year, with 77 percent of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

2023-03-19 16:30

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