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CSIS Commentary
Economic Indicators of Chinese Military Action against Taiwan
Special Contribution
By Gerard DiPippo
 China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip have raised concerns about Beijing’s intentions regarding cross-strait relations. Even before what ...Letters from India
Northeast Celebrates I-Day with Full Patriotic Fervor
By Nava Thakuria
 All north-eastern States celebrated the 76th Independence Day with fanfare, where the people participated in the occasion with patriotic fervor defying the diktat from separatist armed militants ...Morocco — A Medieval Kingdom in Disarray
Special Contribution
By Prof. Abdelkader Zerougui
 Whereas some Arab and Middle East countries engaged into policies of reforms, democratization and the rule of law, such as Algeria and Tunisia, some other countries like Morocco has experienced ...Letters from India
Marching ahead with the spirit of Swatantra Bharat
Special Contribution
By Nava Thakuria
 It was probably two decades back, when a group of journalists and Guwahati-based patriots marched on a street of Guwahati to celebrate the armed militant outfits imposed a general strike on the day (that ...2022 Forbes’ List of Philippines’ 50 Richest Falls to US$72 Billion from $79 Billion Last YearOver Two-Thirds of Listees Saw Their Wealth Shrink.
 SINGAPORE (August 11, 2022) – The combined wealth of tycoons on the 2022 Forbes’ list of Philippines’ 50 richest fell to US$72 billion from $79 billion last year, amid the country’s recovery from ...Meditations
Human Beings Can Meet This Moment
By Martin LeFevre
Contributing Writer
 An inquiry with a friend generated remarkable insights into the question: Is this a moment of Olympian magnitude in human evolutionary history? The question is a much deeper version of a ...Seoul Is Second Best City for Business TravelSingapore Is Best City in World for Business Tourism
 Seoul is the second best city to travel to for business trips A new study by UK card machine provider, Dojo, has revealed the best cities around the world that accommodate for business travel and Seoul ...CSIS Commentary
China Is the Wrong Industrial Policy Model for the United States
Special Contribution
By Scott Kennedy
 This is the first commentary of a three-part series on Chinese industrial policy. The second will examine how to strengthen international rules and norms, and the third will discuss the question ...Meditations
Nagasaki and the Incorrigibility of Man
By Martin LeFevre
Contributing Writer
 I knew a Marine that fought on Tarawa, which had the highest American casualty rate of any battle in World War II. Who saw dozens of women clutching their babies and children as they jumped from the ...KSA to Host "ESG Fishing Festival" at Andong20 Foreign Sportfishermen to Vie with 300 Local Anglers
 The Korean Sportfishing Association (KSA) will host an major international sportfshing event "ESG Fishing Festival" at the beautiful lake of Andong, South Korea's North Gyeongsang ...She Thinks She’s In Love (2014)Editor's Note: The following poem was writtten by Kim Je-Wook, son of Prof. Emeritus Kim Kyu-Chin, who spent his whole life at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), teaching Czech ..."Idols Aren’t the Perfect Figures!"The bullying allegations rocking the K-pop world are a reminder that idols aren’t the perfect figures the industry tries to make them seem. K-pop is a desirable career choice and there are many academies ...Tracking the Fourth Taiwan Strait CrisisAs U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taiwan on August 2-3, China responded with forceful and coercive military, economic, and diplomatic measures. Developments are still ...Time for Journalists to Be Cautious, Authentic and CredibleGuwahati: That was an amazing experience to attend the foundation day of a 25-year-old press club in central Assam on a lazy Sunday, where a number of senior citizens along with rural scribes and ...The Great White West Aims to Crush the Slavs and ChineseLeon Trotsky
“And the noteworthy thing is this, that while America avariciously fed the war with her industry and avariciously intervened in order to help crush a likely and dangerous competitor, she has ...Prakash: Throwing Light on Tibetan Literature and CulturePutin Strikes Fear into the Whole WorldCentral Questions in US-China Relations amid Global TurbulenceHow Will Children Living with HIV Grow Up Normally When HIV-Stigma Still Lurks?"Urban Break 2022" Adorns Seoul with a Diverse Palette of ColorUkraine Is a Huge Suitcase for US President Joe Biden -- Hard to Carry and Scary to ThrowContinued Expansion and Upgrade Work at Sunchon AirbaseThere Is No Evolution of ConsciousnessAdvancing Women’s Leadership, Gender Equity Are Critical for Sustainable Development GoalsWhen Repeated FIRs Lodged against an IAS OfficerSouth Korean Striking Truckers Continue with Failed NegotiationsWhile Jelly Beans and Jelly Babies May Be Sweet, They Possess A Powerful PunchMalaysia's 50 Richest on Forbes List See Slight Fall in Collective WealthPutin Caught US with NATO Unable to Properly Defend Themselves and Started War in UkraineImagining ‘Umwelts’ Is UnnecessaryPartnership Between K-pop Agency SM Entertainment & Saudi Arabian GovernmentUS Stuck in the Antarctic Night like the BelgicaWar between Russia and Ukraine Still Going onExpansion or Negation of Self?Christopher B. Johnstone Joins CSIS as Japan ChairElectric Cars: Great Idea, But Not a PanaceaIntelligent Life, Meditation and TransmutationUAE Embassy Organizes an Introductory Lecture on Role of Youth in UAEI Could Tell by the Way Lalisa Looked at Me That She Had Fallen Madly in Love ...Great Art of Suffering -- Degenerate Life of Genius, Vagabond Writer, Malcolm Lowry“The Blooming of K-pop in the Virus Outbreak”Korea's Zen Master Ven. Jinje to Save Souls of Corona, War Victims in Largest Buddhist EventThe Source of Evil Is Not a Person or a NationThe Beautiful Sun In South Korea.Dreamer CEO Launches Business into WorldUAE Embassy in Seoul Organizes "The UAE Is an Example of Coexistence and Tolerance"K-Pop Blooms in Spite of Corona PandemicThe Dialogue Buffet at the Death CaféThe Dreaded SlumpAn Evening in SavannahHigher Thought: Threshold and Impediment to IntelligenceDeveloping Guwahati as a people-friendly cityListof Taiwan's 50 Richest See Mixed FortunesFuhrer Putin Intimidates World with a "Lightning StrikeThe Burgeoning North Korea Missile ThreatThe US Empire Strikes Back: Russia Takes the Hits, China Lives in FearA Successful Life Is There for the Taking!UAE Embassy in Seoul Joins Forces with International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in CeremonyMariupol: Let's Talk About "Chemical Weapons" PropagandaIs Universality a Western Idea?UAE Embassy in Seoul Joins Carbon Neutrality & Green Growth Investment SeminarChina Unveils its 1st Long-Term Hydrogen PlanWho Really Is the War Criminal?What Is Your View of Human Nature?Defeating Evil Without Violence“Alive among the Dead”S. 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China SeaPutin, Permanently Keep Your Warriors on Ukraine BorderThe Mayan Predictions Were Spot On!Fobes Asia Recognizes Leading Altruists in 15th Annual Heroes of Philanthropy ListAdvance Booking for Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation Events for February and MarchGlobal Award to Journalist Nava ThakuriaFragmentation and WholenessConfessions of a Single Dad -- I Lost the Instructional Manual to TeenagersA New Chapter in U.S.-China LNG RelationsPreviewing the 2021 Summit for DemocracyUS President Joe Biden: Representing the Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseWhen People with HIV Can Live Normal Lives Then Why 680,000 AIDS Deaths in 2020?South Korea Ranked 10th Most Valuable Nation BrandWater Security under Spotlight at World Water Congress in Daegu, South KoreaChina: The Growing Military Challenge: Volume Two of a Graphic Net AssessmentBlurred HighwayOli London Awarded World Record for 'Most Disliked K-Pop Music Video in Youtube History'UAE Embassy in Seoul Hosts 2nd Webinar on "Women Empowerment" in UAE, South KoreaLove Conquers All!How You Too Can Overcome Depression and Anxiety by Living Like Jennie KimDid Evolution Go Wrong With Man?Forbes Reveals Asia's Top 20 BusinesswomenThe Case for US-Japan-ROK Cooperation on Democracy Support in Indo-Pacific RegionSouth Korea’s Trade and Services Will Benefit from RCEP"A Grand Diwali Celebration 2021" CelebratedWorld and Regional Powers Shape the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia Bites the DustIndia’s Restive Region Sets to End 2021 without Journo-murderThe Urgent Indifference of EnlightenmentDeath Isn’t After Life; It’s Inseparable From LifeRussian Minister Alexei Chekunkov Visiting South Korea for Economic CooperationArabia, the Bastion of DarknessThe Berliner Philharmoniker Mourn Death of Honorary Member Bernard Haitink (1929-2021)Czech Ambassador Gustav Slamecka's Message for Czechoslovak Independence DayRSS Condemns Islamist Attacks on Hindu Minorities in BangladeshGhost Sightings Around Mooresville Predate Lake NormanMorocco: Kingdom That Outwitted Its SubjectsPowell Lied, People Died: Justice Delayed Was Justice DeniedS. 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Chairman Lee Sung-Un of "Bojeong PJT," a successful construction company, was a jobless young man 30 years ago when he went to Japan. Now at 53, he is applying techniques on NPLs (non-performing loan) to the local Korean market, making remarkable achievements in the real estate market. Back then Japan was in recession after decades of rapid economic ... more
So what if it is the city of Mozart, Strauss, Haydn, Beethoven, Klimt, the majestic Schonbrunn Palace, the exquisite baroque Belvedere, and all the glories of Hapsburg indulgence! Call me a lowbrow , a philistine if you like, but I wasnt lured
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