Politics
South Korea: A Different Kind of Coup Attempt
Usually, speaking about a political struggle in the Republic of Korea, we pay attention to either the suppression of the opposition forces or attempts of President Park Geun-hye to strengthen her position in the struggle against the neoconservatives. This struggle...
Malaysia plays UN court jester in MH17 vote
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." – George Orwell. Malaysia played the fool this week by pushing for a UN-sponsored international commission on the MH17 shoot down, which it knew would be...
New Japanese Security Laws
Adoption of a set of 11 laws addressing the issue of national security by the House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet (Japanese Parliament on July 16, 2015 is indisputably one of the most important events in today's global politics. It is...
