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Reflections on Abe Shinzo's Japanese rule

BY ARJUN KAMATH It is fast approaching a month since Abe Shinzo, the longest serving uninterrupted Prime Minister in Japanese history, an...

Michael Palin's North Korea Journal is a real page turner

In the new normal we find ourselves in, it's natural to procrastinate. Which usually leads to binging Netflix. In an effort to correct th...

Anniversaries of Tiananmen Square and a rethinking of China's global image

On the 4th of June, the world remembered an infamous day in Chinese history, known universally as the Tiananmen Square Protests. This day...

Lessons from the pandemic: our future relationship with China

In the early stages of the COVID-19 global pandemic, media in the UK focused mainly on China. How they were handling the virus and how it...

Moon Jae-in's Success - Democracy during a crisis

South Korea is one of the world’s youngest democracies, and the first country to hold a national election during the Covid-19 pandemic. C...

Concerns over China's Coronavirus Cover-Up

In the middle of one of the worst pandemics in recent memory, US intelligence agencies have issued a stark warning; China may have delibe...

Nth Room - A case of silent sex crimes in South Korea

Nth room was the major case that rocked South Korea in 2020, where the sale of sexual exploitation videos occurred in Telegram chat rooms...

The Istanbul Canal: a “Dream Project” for Erdogan, a "Nightmare Project” for Turkey

The Istanbul Canal was first brought to the world’s attention by Erdogan around the year 2011. Although its plan dates to the pre-Erdogan...

Tsai Ing-wen's Remarkable Win in Taiwan

The year is 2018, and the situation is looking bleak for Tsai Ing-wen, the first female elected leader of Taiwan and leader of the Democr...

The World Health Organisation is wrong about the Wuhan Coronavirus travel restrictions

In the last month, the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus has become an increasing concern for the international community. The number of pe...

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