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Integrity key for Jokowi

We apparently must wait another day before learning who will form the working team that will assist President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in implementing his …

Pruning to keep growth on right track

It sounds like a contradiction: China’s development needs a cut in the 2015 GDP growth rate. At least this way the economy would be easier to manage: When …

Japan cabinet’s standing must be restored

Only 1 1/2 months after the reshuffled cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began work, two female cabinet members resigned from their posts over …

[Fiona Chan] Transcending gender stereotypes
[Fiona Chan] Transcending gender stereotypes

My husband and I met as classmates at Hwa Chong Junior College, the former incarnation of today’s Hwa Chong Institution. He was from an all-boys school and …

[Editorial] History repeats itself

At a casual glance, the recent string of events on the Korean Peninsula is puzzling. However, if we heed the notion that there is a method to North Korea’s …

[Editorial] Crematoriums needed

Nearly 4 out of 5 people who died last year were cremated, reflecting a trend that has caught on as people seek simpler and more convenient funeral procedures. …

[David Ignatius] Social media against terrorism
[David Ignatius] Social media against terrorism

ABU DHABI ― “Hedayah” certainly doesn’t look like a global counterterrorism center. It sits in a quiet villa on Fatima bint Mubarak Street here. It has …

College debt may not be a PLUS for parents

The U.S. Department of Education will soon loosen the credit standards for parents looking to borrow to pay for college under the parent PLUS loan program. The …

[Park Sang-seek] Three contrasting patterns of nationalism
[Park Sang-seek] Three contrasting patterns of nationalism

Recently, the Scottish people have voted on independence from the United Kingdom, and the Catalans have demanded a referendum on the independence of Catalonia …

Ukraine’s vote, Russia’s fate

STOCKHOLM ― When Ukraine’s voters go to the polls on Oct. 26, not only the fate of their country will be at stake; so will the future of a significant part …

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