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Big changes are happening in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing hard for deep, important structural reforms. The biggest is Abe’s attempt to improve …

President Obama’s visit to India has created unease in Pakistan. For Pakistani officialdom, the goodies offered to India during Obama’s trip are …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo completed his first 100 days in office last week with mixed public reviews, but if there is one area where he has …

The Park Geun-hye government’s cultural policies are “retro,” and the Culture Ministry’s clock is apparently running backward to the time of …

The ruling Saenuri Party has elected Yoo Seong-min floor leader, filling the two top party posts ― party chairmanship and floor leadership ― with lawmakers …

Nexon, the country’s biggest game company, is drawing mixed reactions from local media and technology pundits after it attempted to broaden its influence on …

Last week China released new census data showing that Chinese families favor sons over daughters. In 2014, according to the data, Chinese women gave birth to …

Shin Dong-hyuk has surprised us twice ― first with his gruesome accounts of life in North Korea’s worst concentration camp and then with his recanting of …

To maintain their dominance of energy markets, suppliers of traditional carbon-based energy have never been afraid to play hardball. Massive advertising …

NEW YORK ― When the euro crisis began a half-decade ago, Keynesian economists predicted that the austerity that was being imposed on Greece and the other …