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Nothing tells the story of where the Philippines was before Benigno Aquino and now better than Transparency International’s rankings. When he rose to the …

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations badly needs to pay more attention to new challenges in the security landscape of both this and more far-flung …

A widespread infection with Ebola virus has been reported in West Africa. International cooperation is essential to prevent the expansion of this terrible …

Foreign pressure often provides governments with a handy lever with which to overcome domestic vested interests and push through long-overdue reforms. The …

Siam Cement Group’s latest TV commercial is worth watching. Featuring children from all 10 ASEAN nations, it shows what our younger generation expects from …

The popularity of “Roaring Currents,” a period movie on Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s (1545-1598) great victory over a much larger Japanese invading fleet in …

When Pope Francis arrives in Korea Thursday morning, he will find a nation that is thirsting for comfort, a caring touch and words of wisdom from a leader …

The appeals court’s acquittal of Unified Progressive Party legislator Lee Seok-ki Monday of the charge of plotting an insurrection cleared the minor …

NEW YORK ― The horrific Ebola epidemic in at least four West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria) demands not only an emergency …

About a century ago, after World War I, British and French leaders carved up the Middle East and set the modern borders of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Now …