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Weekly Roundup: Problem Solved?
With today’s news reaching from Xinjiang to Iran, there was no doubt that the MIR Online writers would take us…
Threat of Lame Duck Looms over South Korea
Whereas the year 2015 marks the 70th year of Korea’s independence, the citizens’ faith in the nation’s government…
Moving forward… and back again: India’s slow…
While the fight for legalization of same-sex marriage continues in most of the United States and other nations,…
South Korea’s Unhealthy Democracy: Regionalism
Introduction
Even 28 years after South Korea's free presidential elections in 1987, South Korean democracy…
“On the Verge of Freedom of Expression and…
A former lawmaker of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Lee Seok Ki’s sabotage plan against the government in…
Les Maldives : le tourisme financier des extrêmes
Inutile de commencer cet article par une description paradisiaque des Maldives. Tout le monde connait ce…
Why can’t Japan join the Chinese ‘New Silk…
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member states. APEC seeks to promote…
Dying Dreams of Korean Unification
On July 23rd, 1953, little over three years after the Korean War was started by North Korea's surprise attack,…
Rumors of Kim Jong Un’s Disappearance –…
The month-long absence of the young Dear Leader Kim Jong Un from North Korea’s political scene left many in…
“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”
North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, holds an extreme wealth gap between the…
The Burmese Experiment
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, Burma is quite unlike any place you know about.1 The country has a tumultuous…
Khmer Rouge Trials: The Rocky Road to Judicial…
On August 7th 2014, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Extraordinary…