Your Father’s Daughter: Asia’s Most Powerful Women
A shared past of politics and family tragedy brought together two of the most influential female politicians in Asia at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Aung San Suu Kyi, …
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Indian Consumers in Distress
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) blinked in its standoff with the Indian finance minister P Chidambaram. The Indian central bank lowered the rate at which it lends to banks …
Read MoreMcRefugees in Japan
The economic tribulations which have dogged Japan since the burst of the bubble economy have decimated employment opportunities for generations of graduates, especially for the cohorts of generation-X, who entered …
Read MoreA Day in the Life of a Hijabi
Vilified by the media, detested by many feminists, and banned by French authorities; the hijab is surely the most politicized female garb of the twenty-first century. However, with the aim …
Read MoreUlan Bator says ‘Goodbye, Lenin’
Once worshipped by Mongolian school children as ‘Teacher Lenin’, in Ulan Bator, at least, the legacy of a giant of 20th century politics is to be swept aside in order …
Read MoreConcerns over Lower Consumption during Tet
This year, due to lower than expected economic performance and consumer spending, the Tet holiday is not expected to ensure high profits for businesses like in previous years. he Vietnamese …
Read MoreNorth Korea Lets Foreigners Keep Their Phones
Does North Korea’s new policy on mobile phones for foreigners signal an embrace of global technology? orth Korea, a country once almost entirely shut off from the world, now allows …
Read MoreOsaka Human Rights Museum in Funding Crisis
A unique museum that documents the struggles of minorities in Japan may have to close because the city government believes it does not offer children ‘hopes and dreams’ apan’s only …
Read MoreFrom Britain to Bollywood, 200 Years On, Jane Austen Still Speaks to Us
2013 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s corset heaving masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, and two centuries on, independent minded young ladies east and west are still swooning for the …
Read MoreVietnam’s Crackdown on Freedom of Speech
On the 9th of January, a group of political activists in Vietnam were convicted of plotting to overthrow the Vietnamese state. The majority of them are Catholic, and amongst them …
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