The Future of Quality Education in the Asia-Pacific: A Post-Covid Evaluation
2022 marks the ninth annual Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) which was held March 28th-31st in Bangkok,...
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The Mekong River – Environment and Economic Impacts of Dam Building in Southeast Asia
Dam building in Southeast Asia has had detrimental impacts on the environment and economies of communities that rely on...
Public Diplomacy: A People’s Way Forward for India and South Korea?
Indo-Korea and Contemporary World Affairs In today’s geopolitical environment, India and the Republic of Korea’s (hereafter ROK) bilateral relations...
Myanmar in 2021 Bears Striking Resemblance to South Korea in the 1980s
Myanmar nun pleads with police to stop bloodshed. Image via Mashable SE Asia. This article was originally posted...
Swinging With Seoul
A socially-distanced social dance. Video provided by Kirsten Lee. Seoul, South Korea. The city of K-POP, kimchi, and late night...
What Kendo Says About Japan & Korea: A First-Hand Account of the 17th World Kendo Championships
The W.K.C. is held every three years. Its seventeenth edition was hosted by South Korea from the 12th to...
We Need To Talk About Kimchi
Kimchi. The ubiquitous spicy fermented cabbage dish that haunts our lives in Korea. Some people love it. Some people...
Inheriting Unfinished Revolutions: Biden’s Middle East Challenge
Vice President Joe Biden meeting Saudi Arabian officials in Riyadh, 2011/ Credit Getty Images. A Promising Middle East When...
Keeping Up With Nagorno-Karabakh
On 10th November 2020, deep in the Caucasus Mountains that lie between Asia and Europe, the guns fell silent....
Death of a Terrace House Star: Politics and Free Speech in Japan
The sudden death of Kimura Hana, a professional wrestler, and cast on the popular Japanese reality show Terrace House:...