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Be tough but not emotional in response to sea shooting last updated : 2013-05-16 08:46:31 -> 487 view(s)
lFishermen burned the Philippine flag outside the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in downtown Taipei on Monday, calling for an apology over the shooting of an unarmed Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guards.
Although we understand ....
Crisis management last updated : 2013-05-15 09:53:25 -> 410 view(s)
The sexual abuse scandal involving a now-sacked presidential spokesman has exposed another big hole in the governance system of the Blue House.
The first hole needs no further explanation. A series of personnel appointment debacles by President Par ....
Election with no change last updated : 2013-05-15 09:40:27 -> 452 view(s)
The nine-three result of last Monday’s Senate elections proclaims a no-change outcome. It locks the country into the iron grip of a status quo—continuity of political sterility in the second half of President Benigno Aquino III’s administr ....
Recent killing of Taiwanese fisherman opens old wounds last updated : 2013-05-15 09:07:16 -> 851 view(s)
The untimely death last week of a Taiwanese fisherman at the hands of Philippine coast guards has reopened old wounds of a similar seven-year-old case.
For many, it called to mind the Taiwanese government's ongoing pursuit of two Philippine policeme ....
Japan must deepen cooperation with US to deter cyber-attacks last updated : 2013-05-15 08:53:28 -> 424 view(s)
A string of serious cyber-attacks and cyberterrorism incidents have occurred around the world. The government should promote extensive cooperation with the United States and reinforce its countermeasures against such attacks.
The Japanese and US gov ....
Cool heads must prevail; fishery pact must be signed last updated : 2013-05-15 08:46:04 -> 368 view(s)
Taiwan seems to have turned jingoistic all of a sudden. This follows the shooting of a fisherman from Siaoliouciou or Little Ryukyu by a Philippine coast guard last Thursday. The fisherman died. His small tuna-fishing boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, ....
Official falls via Internet last updated : 2013-05-14 14:57:36 -> 403 view(s)
Liu Tienan, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, is under investigation for suspected "grave violations of discipline", China's top anti-graft authority has revealed on its website.
The investi ....
Presidential apology last updated : 2013-05-14 12:41:03 -> 431 view(s)
South Korean President Park Geun-hye came forward Monday to apologise over allegations her now-dismissed spokesman molested a young Korean-American woman hired as his secretary while accompanying the president on her US visit last week. Park broke he ....
Come on, Xi Jinping, act on your communist ideals last updated : 2013-05-14 12:21:26 -> 533 view(s)
The title of a book by the late American sinologist Benjamin I. Schwartz, “In Search of Wealth and Power”, rather accurately sums up the preoccupation of generations of Chinese intellectuals, reformers and revolutionaries in modern times. These m ....
Malaysia better off working as one last updated : 2013-05-14 12:02:58 -> 627 view(s)
Racial and class divisions in Malaysia, shown up so vividly in the parliamentary and state elections, will surely hamper the nation's progress, despite bountiful endowments and the enterprise of its people. Courage to acknowledge that and the politic ....
Thailand's meth menace last updated : 2013-05-14 10:47:01 -> 793 view(s)
The grey Honda Civic would not have raised eyebrows anywhere, but Bangkok's Metropolitan Police had a tip and were looking out for it.
They stopped it on the night of April 29, searched it and found 230,000 methamphetamine pills. The shipment was wo ....
The month of May and two bloody political crises last updated : 2013-05-13 13:38:47 -> 538 view(s)
Any Thai who marks the anniversaries of the May 1992 "mobile phone mob" uprising and May 2010 red-shirt uprising with the same solemn sincerity should be commended. From a general observation, it's unlikely that there are many such people. The countr ....
Cost of blind plunges last updated : 2013-05-13 12:25:18 -> 357 view(s)
When Leader of Sri Lanka’s Muslim-Tamil Alliance Azath Salley was arrested recently under the much-dreaded Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), we were told by the government spokesmen that he was a threat to national security as he was inciting the ....
Today’s stakes last updated : 2013-05-13 10:50:45 -> 431 view(s)
The day before the start of the official campaign period, we proposed the following reading of the 2013 elections: “The fate of reform hangs in the balance.” The mandate from 2010 was clear: Clean up the mess left behind by the previous administr ....
Yen’s new low last updated : 2013-05-13 10:47:43 -> 454 view(s)
The Japanese yen fell below the 100-per-dollar mark over the weekend, sending shivers down the spine of the Korean government, which was deeply concerned about its potential impact on the fragile Korean economy. A weak yen is set to boost Japan’s e ....
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