East Asia
News
The Philippines Moves Closer to the People’s Republic of China’s Orbit
New Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed a desire for closer ties with Beijing over the Philippines’ traditional ally in the region, the United States 101 East – Rodrigo Duterte: A President’s Report Card from Al Jazeera English Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made remarks on December 11, 2016 that provided further evidence of the Philippines […]
Read More
News
The Tokyo Diamond Industry: A Documentary
Tokyo diamond syndicate and the East Asian jewelry market Tokyo Diamond Syndicate: VICE INTL (Japan) from Vice
Read More
Asia
International Relations
Territorial Disputes in East Asia: Japan’s Military Buildup to Counter China’s Expansion
Russia Today: ‘Japan, US struggle to contain China at any cost’ Will Japan amend article 9 of its constitution to allow for military buildup to counter a rising People’s Republic of China? Shinzo Abe’s government argues peace, critics say it’s all about arms sales Tensions in southeast Asia have remained as territorial disputes over possessions […]
Read More
North Korea News Today
Kim Jong un’s Wife Ri Sol-ju is Pyongyang Fashion Icon
KCTV Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju Visits Rungna People′s Pleasure Ground North Korea’s first lady Ri Sol-ju is the DPRK’s foremost fashionista, sporting looks that favor Chanel and often adorned with flower-shaped broaches, ribbons, polka dots, ruffles, and flashy accessories. North Korean’s women are attempting to imitate Ri Sol-ju’s fashion sense and have […]
Read More
Asia
International Relations
Japan‘s Rearmament: Reawakened Nationalism or Neo-Realist Pragmatism?
Inside Japan’s Controversial Military Expansion Decades after World War II, Japan begins an aggressive rearmament program Implications for the stability of the greater Pacific region notwithstanding, what does Japan‘s aggressive expansion of the Self Defense Forces (SDF) projective/offensive military capability mean for Japan‘s place in the wider world? Is Japan merely responding to China‘s (People’s […]
Read More
News
Asia‘s Great Wealth Divide
As Nikkei points out with this awesome graphic, while the nations of East Asia have the fastest growing economies in the world, there is still a lot of work to be done in closing the gap between the nations’ poorest and wealthiest citizens. Nikkei notes that the gap is greatest in Malaysia and that disparities […]
Read More
North Korea News Today
The Elite Martial Arts Division of the DPRK’s Korean People’s Army (KPA)
Nothing like smashing some bricks with your face to show the world you mean business when it comes to threatening East Asia with nuclear armageddon. Of course, Kim Jong un’s leadership and genius has inspired these feats of martial madness and the announcer’s always and forever excited voice can’t help but imbue it all with […]
Read More
North Korea News Today
Pyongyang Chain of Restaurants – A Little Bit of North Korea in Franchise Form
Of all the places you would expect to find a North Korean-owned chain restaurant called Pyongyang, Cambodia may make the short list of least likely locales to host yet another of the DPRK’s exotic, quixotic, or just down-right odd attempts at propaganda. These restaurants serve traditional Korean fare and feature beautiful and talented waitresses that […]
Read More
News
The Rise of China: The Power of the Communist Party
The economic and cultural rise of the People’s Republic of China is the subject of discussion that you will find in many circles: business, law, finance, farming, technology, and human rights, just to name a few. The unique status of the Chinese Communist Party in the PRC’s society means that access to some of the […]
Read More