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Movement of New Generation of North Korean Missiles Concerns Analysts

American intelligence agencies discovered North Korea (DPRK) is currently in the process of transferring many mobile missile launching pads to different locations across the country, many of which are capable of launching a new generation of mobile missile, the North Korean KN–08. The reports suggest that North Korea’s missile capabilities are advancing at a more rapid pace […]

United States and Japan to Review Security Agreement Amid Tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Over the Senkaku(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu( 釣魚台列嶼) Islands

The United States and Japan will be conducting a thorough review of their joint security arrangements after the election of Shinzo Abe returned the US-friendly Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党) to power in Tokyo. Amid worsening tensions with China over the Senkaku Islands(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu Islands (釣魚台列嶼), and the spectre of a nuclear North Korea capable of […]

Tahir ul Qadri: Pakistani Reformer Shakes Up Pakistan’s Political Scene Ahead Elections

Tahir ul Qadri is a well-financed, extremely organized political reformer in Pakistan preaching the gospel of anticorruption and the need for Pakistan to purge its political system of corrupt politicians. He has reportedly hired thousands of buses to bring 4 million protestors to the capital of Islamabad for a planned march on January 14. These demands for sweeping reform are being […]

Three-Party Coalition Greek Parliament Passes Law to Boost Tax Revenues by $3 Billion Annually

The move comes from the coalition government in Greece’s parliament in order to appease creditors to the debt-ridden state as part of its bailout agreements. The law raises taxes on top earners, simplifies tax brackets, and extends income taxes to farmers. As part of its $45.5 billion bailout, Greece has to pass such laws even […]

Belgian Queen Fabiola Criticized by Prime Minister Di Rupo Over Alleged Tax Avoidance Inheritance Scheme

Tensions were high between the royal family of Belgium and the government of Prime Minister Di Rupo after his criticism of an inheritance scheme that Queen Fabiola is implementing that Di Rupo says avoids taxes. Because of Queen Fabiola’s actions, the Prime Minister has proposed reform for the $20 million annual allowance paid out by the state […]

Protestors in Guangzhou Decry the People’s Republic of China’s Strict Censorship Laws

Protests in the Chinese state of Guangzhou have erupted after a New Year’s editorial in the newspaper Southern Weekend was censored and transformed into a more pro-Communist Party of China message than the reformist manifesto it was prior to censorship. The editorial apparently exhorted the government in Beijing to enforce the rights guaranteed to the Chinese […]

Putin Fires Defense Chief Anatoly Serdyukov: Shocking News to Kremlin Watchers as Radical Reformer’s Sacking Possibly Imperils Military Reforms

Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin has dismissed his defense chief, Anatoly Serdyukov, in a surprise sacking that has shocked Kremlin watchers and placed the nation’s most radical, and some would say much-needed, military reforms in peril. The firing comes as a shock because it was widely held that Serdyukov’s reforms, some of which were not […]

Fighting Breaks Out Between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

Violence between Myanmar’s Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority has intensified since beginning in May 2012, with 84 deaths and 22,500 people displaced in the latest round of conflict according to the United Nations and state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar. Crisis Overshadows Reforms The emerging crisis between the Buddhists and ethnic minority […]

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Myanmar Frees Political Dissidents Ahead of President Thein Sein’s Visit to the United States on September 24

Myanmar (also known as Burma) has freed over 500 prisoners according to a report from the capital Yangon. Among these 500 prisoners, it is hoped many of Myanmar’s incarcerated political prisoners will be released as well as the once repressive regime seeks to bolster its reformist credentials ahead of a visit by current President Thein […]