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End game for the Korean Peninsula
By Asia Sentinel Apr 29, 2013
New approaches needed writes Murray Hunter for Asia Sentinel Over the last month the media has led the world to believe that North Korea, the United States and South Korea are standing eyeball to eyeball on the brink of war. Secretary Kerry’s comments after meeting with his Chinese opposites State Councilor Yang Jiechi, and Foreign
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Is tourism the most destructive enterprise?
By Asia Sentinel Apr 28, 2013
Tourism explodes with globalization, enriching lives but destroying nature and culture writes Elizabeth Becker, YaleGlobal for Asia Sentinel. The world has serious concerns over fiscal crises, security crises and environmental crises including climate change. And then there are vacations. Yes, vacations – the getaways when we can put aside lofty concerns and remember what living
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Why can’t Jakarta build a road?
By Asia Sentinel Apr 28, 2013
Vital elevated roadway on hold as the city and the contractor blame each other writes Asia Sentinel. One day a month or two ago, work suddenly and mysteriously ceased on a crucial 3.4 km throughway linking congested Central Jakarta to equally congested Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta. In a city regularly listed as being among
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China’s imperial new consumers
By Asia Sentinel Apr 27, 2013
The world’s salesmen, take note writes Asia Sentinel For at least 50 years, the world’s salesmen have been mesmerized – largely to no avail – with the idea of 1.3 billion Chinese consumers, a market so vast it is almost unimaginable. It has also mostly been a market too tough to crack. Today, however, as
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GE13: Social media and the Malaysian election
By Asia Sentinel Apr 26, 2013
The current campaign bypasses the biased mainstream, reports Asia Sentinel Online media, already a major factor in Malaysia’s 2008 general election, has exploded this time around with newer platforms like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others transforming electioneering for both the opposition and the government. In a country where virtually all mainstream media outlets are owned
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Vietnam seeks to kickstart economy
By Asia Sentinel Apr 25, 2013
But entrenched interests are likely to get in the way, reports Asia Sentinel As investors are far too painfully aware, Vietnam, which captured the affections of global investors when its growth reached 7.2 percent between 1990 and 2010, has begun to sink into despair. Having lived on hubris for two decades, the Communist government is
