Seoul has announced the termination of an intelligent sharing pact with Japan in the midst of a protected series of disputes between two countries. Korea and Japan’s history is filled with hostility although in the second half of the 20th century each state began to bury much hostility and suspicion […]
Japan recently placed trade restrictions on exports to South Korea in what many regard as a retaliatory move in the aftermath of South Korea’s highest court ordering the Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate the relatives of Koreans forced into slave labour during Japan’s long occupation of the Korean […]
The biggest internal and external problems with the Japanese economy have remained remarkably consistent over the last 30+ years. Japan continues to operate on a very closed economic model whose comparative success is contingent upon the popularity of Japanese exports worldwide. This has remained the case even after Japan’s economy […]
North East Asia is one of the most prosperous, most highly literate and most technologically advanced regions on the planet. But although North East Asia is known collectively as a place of innovation and quality production techniques, in the 21st century it should also become a place of peace and […]
According to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Iran was responsible for causing severe explosions on a Japanese owned oil tanker as it sailed through the Gulf of Oman. The fact that this occurred when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe was in Tehran meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader and President […]
Under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte, The Philippines has experienced an upturn in its economic fortunes with both Asian and western investors looking at the potential of a consistently growing ASEAN economy that is both ideally located as well as being home to a young widely English speaking population […]
The biggest internal and external problems with the Japanese economy have remained remarkably consistent over the last 30+ years. Japan continues to operate on a very closed economic model whose comparative success is contingent upon the popularity of Japanese exports worldwide. This has remained the case even after Japan’s economy […]
North East Asia is one of the most prosperous, most highly literate and most technologically advanced regions on the planet. But although North East Asia is known collectively as a place of innovation and quality production techniques, in the 21st century it should also become a place of peace and […]
Reports from Seoul indicate that last night, the DPRK tested a short range rocket off of the east coast of Korea. Although this test is a far cry from the nuclear capable ICBM tests of 2017, Pyongyang has nevertheless delivered a cogent message to the wider world. This comes just […]
Nedka Babliku has launched a new interview and discussion show called The Big East. Below is an interview in which she explains what The Big East is all about. EF: What is the Big East? NB: The Big East is a talk show on politics, business, arts and culture centred […]
