Asia
US President Obama Visit in Manila
Wanneer: 30/04/2014 - 12:08
The small window of opportunity to forge an independent foreign policy that the Philippines gained with the expulsion of the US bases in 1992 will disappear with the impending signing of the Agreement on Enhanced Defense Cooperation with the US. Lees meer...
South v North Korea: how do the two countries compare?
Wanneer: 25/12/2013 - 08:58
How big is North Korea's army compared to South Korea? What is the size of the economy, or the average life expectancy? Lees meer...
The Purge in Pyongyang
Wanneer: 13/12/2013 - 04:13
To anyone with a remote interest in the inner workings of North Korea, the recent purge of Kim Jong Un’s perceived éminence grise Jang Song Thaek was stunning in its abrupt ferocity and in the sheer publicity that surrounded it. Lees meer...
The WTO pushes through bad deal; Developed countries and TNCs are the big winners
Bali, Indonesia - The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package in the final hours, extending the Conference to December 7, but at the cost of the developing countries, the poor and the hungry. Lees meer of Begin discussie...
