Talking Peace, Preparing for War

Northeast Asia heaved a sigh of relief at the latest news of a breakthrough in the nuclear negotiations with North Korea.

A Green Bulldozer?

President Lee Myung-Bak can turn South Korea into the first sustainable Green economy in the world.

Three Hard Truths

The United States is negotiating with North Korea but hasn’t changed its fundamental policy toward the region.

Seoul Searching

after several years of strained relations between Seoul and Washington, will the Bush administration do a similar about-face and throw a lifeline to Roh Moo-Hyun?

All Fall Down

All Fall Down

Ten years after the Asian financial crisis, the Pacific economies have yet to really recover. Meanwhile, as columnist Walden Bello argues, finance capital resists any form of global regulation, making more financial crises likely.