http://www.globalasia.org 2012-02-05 13:37:39 All rights reserved. Users may download and print extracts of content from this website for their own personal and non-commercial use only. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. (c) Reuters 2009 Indonesia’s unexpected and stellar growth over four decades shows clearly that corruption does not have to be a barrier to a booming economy. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N4_Winter_2011/Hal_Hill.html The Debates 2011-12-26 09:15:30+0900 As a developing country riddled with corruption at every level, Indonesia appears to defy expectations with consistently high growth rates in recent years. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N4_Winter_2011/Yohanes_Sulaiman.html The Debates 2011-12-26 09:15:30+0900 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched its first frantic diplomatic appeals for international food aid in early 1994 — over half a year before the September 1994 flooding, it is worth noting, that was subsequently used as the official justification for the doctrinally awkward call for foreign aid by this ostensibly self-reliant juche state. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N3_Fall_2011/Nicholas_Eberstadt.html The Debates 2011-09-19 09:15:30+0900 In discussions about humanitarian aid to North Korea, it is not uncommon in South Korea to hear arguments such as “It is one-way giving with nothing in return,” “The North has not changed,” “Why give aid when all of it is diverted to the military?” “Why give humanitarian aid when they are developing nuclear weapons?” and so on. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N3_Fall_2011/Young-yoon_Kim.html The Debates 2011-09-19 09:15:30+0900 While some European countries have started rethinking their nuclear programs in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, emerging Asian nations are not. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N2_Summer_2011/Jor-Shan_Choi.html The Debates 2011-06-22 09:15:30+0900 Almost exactly 25 years after Chernobyl, Japan’s nuclear disaster had ironic timing. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N2_Summer_2011/Nikhil_Desai.html The Debates 2011-06-22 09:15:30+0900 The WikiLeaks affair, so far at least, brings to mind the old Soviet story about a teacher asking the class to give an example of a tragedy. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N1_Spring_2011/Gregory_F_Treverton.html The Debates 2011-03-25 09:15:30+0900 The rise of social media and the power of WikiLeaks to reveal state secrets raise major questions for the conduct of diplomacy in a world where a secret is not what it once was. http://www.globalasia.org/V6N1_Spring_2011/Walter_C_Clemens_Jr.html The Debates 2011-03-25 09:15:30+0900 The November elections were no watershed moment for Burma, and no one should expect reform overnight. http://www.globalasia.org/V5N4_Winter_2010/David_I_Steinberg.html The Debates 2010-12-22 09:15:30+0900 The elections were a thorough fraud, and the military’s grip on Burma is as iron-fisted as ever. http://www.globalasia.org/V5N4_Winter_2010/Bertil_Lintner.html The Debates 2010-12-22 09:15:30+0900