Continuing tragedy: The Kathmandu Post
The government has to ensure that the universities and colleges Nepali students attend abroad pass certain criteria for safety and inclusion.
Who do the soldiers stand for?
The Yoon crisis revealed a hopeful truth: that many in the military — especially younger officers and those from the nonmilitary academy — understand that loyalty to the…
Coalition contradictions
A national Opposition bloc can either have a huge impact on politics, offering strong checks and balances to push the government of the day to work better, or it could splinter…
Systemic port failure: The Jakarta Post
If the government truly cares about addressing this gridlock, then it should start thinking about moving goods from production hubs in West Java and Banten to Jakarta by rail,…
America’s authoritarian drift: Lessons for the Philippines
No country mirrors the US constitutional and political design more than the Philippines'.
Experimenting with education: The Jakarta Post
In the absence of a solid foundation, as manifested by policy inconsistency, the national education system has only devoured its schoolchildren.
Is the US winning under Donald ‘Tariff’ Trump?
The writer says: "Trump and his vice president's public pronouncements and behaviour with friends and foes alike have brought back the spectre of the "Ugly American" stereotype,…
Make the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo a festival to share hopes for future: The Japan News
The theme of the event, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” aims to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations.
Supporting the new norm of a marriage of convenience
It sounds like the Ayer Kuning by-election on April 26 will likely be a victory for the status quo, which in post-GE15 means non-Malay voters accepting the new political norm of…
Terrorist violence and protests in Pakistan’s Balochistan must serve as wake-up call to the state
There appears to be complete breakdown of the state’s authority in large parts of the troubled province.