Malaysia election 2018: Stop making a fuss about Chinese investments
Chinese investment into Malaysia should not be a political talking point. During a recent interview with The Associated Press, Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad…
North Korean move stops short of declaring abolition of N-weapons
It must be a tactic to weaken the pressure of the international community’s sanctions and make summit meetings with the United States and South Korea successful. It must be…
Violence against women and girls is endemic in Bhutan
Bhutan’s women and children are not safe -they are not safe at homes, at work and in schools. The recent report of a health technician sexually assaulting a patient…
US think tank warns of China’s ‘ulterior motives’
A US think tank on Tuesday warned that spreading Chinese investment in the Indo-Pacific follows a pattern of leveraging geopolitical influence at the expense of the nations…
Assad is heedless of the timid West
Saturday’s missile strikes on Syria were so restrained as to be utterly ineffective. The United States, Britain and France landed a barrage on Syria on Saturday, sending a…
Before breaking into song
Kathua rape: BJP is not the only party using rape as a political tool. Yet again they were singing and reciting Faiz. Elsewhere they perhaps do the same with Sri Sri, Kazi Nazrul,…
India tired of rape culture excuses
In India, 106 women are raped per day and the numbers aren’t going down. The brutal rape and cold-blooded murder of an eight-year-old Muslim shepherd girl, allegedly to…
Grab-Uber deal: Merger or market-sharing agreement?
The Grab-Uber merger has implications for competition law and long-term commuting behaviour, and deserve careful scrutiny. Now that the Grab-Uber deal is being carefully…
The cult of Prayut Chan-o-cha
Support is growing for the general’s continued role as premier, but there’s a catch that’s being overlooked. They have turned to Prayut Chan-o-cha as though he was a movie…
Mother of all elections begins in Malaysia
[THIS is not the first general election that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is leading yet he looked so tense and coiled up when announcing the dissolution of Parliament. Some thought…