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Time for radical rethink on language policy
An Australian institute of languages could do for language learning what the Australian Institute of Sport has done for sport, JOHN INGELSON believes. For many

Mutual fears and suspicions continue to impede Korea reunification talks
HYUNG-A KIM sees glimmer of hope for bridge-building between North Korea and South Korea in 2015 following North Korean leader Kim Jong-un鈥檚 new year declaration

Haiyan鈥檚 lingering aftermath
Fifteen months after super typhoon Haiyan battered the Philippines, life on the devastated Visayan Islands struggles to return to normal, reports JAMES FRANCIS WARREN. On

Portrait of a pragmatist
Hun Sen鈥檚 Cambodia. By Sebastian Strangio. Yale University Press, 2014. 322pp. During a recent conversation, a foreign affairs official confided to me his views on

Sri Lanka opts for normality with Rajapaksa ousting
DAMIEN KINGSBURY analyses the surprise election of Maithripala Sirisena as president last month and sees it as reflecting a desire for a more open, less

Gender inequality persists in Japanese politics
Despite professed enthusiasm from the Abe government to increase the number of women in the workforce and in leadership positions, writes EMMA DALTON, the statistics

A fearful symmetry
Members of the privileged families of the party鈥搒tate are escaping China鈥檚 current anti-corruption campaign, writes GEREMIE R. BARME. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests

Laos foots the bill for power-hungry Bangkok
Bangkok鈥檚 ever increasing electricity consumption is perpetuating injustice in Laos, writes DANNY MARKS. Seven months ago, in May, Bangkok鈥檚 latest shopping mall, Central Embassy, celebrated

A missed opportunity: environmental education in Indonesia鈥檚 new curriculum
Indonesia鈥檚 new school curriculum, writes LYN PARKER, disappoints when it comes to environmental education In 2013, Indonesia introduced its second new school curriculum since the

Religious apartheid in Myanmar
The Myanmar government could find itself in breach of international law over plans to offer minority Rohingya Muslims citizenship if they volunteer to change their
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