A Japanese court strikes a blow against exacting dress codes
print-edition icon Print edition | Asia Jan 24th 2019 | TOKYO JAPAN IS A country of conformity. As the saying goes, the nail that…
The road to democracy in Asia is full of twists and turns
IT CAN BE hard to keep track of the ups and downs of politics in some Asian countries. The Maldives, for example. For decades…
Zimbabwe sees its worst state violence in a decade
LAST YEAR Emmerson Mnangagwa strutted around the World Economic Forum (WEF) declaring his country “open for business”. This…
An influence-peddling scandal ensnares South Korea’s top court
FOR A MAN expressing remorse, Yang Seung-tae looked remarkably defiant. Standing outside South Korea’s Supreme Court on January…
China’s might is forcing Taiwan to rethink its military strategy
TAIWAN “MUST and will” be reunited with the mainland, declared Xi Jinping, China’s president, on January 2nd. Chinese leaders…
Hindu nationalists take aim at a hallowed Indian university
YEAR AFTER year Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scores among the top three of some 1,000 universities ranked by India’s government….
Afghanistan prepares to vote for the same old faces
IT IS HARD to argue that the Afghan government is doing well. The share of its citizens living on less than $1 a day rose from…
Egypt prepares to open its grand new capital
CAIRO IS KNOWN as the city of a thousand minarets. Its replacement started with just four, the spindly white towers of the Fattah…
The murder of an investigative journalist shakes Ghana
print-edition icon Print edition | Middle East and Africa Jan 24th 2019 | DAKAR AHMED HUSSEIN-SUALE DIVELA was stuck in traffic…