Movies & TV - June 16, 2009
Strange Things Happening in Korea
          Strange things are happening on the Korean peninsula. In the North, the return to an isolated, threatening stance by Pyongyang has abruptly terminated fitful cooperation to dismantle nuclear facilities. A second nuclear explosion, following t...
Tags: Korea, Nukes, Missiles, Atomic Test, Pyongyang, Seoul, UN

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 16, 2009
UN Main Hope Re Iran, North Korea
            As the international community grapples with the latest thundering threats from North Korea, which for the second time in three years have been accompanied by a nuclear explosion, the principal forum is the United Nations. Likewis...
Tags: UN, United Nations, Iran, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control

Politics - April 9, 2009
London G20 Summit A Success
The just concluded G20 summit in London has underscored the seriousness and complexity of our global economic challenges, but also the determination of member governments to address these vexing problems. Discussions were focused, concrete outcomes resulted and there is room for optimism.  &...
Tags: G20, G8, UN, IMF, WTO, US, Obama, Brown, SDR, Euro, dollar, crisis, finance, unemployment, transparency

Politics - April 7, 2009
Koreas North & South, and the UN
             Considerable public attention, and no little controversy, has attended statements related to both North Korea and South Korea in the past few days, underscoring the global strategic importance of that Northeast Asia peninsul...
Tags: politics, korea, un, diplomacy, military, security, war, terrorism

Marketplace - Nov. 20, 2008
G20 Summit & Global Economic Crisis: Meltdown or Market Correction?
            The Washington weekend conference of leaders of the Group of 20 nations underscores the global financial crisis. The world economy seems defined by wildly gyrating equities markets and frozen credit markets. There is broad consens...
Tags: Stocks, Stock Market, Wall Street, G20, Bretton Woods, UN, Monetary