MM gets Woodrow Wilson Award
AT A glittering gala dinner featuring a tony list of who’s who in the world’s financial capital, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
United States
Bush running out of time to end impasse
N. KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS
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With just 2 years left in office, he will find it hard to tackle Pyongyang.
THE Bush administration, despite
MM to receive top US award for public service
MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will receive a prestigious American award for public service.
The Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Centre for scholars, which
MM to meet President Bush on US visit
Mr Lee starts two-week tour today to strengthen personal and bilateral ties.
MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrives in the United States today
US fast running out of options
North Korea nuclear crisis.
Timing of Pyongyang’s weapons test threat piles on pressure for beleaguered Bush administration.
THE Bush administration is fast running out
Will Abe learn to rock and roll? / US-Japan alliance management can’t go on auto pilot
Under the leadership of Junichiro Koizumi, Japan-US ties reached an unprecedented closeness. The world will be watching how Koizumi’s successor, Shinzo Abe,
Pentagon to set up top post on Asia
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THE Pentagon will embark on a major revamp of its policy-making wing this week. For the first time, it
I won’t be Indonesia’s next president: Jusuf Kalla
INDONESIA’S Vice-President Jusuf Kalla says he will not be the country’s next president, citing his ethnic background as the main hurdle.
He told
Neighbours – and foes
Sino-Japanese antipathy has increased and Indians and Pakistanis remain hostile towards one another.
NEGATIVE feelings towards China among the Japanese have shot up
Malaysian ‘dithering’ over FTA worries US
KL may be wary of negative Muslim views and unequal trade benefits.
THE Bush administration is concerned that Malaysia is not showing a
Bush calls terror war ‘struggle for civilisation’
In major speech, he also defends Iraq War, but draws flak for politicising 9/11.
IN A speech that ended a day of moving
Fundamental shift in U.S.-Asia ties
Analysts see China as main beneficiary as US makes war on terror its focus
SEPT 11 fundamentally altered US-Asia ties, forcing a reassessment