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India and Pakistan must work together: Experts -- Express Tribune
India and Pakistan must work together: Experts -- Express Tribune

(2011-12-18) East-West Centre Research Fellow Dr Sumeet Saksena stated that there is no clear definition of peri-urban and urged for a definition that will enable stakeholders to take care of citizens in these areas. -- Also appears in: Islamabad Dateline, South Asian Media Network

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India and Pakistan must work together: Experts -- Express Tribune
China apunta a la supremacía tecnológica -- Revista Ñ (in Spanish)
China apunta a la supremacía tecnológica -- Revista Ñ (in Spanish)

(2011-12-22) Este verano (boreal), Dieter Ernst, un investigador del East-West Center, dijo que los chinos habían superado a Corea del Sur y a Europa en total de patentes y estaban alcanzando a EE.UU. y a Japón. China, además, es ahora el segundo mayor mercado de capital de riesgo del mundo, terreno en el que creció a 7.600 millones de dólares cuando en 2005 estaba en apenas 2.200 millones. -- Also appears in: Nezavisne Novine, SEEbiz

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China apunta a la supremacía tecnológica -- Revista Ñ (in Spanish)
N Korea likely to resume nuclear game in spring of 2012: experts -- Yonhap News
N Korea likely to resume nuclear game in spring of 2012: experts -- Yonhap News

(2011-12-23) Green said he expects that the new leadership will flex its muscles starting as early as the spring or summer. ... "I think what we know about their program suggests pretty strongly that they are preparing for a third nuclear test and maybe missile tests," Green said at the forum earlier this week. "The North Koreans have a game plan to demonstrate then to the world and their people their full nuclear weapons capability." -- Also appears in: Korea Herald

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N Korea likely to resume nuclear game in spring of 2012: experts -- Yonhap News
HECO sees electric prices staying high -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
HECO sees electric prices staying high -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser

(2011-12-23) Several factors have caused the pricing disparity between Asia and the rest of the world, including the fact that Japan has increased its fuel oil imports after curtailing its nuclear energy production in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami there in March, said Kang Wu, a senior fellow at the East-West Center. High economic growth rates in Asia, led by China, also have put upward pressure on oil prices in the region, he said. -- Also appears in: Middle East North Africa Financial Network

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HECO sees electric prices staying high -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
North Korea's Uncertain Transition -- Eurasia Review
North Korea's Uncertain Transition -- Eurasia Review

(2011-12-26) Green said the U.S.should step up coordination with South Korea and Japan on scenarios in case of a North Korean collapse. Such planning has been "fairly advanced with South Korea, but that is not true with Japan, and China doesn't want to talk about it at all," he said. "We need to push harder with these discussions - there's a lot we haven't talked about in terms of what to do if this place unravels." Ambassador Ray Burghardt, director of the EWC's East-West Seminars program ... , said that a topic of constant debate in U.S. policy toward North Korea has been whether to try to force change, or whether maintaining stability in Northeast Asia is the main priority. -- Also appears in: PeaceMedia

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North Korea's Uncertain Transition -- Eurasia Review
Funeral for N. Korean 'dear leader' set for Wednesday -- CNN.com
Funeral for N. Korean 'dear leader' set for Wednesday -- CNN.com

(2011-12-27) Denny Roy, a North Korea analyst at the East-West Center in Honolulu, said observers outside North Korea will be performing "the usual Kremlinology -- except in this case it's Pyongyangology." They will be watching the ceremonies for clues as to where leading figures stand in the new hierarchy, comparing the event to the 1994 funeral of North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung.

"What I expect to see is no sign that there's any hiccup or difficulty in Kim Jong Il's plan to have his son Kim Jong Un succeed him," Roy said.

Among those expected to be at the side of the "great successor" are his aunt and uncle. The late ruler's sister, Kim Kyong Hui, and her husband, Jang Sung Taek, are expected to serve as regents for the young Kim as he builds leadership experience, Roy said.

"They will be very prominently featured in all of the public ceremonies," he said. "They'll have places that are very close to Kim Jong Un. If it was otherwise, it would be a dramatic new development, but I don't expect that."

... Roy said Kim now lives in the Chinese casino haven of Macau and is "more or less exiled."

"It's rather significant that in a Confucian society, the oldest son won't play a significant role in the funeral," he said. "That speaks to a very strained relationship between him and the current leadership."

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Funeral for N. Korean 'dear leader' set for Wednesday -- CNN.com
HECO warns people about high electric bill -- Hawaii News Now
HECO warns people about high electric bill -- Hawaii News Now

(2011-12-27) "The process will be very long. Don't expect any quick change, quick fix to the problem we have," said Kang Wu, energy expert with the East West Center. "The infrastructure challenge is one of the reality checks we have to do to deal with this kind of issue."

Wu says 100 percent renewable energy is decades away and he agrees your electric bill will continue to rise.

"I just don't see the cost of the energy use in Hawaii will be coming down anytime soon simply because everything is related to the oil," said Wu. "The high cost probably is still a way of life for Hawaii for a long long time."

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HECO warns people about high electric bill -- Hawaii News Now