Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — Security is definitely a matter of definition. When we talk about security in Northeast Asia, we’re thinking about the threat posed by more than a million North Korean troops, thousands of artillery pieces and long-range missiles tipped with weapons of mass destruction, probably nuclear. That’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — The late “Great Leader” Kim Il-Sung no doubt drew upon the teachings of Mao Zedong when he formulated his philosophy of “juche” or self-reliance, but one word you never hear on visits to North Korea is “Maoism.” If North Korea recognizes Mao Zedong as an […]
Sol W. Sanders MUMBAI (BOMBAY), India — Is the Indian economy retreating back into “the Hindu rate of growth” which characterized the stagnation of four decades when New Delhi ran the economy with its imitation of Soviet planning? A returning former resident finds more than a touch of Calcutta’s notorious chaos and poverty in […]