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Meanwhile, Choi's new book, A Person of Interest (Viking; 356 pages), is set after the 1960s, but it's also got bombs. A shy, touchy Asian math professor is falsely suspected of mailing explosives to computer experts, tidily recalling both scientist Wen Ho Lee and the Unabomber...
...million grant issued by the Northeast Asian History Foundation will focus on Korean ancient history to provide suggestions for the future direction of the country’s interactions with its neighbors. “A strong, viable relationship is not founded on the liquidation of history, but by building viable trust,” said Yongdeok Kim, president of the Seoul-based foundation, which will dispense the grant over the five years to the Early Korea Project. The grant will fund a series of workshops and publications, including an academic journal presenting Korean scholarship in English. The Early Korea...
...perks strongly favor foreigners. "To get all the benefits one must not be Singaporean, nor should one's beneficiaries be Singaporean," says Michael Troth, Asia-Pacific head of global wealth-structuring for Citigroup. As a result, says Troth: "Singapore is becoming the predominant provider of trust services to our Asian clients...
...into an economic power. Lately, authorities have begun to realize they cannot take such sacrifice for granted. "Only in the last couple of years, as labor prices have begun to rise, have local authorities in Guangdong paid more attention to migrant workers," says Dali Yang, director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. "Before they were treated as just another piece of equipment that was brought in when needed, because of the almost unlimited supply of labor." But despite the growing attention paid to the laborers in Guangdong, they are still outsiders. "Most migrant workers, they...
...Later that night Kelly Hu, of X-Men fame, held two fund raisers at Hollywood nightclubs for young Asian Americans supporting Obama. "He really speaks to the younger generation," said Hu, who also knocked on doors in Nevada before the caucuses and drove to San Francisco last week to rally supporters. "He speaks to Asian Americans because he's lived amongst us in Asia and in Hawaii. But even if he hadn't, he would still be the most inspiring candidate I've ever seen...