Is South Korea’s meteoric rise losing its shine? (Anthony P. D’Costa, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/12/01/is-south-koreas-meteoric-rise-losing-its-shine/

Why Japan needs India’s talents (Anthony P. D’Costa, East Asia Forum)

There is a popular saying among Indians that ‘Dubai is the best-run Indian city’. Hundreds of thousands of Indians, as well as others from the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, have been making a living in the Gulf region through temporary contract labour. They are mostly unskilled or semi-skilled workers engaged in the provisioning of a variety of services such as construction, retail, building maintenance and security, teaching, healthcare and domestic help.

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/05/03/why-japan-needs-indias-talents/