William Pesek For The Straits Times MAY 23, 2019, 5:00 AM SGT Japan worries about being next target of US trade pressures and suffering collateral damage in US-China conflict Japan’s new emperor could be excused for feeling a bit of Donald Trump envy. Emperor Naruhito is the one who took the Chrysanthemum Throne on May
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW Facing mounting financial pressure, Asian leaders will rue failure to reform sooner William Pesek October 10, 2018 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, goes the old adage. The second-best time? Now. Timber-rich Indonesia does not suffer from a lack of forests. But officials in Jakarta are definitely
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Column By William Pesek With an ally like Trump, does South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in really need an adversary? September 02, 2018 William Pesek South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in did not blame Donald Trump for last week’s epic cabinet shake-up. But the US president’s name was written between the lines in bold type. President
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ASIA TIMES Governor Lee Ju-yeol must tap his inner rebel and beat the odds with a regimen of slow, but steady tightening By WILLIAM PESEK MARCH 11, 2018 South Korea’s Lee Ju-yeol has beaten the odds three times in four years. First, in 2014 when he was chosen to run the Bank of Korea after dispensing withering criticism of
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