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Analysis: For N. Koreans, Parody Has Grave Tone
Most North Koreans (except those who defected) with whom this correspondent had conversed in Pyongyang and elsewhere appeared to sincerely believe what they read in their country’s media: The United States and its allies are looking for any opportunity to undermine their country’s socialistic system and thwart its attempts to advance, militarily and materialistically.
Soft Power Outage
The revelations about the United States' brutal torture program have damaged the country's best asset abroad.
Russia Wasn’t the Only Story in 2014
Although the Sochi Games were by many measures a success, any global afterglow quickly dimmed a few weeks later when Russia annexed more Black Sea property: the Crimea in neighboring Ukraine.
The Interview: No One Promised Hitchcock
To those pulling out their tin foil hats and claiming that Sony managed to pull one over on the planet by manufacturing this whole scandal – just remember that the thing about soft power is that you can’t always control how it goes down.
‘Kawaii’ Gets a Landmark
While Japanese cool hunters might lament the lack of pop cultural exports in recent years — all the more conspicuous when compared to K-Pop’s successful forays westward — kawaii (cute) culture has quietly permeated into global consciousness with all the effortless grace of singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu farting out a rainbow.
2014 in Review:A Successful Year for China's Diplomacy
Foreign Minister Wang Yi Attended and Addressed the Opening Ceremony of the Symposium on the International Developments and China's Diplomacy in 2014
Cyberattacks and the US-North Korea storm
The unfolding episode over the film The Interview underlines the potential for business decisions, whatever their motivation, to become intertwined with foreign relations among states and companies.
Diplomacy@SocialMedia: MEA Tops Charts Among Various Ministries
As social media has emerged as a key communications tool, the External Affairs Ministry has come on the top among various ministries and government departments in terms of its presence on digital platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+.
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