India

Until They Bleed

Mon, 03/03/2014 - 15:32 - Korea Fix

When I left Ralph at the bus station his mien was one of resigned disappointment with the way things had panned out. He was going back to a different part of Asia and I was boarding a train heading south the same evening. I took a rickshaw to the train station and enjoyed a pleasant conversation with the driver about our families and life trajectories. At the train station I sat and waited like everyone else, all of us looking nauseously green beneath the platform’s droning sodium bulbs.

My December Newsweek Japan Essay: Japan as a Unique Bulwark to Chinese Hegemony in Asia

Fri, 12/27/2013 - 01:23 - Robert E Kelly

I recently joined Newsweek Japan in a more official capacity as a regular contributor. I am pleased to do so, as I increasingly think that Japan is the primary bulwark to Chinese hegemony in Asia. So more and more, my research interest is drifting toward the Sino-Japanese competition as weightier than the inter-Korean competition.

My ‘Diplomat’ Essay on whether these Youth Protests will Spread to Asia’s Democracies

Sat, 07/13/2013 - 00:00 - Robert E Kelly

Here is a re-post of my July contribution to the Diplomat web magazine.

Could Youth Protests Spread to Asia’s Corrupt Democracies?

Sat, 06/22/2013 - 22:00 - Robert E Kelly

Jay Ulfelder and I had a Twitter conversation on this question in the last few days (here and here). But Twitter has such limited space, I thought I would break out our discussion on the blog and ask what others thought.

Question about visa for India!

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 09:59 - virginia29

Hi all-

I'm traveling to India in August and am trying to figure out the visa process. I'm American and live in Busan. I'll be traveling there for 2 months. It's unclear to me whether the visa is issued for 3 months or 6 months, and if only three months, does it expire 3 months from the ISSUE date? I will leave Busan on July 19th but not get to India until August 12th (traveling elsewhere first). So do I need to crunch two visits to Seoul in my last week in Busan or can I send it in the mail and not be as stressed out?

Thanks for any advice and help!!!

Jean