Author Archives: Muhammad Cohen

About Muhammad Cohen

Former US diplomat and broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is Asia editor at large for Clarion Media, a longtime contributor to Forbes, columnist for Asia Times and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about TV news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his biography, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook, LinkedIn, ex-Twitter @MuhammadCohen and now on Blue Sky @MuhammadCohen.bsky.social.

Moving US-North Korea relations ahead to 1994

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Muhammad Cohen

Award-winning foreign correspondent Barbara Demick believes the Clinton administration got it “most right” with North Korea. Continue reading →

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Moving US-North Korea relations ahead to 1994

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Muhammad Cohen

Award-winning foreign correspondent Barbara Demick believes the Clinton administration got it “most right” with North Korea. Continue reading →

Posted in 1994 Agreed Framework, Asia Times, ATimes.com, Barbara Demick, Clinton presidency, Hong Kong On Air, North Korea nuclear program, Trump presidency, Ubud Writers Festival, US-North Korea relations | Comments Off on Moving US-North Korea relations ahead to 1994

Jeju Dream Tower gambles on ‘Korean lifestyle’

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Muhammad Cohen

Jeju Dream Tower tries to make an iconic urban integrated resort, with a foreigners-only casino, pay on the scenic holiday island Continue reading →

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Jeju Dream Tower gambles on ‘Korean lifestyle’

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Muhammad Cohen

Jeju Dream Tower tries to make an iconic urban integrated resort, with a foreigners-only casino, pay on the scenic holiday island Continue reading →

Posted in Forbes.com, Hong Kong On Air, Jeju casinos, Jeju Dream Tower, Jeju International Casino Policy Forum, Jeju tourism, Korea casinos, Landing International, Lotte Tour, Shinhwa World | Comments Off on Jeju Dream Tower gambles on ‘Korean lifestyle’

Bali helps Anuradha Roy pen pan-Hindu parable

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Muhammad Cohen

Indian novelist finds lessons for modern India in 1920s Bali Continue reading →

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