Building the Northeast Asian Community

Northeast Asia and the Trends of the 21 st Century - An Essay on the Northeast Asian Economic Community -

Northeast Asia and the Trends of the 21 st Century An Essay on the Northeast Asian Economic Community Jung-Dong Park In corresponding to present trends, it is necessary to organize an EU-like community in Asia, especially in the Northeast Asia. The Northeast Asian countries, including Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan and so on, have similar history, culture, and ethnic background, and therefore, it ...

The Brookings Institution Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies Building Asia Pacific Regional Architecture: the Challenge of Hybrid Regionalism

Rough eyes of the Northeast-Asian wood white, Leptidea amurensis.

The northeast-Asian wood white, Leptidea amurensis (Lepidoptera, Pieridae), belongs to the Dismorphiinae, a subfamily of the family Pieridae. We studied the structure of the compound eye in this species through a combination of anatomy, molecular biology and intracellular electrophysiology, with a particular focus on the evolution of butterfly eyes. We found that their eyes consist of three typ...

Application of Kyoto Mechanisms to the Northeast Asian Electricity Grid

Since the U.S. Bush administration took its position against the Kyoto Protocol, growing concerns for the facts behind and security of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have appeared on the horizon. However, this pessimistic mood will not stay long, once the global community pays attention to what the intention of the U.S. is. The U.S. never refused the Climate ...

A traditional medicine system of the Kui community in northeast Thailand

To define three different types of Kui traditional healers, herbalists, blowing doctors and spirit healers, according to their range and methods of treatment. Surveys were conducted to identify traditional healers among a population of Kui villages in the southern part of Northeast Thailand. Criteria were established to select a sample group of thirty healers, ten of each type of healer. For ov...