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Mark Buckton

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Mark is a journalism vet of 20 years with most of those years spent in Tokyo, Japan, as a columnist for The Japan Times and numerous other publications. His work has appeared on CNN, in the BBC, NPR, and in several dozen other media forms and publications across five continents.
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A Week After US Praise On Climate Change, India’s PM To Boost Oil & Gas Use

Just days after being praised by John Kerry, US President Joe Biden’s…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 17, 2021
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  • Asia
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  • India
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  • World

John Kerry To Work “very, very closely” With India On Climate Change

John Kerry, Joe Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, has earmarked his…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 15, 2021
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  • Africa
  • Editorial
  • Somaliland
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Somaliland Elections To Take Place May 31st, 2021

In July of 2020, Taiwan established relations with Somaliland in the Horn…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 12, 2021
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China Bans BBC World News In Move To Reverberate Around The World

In its most controversial move against global media establishments to date, China…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 12, 2021
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それぞれについて – Taiwan Ceramics Artist Yu Jen – In Japan

In late 2019, when multi-talented Taiwanese ceramics artist Yu Jen decided on…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 10, 2021
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Korean Anti-Japanese Rhetoric Sounding Increasingly Stale

Last week South Korea’s Defense Ministry stopped using the term “partner” to…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 8, 2021
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Puntland To Swap Fish For Khat From Ethiopia

Bosaso (PP News Desk) — Puntland State Aviation Minister Ilyas Osman has…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 6, 2021
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  • Asia
  • New Taipei
  • News
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Burmese In Taiwan To Hold Demo Saturday Morning To Protest Coup

Following the February 1st military takeover in Myanmar that has seen the…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 5, 2021
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Guyana Backtracks On Taiwan Office Deal, Kowtows To Beijing

After a day of Taiwanese government officials taking to social media across…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 5, 2021
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Taiwan Ally Somaliland To Conduct Local & Parliamentary Elections In May

Hargeisa (PP News Desk) — Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi today signed…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 4, 2021
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“Pure Cowardice” As Moscow Jails Putin Critic, Alexei Navalny

In a move called “pure cowardice” by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,…
  • Mark Buckton
  • February 3, 2021
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