The Story of a Korean Minority in Japan By Sakari Teerikoski Koreans constitute the largest ethnic minority in Japan. While most of them have either South Korean or Japanese citizenship today, a part of this group belongs to a lesser-known minority. The Chōsen-seki are not nationals of Japan. Neither are they citizens of South Korea or North Korea. They are…
By Sakke Teerikoski African elephants are on the decline. Large-scale illegal hunting is threatening populations across the continent to answer the global demand for ivory. This trade fuels militant groups that poach elephants and smuggle ivory for income. Lack of control causes illegal ivory to enter the legal market with…
By Sakke Teerikoski “[E]ven the hardened social reformers in Britain of the…
By Sakke Teerikoski 2010-talet blev ett minst sagt händelserikt och konfliktfyllt årtionde…
The Story of a Korean Minority in Japan By Sakari Teerikoski Koreans constitute the largest ethnic minority in Japan. While most of them have either South Korean or Japanese citizenship today, a part of this group belongs to a lesser-known minority. The Chōsen-seki are not nationals of Japan. Neither are…
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By Sakke Teerikoski “[E]ven the hardened social reformers in Britain of the 1840’s would have been shocked by the conditions facing children today in the world’s poorest countries. In West Africa, children as young as 12 are working in narrow tunnels down the shifts of artisanal gold mines. In India,…
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By Sakke Teerikoski 2010-talet blev ett minst sagt händelserikt och konfliktfyllt årtionde i Mellanösterns historia. Arabvåren, kriget i Syrien, kriget mot IS, kriget i Jemen och blockaden mot Qatar. Regionens årtionde har ständigt präglats av terrorgruppers uppgång och fall samt av växande spänningar mellan Iran och Saudiarabien. Därtill ökar den…
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By Sakke Teerikoski Five years from now humans will have returned to the Moon, at least if you ask Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Earlier this year, on the 26th of March, Pence delivered a speech to the U.S. National Space Council, outlining a plan for NASA to accomplish a…
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By Sakke Teerikoski May 2019 marks 15 years since the large eastern expansion of the European Union took place. Ten new member states from Central and Eastern Europe joined the Union on May 1, 2004. Three new members from the south-eastern corner of the continent have joined since, and several…
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By Sakke Teerikoski African elephants are on the decline. Large-scale illegal hunting is threatening populations across the continent to answer the global demand for ivory. This trade fuels militant groups that poach elephants and smuggle ivory for income. Lack of control causes illegal ivory to enter the legal market with…
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By Sakke Teerikoski In Spring 2018, South African grassroot activists Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekalakala were rewarded the Goldman Prize for stopping an unlawful nuclear deal of the South African government through a long court process. This was just one of many twists in the long series of corruption allegations…
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By Sakke Teerikoski In April 2014, the world was shocked by news that about 276 Nigerian school girls who had been kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Soon after, followed an international movement was sparked under the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. At the time it got much attention in media, but…
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By Sakke Teerikoski The politics of fear. Eighteen months ago this was Donald Trump’s ace in the sleeve. It was the strategy behind a successful campaign that had just made him the Republican party’s candidate for the US presidency – and that would soon make him president. That was 2016.…
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By Sakke Teerikoski In November 2017 it was decided that the European Medical Agency would move from London to Amsterdam and the European Banking Agency would move from London to Paris. Many European cities campaigned for getting these agencies, and it became sort of a symbol for the British exit…
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