Dateline: Seoul, South Korea South Korea has one of the world's largest markets for skin care and beauty products. In fact, even South Korean men spend more than $25 per capita...
Economic collapse: are you living in “the land of the setting sun”?
Dateline: En route to Nagoya, Japan Greetings today from the Nozomi superexpress train, where I’m headed from Tokyo to central Japan’s Nagoya. I was in elementary school when...
The $15 minimum wage guys should come to Japan before wealth confiscation begins
Dateline: Tokyo, Japan The flight in from Hong Kong was about as smooth as one can get, even if the business class seats on Japan Airlines were a bit worse for wear. I spent the...
They tried to reverse their currency devaluation… and failed
Dateline: Hong Kong The ancient Roman Empire is well known for being one of the earliest examples of currency debasement. For example, Diocletian enacted so-called "currency...
Does the government find your financial activity suspicious?
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The concept of robbing from the rich to feed the poor has long been popularized by the popular English folklore figure Robin Hood. Accompanied by...
Why Deposit Insurance Won’t Save You from Bank Failures
Dateline: Langkawi, Malaysia I remember being ten years old when we got our first Internet connection. It was Prodigy, a dial-up service that - much like AOL - promised access to...
What the most famous Ponzi scheme in history looks like
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Just drive around Phnom Penh and you'll see something a bit surprising. I reported the other day that, in less than one year, an entire new round...
Backdoor expropriation: how to lose your home (and go to jail)
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Six years ago, when my broadcasting business in The Land of the Free was in full swing, I flew to New York for an important business meeting with...
Five reasons I’m investing in Cambodian real estate
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It's been eleven months to the date since I last departed Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh. To say that this city, and this country, is no...
The Latest Ways Your Government is Wasting Your Money
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Here in Kuala Lumpur, the JW Marriott is quite the place to be. Nestled directly across from Pavilion, the city's preeminent shopping mall, it is...
