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Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lynas accountable for the development of the company’s rare earths processing plant at the Teluk Kalong industrial park, in Kemaman on the east coast of Malaysia. The Malaysian Minister of Finance has approved the project with special tax incentives to Lynas for operating a rare earth deposits plant in Malaysia (Lynas Corporation Ltd, 2007). Some of the tax incentives include a pioneer status secured for the Kemamam Rare Earths Processing…

In 1975, NASA and the Soviet Union partnered for the first international human spaceflight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). It successfully tested joint rendezvous and docking procedures for their respective country’s spacecraft over two days. The US, Soviet Union, and other major space players all signed…

Over the past 30 years, China has witnesses a continuing transition a capitalist political economy with a highlighting on market competition, international economic integrations and capital accumulation. In other words, It has opened its door to the direction of liberalization. Therefore, China requires to join the WTO for the demand to open its markets in anticipation, which is a new program of legal…

of the initial responses to the disaster were, to bring the release of radioactive material under control, control and extinguish fires, clean up the debris from the reactor, and construct a confinement structure called “sarcophagus” (International Atomic Energy Agency, 1996). An example of an action that was taken in order to stop fires, prevent further nuclear reactions, and the release of radioactive material, was helicopters pouring sand and boron on the reactor debris. This action was one…

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, South Korea has been a member of the United Nations since 1991. The latest count of diplomatic relations was in 2012 at 189 countries (International Relations, n.d.). Despite the local tension with China,…

One of the largest environmental disasters in world history happened on March 11, 2011. The site was the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake was experienced off the northeastern coast of Japan, and this triggered tsunamis that affected shorelines within minutes. Dozens of villages alongside 200 miles of coastline were substantially destroyed. Waves measuring more than 40 feet struck the Fukushima nuclear power plant, located only 150 miles from Tokyo. The…

On January 29th, 2002, American President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union address. At the time, the United States was still reeling from the aftereffects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks just four months before, and the world’s eyes eagerly descended upon the White House in anticipation of President Bush addressing the next phase of the government’s response to the acts of terrorism. The public searched for tangible goals and promises from the government, anything to quell…

state of health and that could’ve been avoided. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTRO) stated that a gram of Mo-99 is worth $46 million (national Academies Press, 2009). Ron Cameron, head of nuclear development Nuclear Energy Agency, has predicted that the price of Mo-99 could increase 7-fold, due to the radioisotopes shortage. Production of Tc-99m was halted in 2016 at the Chalk River facility even though it is set to shut down in 2018. Because of Tc-99m’s half-life…

In the midst of modern history (post World War II), the New World Order discomposed the old world order and browbeat the term conquest and territorial aggrandizement into the closet; however, the Middle East seems to be the exception to every rule. Over the past sixty years , armed hostile conflict and unrepentant governments have raged unchecked throughout the Middle East. Stability and peace are foreign words that do not translate in this region of the world. War ravaged Iran and Iraq in…

Whenever the world trends towards parapolitics, I find it unfortunate that much of the country fails to understand what parapolitical analytics are and why they are important to understand. The main political structure in this country is flawed, not because it was flawed during its construction, but only because it has suffered throughout its evolution. To many, this is not obvious. Those who try to point out the obvious are shut down and told that they are spoiling the process of government by…