| Known as yakuza, this Japanese mafia was once seen as helping to police the criminal underworld, but more recently has been linked to extortion, drug trafficking and deadly gangland feuds. Now the authorities are fighting back, with new laws forbidding ... |  SBS |
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Fighting Japan's Mafia
Fighting Japan's Mafia:
Ex-Morgan Stanley MD Hong Kong Insider-Trading Conviction Upheld
Ex-Morgan Stanley MD Hong Kong Insider-Trading Conviction Upheld: Hong Kong's Court of Appeal upheld insider-dealing convictions against former Morgan Stanley (MS) managing director Du Jun while reducing his fine and prison term, according to the city's Securities and Futures Commission. The appeal court lowered Du's ...
Airport plan may be Chinese haven, TSU says
Airport plan may be Chinese haven, TSU says: Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Hsu Chung-hsin raises questions during a press conference in Taipei yesterday over whether the government plans to attract Chinese investment and labor for the Taoyuan Aerotropolis development project at Taiwan ...
Demand that the European Union Prioritize Human Rights at EU ...
Demand that the European Union Prioritize Human Rights at EU ...
Despite the continued documentation of grievous human rights abuses in China,
the European Union has a demonstrated track record of hesitance and
inaction when it comes to standing against these unacceptable policies.
Now, the EU has ...
Hey Nexen, What's the Chinese Word for "Treason"?
Hey Nexen, What's the Chinese Word for "Treason"?: At present he is best known for investigative work with human rights lawyer David Matas, into China's appalling record of harvesting human organs from convicts and Falun Gong dissidents for sale to foreigners. Their book, Bloody Harvest, is a powerful ...
Drop in aid shows declining will for global partnership on development
Drop in aid shows declining will for global partnership on development
"The goal of halving extreme poverty [measured by the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day] is likely to be achieved ahead of time, largely thanks to China's phenomenal growth," wrote Professor Dani Rodrik at Harvard University's Kennedy ...
China to tighten oversight of int'l NGOs
China to tighten oversight of int'l NGOs: The Chinese government recognizes the contributions of international NGOs in China's economic and social development and praises their contributions in fields like culture, education, health and poverty alleviation, Li said. However, he added, the ...
From the Chinese Press
From the Chinese Press: A poverty alleviation office in Anhui province released some information on students from poor families, which includes their parents' names, bank account numbers and even mobile phone numbers, sparking a heated online debate and drawing criticism, ...
How Americans see China
How Americans see China: Meanwhile, the president's Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, has promised that on his first day in office he will issue an executive order branding China a currency manipulator, possibly triggering a trade war. ..... China is our ally in the war on ...
US says Japan treaty covers Diaoyutais
US says Japan treaty covers Diaoyutais: In Taipei, Taiwan's coast guard said in a statement that the vessel, the fishing boat Ta Han 711, left Keelung port late on Thursday for the islands and headed back to Taiwan before noon. The boat, escorted by a Taiwanese coast guard vessel during the ...
Japan opposition candidates vow to protect islands
Japan opposition candidates vow to protect islands: TOKYO (AP) -- Four lawmakers vying for leadership of Japan's main opposition party have promised to protect Japan's control of islands at the center of a territorial furor with China. .... Crime Stoppers, Medford, Southern Oregon's answer to crime at ...
Writer Held Over Japan Comments
Writer Held Over Japan Comments: ... subversion of state power" after he published his views on the dispute over the unoccupied Diaoyu islands, which have sparked a wave of anti-Japanese protests across China in recent days, according to the China Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) group.
China and Japan Must Break Out of History's Trap
China and Japan Must Break Out of History's Trap: Chinese texts, suppressing all of Mao's disasters, describe Japanese expansionism as the biggest crime against humanity. Protesters in both countries have grown up on these pernicious histories. And they may point to a hopeless situation. But it's ...
S. Korea fires warning shots at North fishing boats
S. Korea fires warning shots at North fishing boats: SEOUL - South Korea said its navy patrol boats fired warning shots Friday at six North Korean fishing boats that crossed their disputed Yellow Sea border in the latest of a series of incursions. None of the North Korean vessels were hit and they ...
Against national education – reflections on the Hong Kong hunger ...
Against national education – reflections on the Hong Kong hunger ...: In the first week of September 2012, a group of high schools students from Hong Kong organised a public hunger strike to oppose new 'national and moral education' classes – dismissing them as a form of brainwash. More protesters joined ...
Tea among most popular snacks
Tea among most popular snacks: A survey released by Taipei City's Department of Tourism and Information yesterday showed that pearl milk tea and steamed pork dumpling are the most popular Taiwanese food products among foreign students in Taiwan. The survey, conducted among 200 ...
China: Protesters Arrested for Human Rights Banner at Anti-Japan ...
China: Protesters Arrested for Human Rights Banner at Anti-Japan ...: More and more believe that the weekend anti-Japan protests in more than 80 cities are state sponsored. The arrest of three protesters in Shenzhen who were peacefully demonstrating in the middle of thousands of anti-Japanese protesters ...
9th Annual Human Rights Youth Summit - Creating Leaders through Human ...
9th Annual Human Rights Youth Summit - Creating Leaders through Human ...: Youth Delegates from 30 countries joined officials, human rights representatives, human rights NGOs, leaders and civil society at the 9th Annual Youth for Human Rights International Human Rights Summit on September 7th to 9th, 2012. ... summit ...
No one in Thailand wants to listen to the hard truth
No one in Thailand wants to listen to the hard truth: The negative reaction from the Pheu Thai Party and the red shirts to the report by the Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand is not a big surprise. One may raise eyebrows, though, considering the fact that the report did confirm their camp's ...
President Thein Sein's New York Visit And Elimination Of The Rohingya Minority
President Thein Sein's New York Visit And Elimination Of The Rohingya Minority
Sanctions against Burma began in the 1990s following the military
junta's, Tatmadaw's, violent suppression of popular protests. They
continue today in light of the government's general disregard for the human rights and civil liberties. The recent ...
Myanmar's next hurdle: Kachin refugees returning from China
Myanmar's next hurdle: Kachin refugees returning from China:
| While Kachins have grown frustrated with Aung San Suu Kyi's refusal to condemn the violence since she is in the States right now, human rights activists say China is exasperating the situation by forcing refugees to return. China has denied expelling ... |  Christian Science Monitor |
The great Cambodian giveaway
The great Cambodian giveaway: Cambodia is in the grips of a prolonged land grabbing crisis, a slow-motion calamity that has seen over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales – transferred mostly from subsistence farmers into the hands of industrial ...
Car bomb kills 5 in Thailand's violent south
Car bomb kills 5 in Thailand's violent south
PATTANI, Thailand (AP) — Suspected Muslim insurgents have detonated a car bomb in Thailand's
violence-prone south, killing five people and wounding a dozen others.
Police Col. Asis U-mayee says suspected militants opened fire Friday on a
gold shop in ...
US envoy dismisses security concerns - The Nation
US envoy dismisses security concerns - The Nation: "We don't have much concern because Thailand is different from other countries. It is a good ally of the US," she said. Kenney was in Chiang Mai to deliver a speech on the US elections. She added that the US embassy had not detected any ...
Thailand To Focus On Four Areas To Prepare For AEC
Thailand To Focus On Four Areas To Prepare For AEC: BANGKOK, Sept 21 (Bernama) -- The National Economic and Social Development Board has recommended that Thailand concentrate on four areas in preparation towards the Asean Economic Community (AEC), Thai News Agency reported. The board's ...
Thailand set for record auto production
Thailand set for record auto production:
| Thai Automotive Industry Association (TAIA) president Piengjai Kaewsuwan told The Nation that during the first six months of the year, Thailand had already broken into the world's top 10. However, this is mainly due to the European financial crisis ... |  The Nation |
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Conditions Ripe for North Korean Nuclear Test?
Conditions Ripe for North Korean Nuclear Test?: North Korea has comported itself relatively well of late. Kim Jong-Un's moves to unseat some hardliners and his talk of economic reform have been suggestive of a brighter future (and have distracted from the country's human rights crisis and verbal ...
In South Korea, Houses With a Sense of Whimsy
In South Korea, Houses With a Sense of Whimsy:
| SEOUL — Kim Dae Sung, a 36-year-old computer programmer, his wife, Lee Ji Sun, 34, and their 4-year-old daughter, Kim Soo Min, look like a conventional family of three: a father who leaves for the office early each morning, a stay-at-home mother and a ... |  New York Times |
South Korea to Stockpile 500000 Tons of Grains Overseas in 2014
South Korea to Stockpile 500000 Tons of Grains Overseas in 2014: South Korea, the world's third- biggest corn buyer, plans to stockpile about 500,000 metric tons of corn, wheat and soybeans overseas for feed use in 2014 as part of efforts to help ensure supply amid surging global prices. The government will also ...
Writer Detained Over Japan Comments
Writer Detained Over Japan Comments: ... subversion of state power" after he published his views on the dispute over the unoccupied Diaoyu islands, which have sparked a wave of anti-Japanese protests across China in recent days, according to the China Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) group.
China's door wide open to foreign NGOs
China's door wide open to foreign NGOs: Li said some foreign NGOs have made contributions to the development of China's culture, education, health, science and sports causes and poverty reduction. Li said, however, some ill-intentioned foreign NGOs have done things in breach of the country's ...
US top official to discuss N. Korea human rights issues in S. Korea
US top official to discuss N. Korea human rights issues in S. Korea: WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (KUNA) -- A U.S. top official will travel to Seoul, South Korea, to continue the "close coordination" with that country on North Korea human rights issues, it was announced here Thursday. The State Department said in a statement ...
China premier Wen Jiabao urges end to EU arms embargo
China premier Wen Jiabao urges end to EU arms embargo:
| EU officials argue that disputes with China - on trade, human rights or other issues - should be set in the context of one of the largest and most complex economic relationships in the world. They're right - bilateral trade was worth nearly 430bn euros ... |  BBC News |
In protests, Mao holds subtle messages for Beijing
In protests, Mao holds subtle messages for Beijing: Wu said his group did not catch police attention, but the rights group China Human Rights Defenders reported at least three cases when activists were taken away. It said Jiao Guobian, a former college teacher, was arrested on Sept. 12 on suspicion of ...
Bahrain accepts '90%' of critical UN rights report
Bahrain accepts '90%' of critical UN rights report:
| Bahraini riot police, including women, take position during an anti-government protest in the capital Manama on September 7. While the 21st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva saw several countries including China, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and ... |  FRANCE 24 |
South Korean men love cosmetics: Can't make up this stuff
South Korean men love cosmetics: Can't make up this stuff: South Korean men wear makeup. I'm not talking just a little cover stick, I'm talking foundation, eyebrow pencil and lipstick. Amorepacific, South Korea's biggest cosmetics company, estimates that sales of their men's products this year will be more ...
Film festival opens in movie-crazy North Korea
Film festival opens in movie-crazy North Korea
An international film festival opens Thursday in what may seem the unlikeliest of places: North Korea. Held every two years, the Pyongyang International Film Festival offers North Koreans their only chance to see a wide array of foreign films on the ...
Chinese students protest in Seoul
Chinese students protest in Seoul: SEOUL/ BEIJING: Dozens of Chinese students, carrying banners and shouting slogans, protested outside Japan's embassy in Seoul yesterday to show their support for Beijing in a bitter territorial row with Tokyo. The protest followed nationwide ...
House will hold hearing on N. Korea human rights ... - One Free Korea
House will hold hearing on N. Korea human rights ... - One Free Korea: In fact, according to a January 2012 Los Angeles Timesarticle, “In North Korea, a new Kim may be in command but the same old human rights violations are still in play, including a renewed lethal crackdown on defectors, according to South ...
North Korean video evokes 'Gangnam Style' to taunt South Korean candidate
North Korean video evokes 'Gangnam Style' to taunt South Korean candidate: (CNN) -- The new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought Disney characters and fun fairs to the images disseminated by the secretive regime's state media. The question now is whether his rule has also added a touch of South Korean pop culture.
Storms dampen hopes for North Korea harvest
Storms dampen hopes for North Korea harvest: Storms dampen hopes for North Korea harvest. WONSAN, North Korea — First came an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by a summer of flash floods and typhoons. full story · LSU police arrest 42-year-old in bomb threat. BATON ROUGE, La.
China Rhetoric Increases As Campaigns, Administration Fight Over Best Policy
China Rhetoric Increases As Campaigns, Administration Fight Over Best Policy
| Calling
into question the efficacy not only of the Obama administration's
Middle East policy, but also its Asia policy, Romney said he would hold China accountable for its irresponsible fiscal and human rights policies. "President Obama has spent 43 ... |
It's Business As Usual for China
It's Business As Usual for China
But might China's way of engaging in countries like Rwanda and Ethiopia provide lessons for the U. S.? Like many East Asians, the Chinese have old-fashioned ideas about development. “To end poverty, first build a road,” they say. Boost agriculture and ...
Census data another sign economy has bottomed out
Census data another sign economy has bottomed out: More young adults are leaving their parents' homes to take a chance with college or the job market, while once-sharp declines in births are leveling off and poverty is slowing. Even the stagnant housing market, still weak, is showing improvement as ...
Workers' rights not a universal option
Workers' rights not a universal option: ... minimum wage in Bangladesh. There is no simple moral to this irony. But Westerners believing offshore production depends on human rights abuses might compare the views of Burma's Myint Soe with the experience of today's Western garment workers.
Cambodia and Cronyism
Cambodia and Cronyism:
| On Sept. 11, the body of Cambodian journalist Hang Serei Oudom was found stuffed into the trunk of his car with his head bashed in. At the time of his death, Mr. Oudom was writing about collusion between local businessmen and officials in the ... |  Wall Street Journal |
Thai AIS to invest $1.62 bln on new 3G network over 3 yrs
Thai AIS to invest $1.62 bln on new 3G network over 3 yrs: BANGKOK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Thailand's top mobile operator, Advanced Info Service Pcl, said it will maintain its 3G investment budget of 50 billion Thai baht ($1.62 billion) over the next three years after it receives licences for third-generation ...
Cambodians 'abducted for prostitution'
Cambodians 'abducted for prostitution': Three teenage Cambodian girls were found locked in an apartment room on Thursday morning, and police believed they were abducted and destined to work as prostitutes. The girls, aged about 15, were heard screaming for help after they were locked in an ...
US Treasury Lifts Sanctions On Top Myanmar Officials
US Treasury Lifts Sanctions On Top Myanmar Officials: "Thein Sein and Thura Shwe Mann have taken concrete steps to promote political reforms and human rights, and to move Burma away from repression and dictatorship toward democracy and freedom, warranting today's delisting action," said David Cohen, ...
The Flavorful Culture Of Thailand
The Flavorful Culture Of Thailand: Thailand is one of my favorite places in the world, an exotic gem, where the architecture and artistry are matched only by the friendliness of the people; where every flavor is more pleasing than the last; and where Buddhism binds the culture seamlessly.
Laos, Thailand send personnel to testify in Mekong River trial
Laos, Thailand send personnel to testify in Mekong River trial: KUNMING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos and Thailand will send relevant personnel to China on Thursday to testify in a trial concerning a deadly attack that left 13 Chinese sailors dead on the Mekong River last year, local authorities said Tuesday ...
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Kim Jong Il's sushi chef returns after fleeing for life
Kim Jong Il's sushi chef returns after fleeing for life: (CNN) -- Not many people get a personal invitation to visit North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un. Kenji Fujimoto was the personal sushi chef of Kim's father, the late Kim Jong Il, before fleeing to his native Japan in 2001, fearing his life was in danger.
South Korea, Japan to Discuss Joint LNG Purchasing, Kogas Says
South Korea, Japan to Discuss Joint LNG Purchasing, Kogas Says: South Korea and Japan plan to hold a meeting to discuss details on joint purchases of liquefied natural gas supplies. “This is a government-to-government thing,” Oh Seung Hwan, general manager for the international cooperation team at Korea Gas Corp.
Professor Shakes Up South Korea Presidential Race
Professor Shakes Up South Korea Presidential Race:
| SEOUL—A software millionaire whose criticism has shaped South Korea's political scene for the past year announced he will run for president, ending months of speculation and adding new drama to a race that is already swift-changing. Ahn Cheol-soo, who ... |  Wall Street Journal |
Genital-cooking Japan man handed to prosecutors
Genital-cooking Japan man handed to prosecutors:
| TOKYO: A man who admits cooking and serving his own severed genitals to paying diners in Japan has been handed over to prosecutors on an allegation of indecent exposure, Tokyo police said Tuesday. Criminal papers against the 23-year-old man and ... |  AsiaOne |
Kremlin halts USAID work in Russia
Kremlin halts USAID work in Russia: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling Chinese troops that America's new military focus on the Asia Pacific, including plans to put a second radar system in Japan, is not an attempt to contain or threaten... U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ...
Thailand's Lessons From Conflict
Thailand's Lessons From Conflict:
| The Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand issued its final report Monday on the political violence in 2010, and while it is a reasonably fair and balanced account, it doesn't resolve responsibility for the 91 protesters killed in the streets ... |  Wall Street Journal |
Japan's independent journalism on trial with Tanaka
Japan's independent journalism on trial with Tanaka:
| His article--which touches upon the deep collusion between the president of a nuclear safety company, Japan's nuclear industry, politicians, and possibly even organized crime--was published in the Dec. 16, 2011, issue of the magazine. . All the ... |  CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) |
Pressure on Japan for stronger laws on child pornography
Pressure on Japan for stronger laws on child pornography: Out of Japan's 47 provinces, only Kyoto bans possession of child pornography and prescribes a jail sentence. Neighbouring Nara is the only other province to deem it a crime, but it has only financial penalties. It has arrested several people for ...
China asserts control over anti-Japan protesters, allowing fruit throwing but ...
China asserts control over anti-Japan protesters, allowing fruit throwing but ...:
| BEIJING — The Chinese government took steps Tuesday to quell at least for now a troubling spike in domestic political tumult, tightly controlling anti-Japanese protests that over the weekend had threatened to spin out of control and concluding the ... |  McClatchy Washington Bureau |
S Korea's Moon Jae-In: Liberal lion with a soft side
S Korea's Moon Jae-In: Liberal lion with a soft side:
| A FORMER pro-democracy activist and presidential chief of staff, Moon Jae-In has vowed to push for a summit with North Korea if he becomes South Korea's next president in December polls. Moon, who won the nomination of the main opposition Democratic ... |  Oman Daily Observer |
Christians risking life to help North Koreans escape
Christians risking life to help North Koreans escape:
| “The new underground railroad is a secret network of safe houses and escape routes that carries North Koreans across China to safety in neighboring countries,” Kirkpatrick, author of the new book “Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's ... |  Daily Caller |
South Korean software mogul to stand for presidency
South Korean software mogul to stand for presidency
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean software millionaire and
philanthropist Ahn Cheol-soo finally announced he would run for the
presidency, ending a year-long wait and throwing wide open a race that
had looked to be a coronation for the conservatives' Park ...
The social commentary behind PSY's 'Gangnam Style'
The social commentary behind PSY's 'Gangnam Style':
| The district of Gangnam, which literally means "south of the river," is about half the size of Manhattan. About 1 percent of Seoul's population lives there, but many of its residents are very rich. The average Gangnam apartment costs about $716,000, a ... |  Lexington Herald Leader |
Corporations Shouldn't Have to Pay For Torturing People
Corporations Shouldn't Have to Pay For Torturing People: I was one of the lawyers who helped bring the first successful human rights case against a corporation, using the ATS, when my organization, EarthRights International, represented villagers from Burma in a lawsuit against Unocal (now Chevron). Our ...
Backgrounder: the Rohingya of Myanmar
Backgrounder: the Rohingya of Myanmar:
| Moreover, international advocacy groups and associations that represent the political and human rights of the Rohingya people in Myanmar maintain a commitment to pursue at least some form of Muslim autonomy in the Burmese state. These factors ... |  Geopoliticalmonitor |
Thai football boss says FA will not be disbanded
Thai football boss says FA will not be disbanded: Makudi, a FIFA executive committee member and one of the most influential people in Asian football, appeared last week before a parliamentary committee to explain the Football Association of Thailand's (FAT) setting up of the Thailand Premier League ...
Thailand distances itself from protests
Thailand distances itself from protests:
| Thai citizens in China are being warned to stay away from the protest rallies sparked by a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, Foreign Affairs Minister Surapong Towichakchaiyakul said on Wednesday. Mr Surapong said after a meeting with ... |  Bangkok Post |
Thailand News: Protest forces US embassy to close early
Thailand News: Protest forces US embassy to close early:
| "We don't want any violence," said protest spokesman Niyaz, who claimed the demonstrators came from all over Thailand. "Islam is the religion of peace, but if someone attacks us we'll defend ourselves," he said, declining to give his family name. "The ... |  Phuket Gazette |
Chinese, Cambodian legislators meet to enhance bilateral ties
Chinese, Cambodian legislators meet to enhance bilateral ties: Meeting with Acting-President of Cambodian National Assembly Nguon Nhel, Huang said the visit was to study Cambodia's measures and legal frameworks in protecting environment and resource management. He also hailed Cambodia for its efforts in ...
Burma Must End Cruel Restrictions, Says Rights Group
Burma Must End Cruel Restrictions, Says Rights Group: ''All political prisoner releases are good news, but until there is independent monitoring of Burma's prisons, it won???t be known how many political prisoners still remain behind bars,'' said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
Anti-Marcos dictatorship activists mark 40th anniversary of struggle
Anti-Marcos dictatorship activists mark 40th anniversary of struggle: “The challenge is for us to truly see, closely analyze and scrutinize the current situation in the Philippines, the state of human rights, the corruption of those in power and the poverty of the Filipino people. We remember martial law and the ...
Nobel Prize-winning economist stays cautious on possible effects of QE3
Nobel Prize-winning economist stays cautious on possible effects of QE3: Sargent, who is scheduled to give lectures on the global economy under the sway of the European debt crisis and inflation today in Taipei and tomorrow in Greater Taichung, said economists had no historical evidence with which to evaluate the effect of ...
Bahrain accepts '90%' of critical UN rights report
Bahrain accepts '90%' of critical UN rights report:
| While the 21st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva saw several countries including China, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Yemen applaud Bahrain for its moves so far on human rights, the United States was less forthcoming. AFP - Bahrain said ... | FRANCE 24 |
Singapore Leads Hong Kong in Wealth Management, but Gap Closing
Singapore Leads Hong Kong in Wealth Management, but Gap Closing: By Sam Holmes. Singapore has a healthy head start on rival Hong Kong in the race to become Asia's top wealth management center, according to a new report on wealth in Asia. The Chinese territory is taking steps to catch up, but Singapore's allure as a ...
New-world business degree unites USC, Hong Kong and Italy
New-world business degree unites USC, Hong Kong and Italy: USC and partner universities in Hong Kong and Italy are starting an unusual international bachelor's degree program in business in which students will live on three continents during their studies. Officials are announcing Wednesday that the first ...
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South Korea to bring up history lessons against Japan in UN Assembly
South Korea to bring up history lessons against Japan in UN Assembly: South Korea is banking on the universal human rights angle for the women and hole to hammer home the message to Japan. And if Japan raises the issue of Dokdo, then South Korea will keep a counter move handy. Korean President Lee Myung-bak's visit ...
Male Makeup Increasingly Popular In South Korea
Male Makeup Increasingly Popular In South Korea: SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Cho Won-hyuk stands in front of his bedroom mirror and spreads dollops of yellow-brown makeup over his forehead, nose, chin and cheeks until his skin is flawless. Then he goes to work with a black pencil, ...
China asserts control over anti-Japan fruit-throwing protesters
China asserts control over anti-Japan fruit-throwing protesters: He'd faced charges of defection and abuse of power the day before in a secretive closed-door hearing. On Tuesday, with cameras showing an audience, the “open” court session considered crimes including taking bribes and “bending the law for selfish ends ...
War anniversary feeds Chinese anti-Japan protests
War anniversary feeds Chinese anti-Japan protests: "Their crimes are no less than Japan." Though there have been protests in many Chinese cities, turnout has been mixed. In Shanghai, just a few dozen protesters gathered at the downtown People's Square, where security was heavy. Liu Qiming, 21, a recent ...
China sees more anti-Japan protests over islands
China sees more anti-Japan protests over islands: BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of protesters are marching past the Japanese Embassy in Beijing shouting patriotic slogans, demanding boycotts of Japanese goods and calling on China to assert its claim over disputed islands held by the Japanese government ...
After 225 Years, It's Time to Respect Constitutional Rights of Workers
After 225 Years, It's Time to Respect Constitutional Rights of Workers:
| When the United States occupied Japan after World War II, General Douglas MacArthur and his aides worked with Japanese citizens to write a Constitution that would assure Hideki Tojo's militarized autocracy was replaced with democracy. ... When former ... |  The Nation. (blog) |
Messaging apps show mobile Internet's rise in Asia
Messaging apps show mobile Internet's rise in Asia:
| SEOUL, South Korea — A handful of smartphone apps that began as basic instant messaging services have amassed several hundred million users in Asia in just a couple of years, mounting a challenge to the popularity of online hangouts such as Facebook ... |  Bradenton Herald |
South Korea's LG Electronics launches new smartphone
South Korea's LG Electronics launches new smartphone: The South Korean electronics giant said the new gadget -- called Optimus G -- would hit domestic stores next week before sales begin in Japan in October and other regions including North America in November. The launch comes days after Apple unveiled ...
Typhoon Sanba Makes Landfall in South Korea: AIR Analysis
Typhoon Sanba Makes Landfall in South Korea: AIR Analysis: According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Sanba made landfall on September 17 just before noon local time (3:00 UTC) in South Gyeongsang Province on the southern coast of South Korea. Maximum sustained winds at landfall were ...
Former official: US, South Korea need realistic nuclear goal for the North
Former official: US, South Korea need realistic nuclear goal for the North: SEOUL – The U.S should promote a “standstill regime” in North Korea aimed at stopping further development of its nuclear program, rather than focus on the unlikely short-term goal of denuclearization, the former U.S. ambassador to South Korea said ...
North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Attends Annual Arirang Festival in Pyongyang
North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Attends Annual Arirang Festival in Pyongyang: North Korea's state-run television KRT released pre-taped footage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un attending the Arirang Festival in Pyongyang. KRT reported on Tuesday that Kim and high-ranking government officials attended the Arirang festival with ...
Russia writes off 90 percent of North Korea's debt
Russia writes off 90 percent of North Korea's debt: Parts of the international community have been seeking to re-engage with North Korea since the death of Kim Jong-il, amid hopes that his son and successor would seek ways to end years of isolation and poverty. RAIL AND POWER LINES Analysts believe ...
Filipino exchange student takes film on poverty to Pyongyang
Filipino exchange student takes film on poverty to Pyongyang: With the help of a Chinese friend who he knows only as “John” and Koryo Tours, a travel agency specializing in trips to the reclusive state, Ang will depart for North Korea by way of China. Lusong was entered in the official selection category in the ...
BBC on host bars for women in Seoul
BBC on host bars for women in Seoul: The BBC's Lucy Williamson has a great piece about host bars for women in Seoul: In the dim light of an underground room, a dozen perfectly groomed young men kneel in rows, calling out their names. Muscular, with shiny boy-band.
Seoul claims it has bunker-busting missile
Seoul claims it has bunker-busting missile: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- South Korea can destroy underground artillery bases in North Korea with a short-range missile, a member of the parliament's defense committee said Tuesday. Development of the missile was revealed Monday by the Joint Chiefs of ...
UN human rights chief calls on Thailand to take steps towards reconciliation
UN human rights chief calls on Thailand to take steps towards reconciliation:
| 18 September 2012 – The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) and called on the South-east Asian country to implement its recommendations to advance ... |  UN News Centre |
Schumacher to make Thai debut in Race of Champions
Schumacher to make Thai debut in Race of Champions: The annual event features winners from various motorsport series Racing in identical cars and will take place at the Rajamangala Stadium, home of Thailand's national soccer team, from December 15-16. The event has been held in Duesseldorf, Germany, ...
Heavy security for prophet film protest in Bangkok
Heavy security for prophet film protest in Bangkok: BANGKOK — More than 700 police will be on guard at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok as protests against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States spread to Thailand. The U.S. Embassy says it plans to close at midday Tuesday ahead of the protests ...
Growth of Dental Tourism in Thailand
Growth of Dental Tourism in Thailand:
| Thailand may be known for its sprawling white sand beaches and liquid crystal waters, its raucous nightlife and unbridled hedonism, but it is also known as the Land of Smiles. This moniker was originally derived from the innate friendliness of Thai ... |  WorlDental.org |
SET leads neighbours in HSBC weighting [Bangkok Post, Thailand]
SET leads neighbours in HSBC weighting [Bangkok Post, Thailand]: 18--HSBC, a world leader in banking and financial services, has recommended that investors overweight on Asian stocks in the next quarter, with Thailand the top pick. The HSBC said in a report yesterday that Asia's growth is driven by resilient, good ...
Thailand has a lot to learn on flood management - The Nation
Thailand has a lot to learn on flood management - The Nation: Ref: "Canals below sea level are useless", Letter, yesterday. Guy Baker, straightening the Chao Phraya River indeed! Is that an idea borrowed from a Road Runner cartoon? Why do you think the Dutch have so many windmills? More than a ...
Over 42 million Americans live in poverty - US census - InterAksyon ...
Over 42 million Americans live in poverty - US census - InterAksyon ...: The United States Census Bureau on Wednesday announced that about 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty last year, accounting for 15 percent of the population and including 21.9 percent of children under age 18. ... Infotech | Science | World Apple takes wraps off next-generation iPhone 5, Philippine launch still unknown. World US ambassador to Libya killed in attack: Libya official · American killed as mob attacks US consulate in Libyan city · Israeli-American admits making film ...
Philippine economy to grow close to 6% in 2012 - official
Philippine economy to grow close to 6% in 2012 - official: Ang said that the Philippine's neighbors such as Thailand and Malaysia were able to bring down poverty to below 10% while the country could barely reduce its poverty rate to below 20%. Based on the 2009 poverty statistics, poverty rate in the country ...
Philippines nears pact to end longtime insurgency
Philippines nears pact to end longtime insurgency: It dropped a demand for a separate Muslim state but still seeks the expansion of an existing Muslim autonomous region and more powers and resources to rehabilitate the violent and poverty-wracked area. The initial accord will contain general agreements ...
Filipino exchange student takes film on poverty to Pyongyang
Filipino exchange student takes film on poverty to Pyongyang: With a tuft of bushy blond bangs, his slight frame and beaming smile held up designer jeans and a trendy school bag. But Nash Ang's boyishness belied a cinematic penchant for revealing the grueling poverty in a small outlying village on Masbate Island ...
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88% of Taipei residents need at least NT$40000 a month to live: poll
88% of Taipei residents need at least NT$40000 a month to live: poll: 17 (CNA) Nearly 90 percent of respondents to a recent survey said living in Taipei required a monthly salary of at least NT$40,000 (US$1,365), according to the poll's results released Monday. In the online survey by job bank yes 123, 34.6 percent of ...
Use of nuclear energy is a crime against humanity - ENENews.com ...
Use of nuclear energy is a crime against humanity - ENENews.com ...
| Japan Professor: Use of nuclear energy is a crime against humanity — We have to think of ... |
China: Protesters Arrested for Human Rights Banner at Anti-Japan ...
China: Protesters Arrested for Human Rights Banner at Anti-Japan ...: Shenzhen democrats such as Jiang Weidong, Ziyuan, took the chance to express their aspiration for freedom, democracy and human rights. They joined the rally, holding a banner with words: Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights and ...
Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid
Villages as laboratories in debate on Africa aid: AP Sources: Obama launches new China trade action · AP Sources: Obama launches new China trade action. President Barack Obama is ... "This is a hardworking community. and with new technologies and new ways to do things, poverty can be ended in this ...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Begins Landmark US Visit
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Begins Landmark US Visit:
| Myanmar opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at Yangon International airport to leave for United State on Sunday, Sept . 16 2012, in Yangon. Suu Kyi, whose struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar earned her a Nobel Peace ... |  Jakarta Globe |
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