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Peasant woman campaigns for children's rights  - Over the past 13 years, the peasant woman has cared for at least 100 children at her privately-run foster home in south China's Guangxi Zhuang  ...

Reinventing inter- Korean relationship  - On February 12, 2013, North Korea carried out its third nuclear test in the run-up to the inauguration of a new administration — my own — in the South.

North Korea recalls UNESCO envoy for purge: Report  - Seoul: North Korea's deputy ambassador to UNESCO returned home on Monday after being recalled as part of a purge prompted by the execution of  ...

Sons and daughters: How JPMorgan wooed China's elite  - The solution, the executives decided over email, was to embrace the strategy that seemed to work so well for rivals: hire the children of China's ruling  ...

Doctor on Trial for Children Trafficking Charges  - Zhang Shuxia, an obstetrician who allegedly sold new born children to ... People's Court in Weinan City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

In China , children raised apart from their parents  - In China , children raised apart from their parents. One in five kids is growing up in rural villages without their parents, who are working long hours in  ...

Four Uyghur Women Forced to Abort Their Babies in Xinjiang  - Four Uyghur women in China's troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang ... in certain cases, including if both spouses are only children themselves.

For China's Princelings, Red legacy is strength and weakness  -  Children of revolutionary leaders have also made their mark — and fortunes — as China's economy soared, heading China's most powerful banks  ...

China Puppet Art Theatre Promotes Stage Play Young Confucius  - A children art troupe named after Confucius, a most renowned philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history, has formed recently in  ...

The emerging world's vaccine pioneers | Bill Gates  - Countries like Brazil, China and India have faced many health and ... market an improved vaccine protecting children against Japanese encephalitis.

China Puts Pressure on Government Officials to Stop Smoking  - China hopes to put a stop to a bureaucratic tradition: smoking. ... Nearly nine out of 10 Chinese children aged 5 and 6 are able to identify at least one  ...

Thailand's military denies coup rumours  - Col Winthai added that army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha wanted Thai people to enjoy a happy New Year celebration without any concerns of a  ...

Aging population sets hard limits for China's early pensioners  -  China needs to alleviate possible demographic catastrophe with an aging population . Recent changes in the family planning policy to allow more  ...

Caring for the Elderly  -  China's senior population , 60 or older , reached 200 million in September 2013 and nationwide an average of 24,800 people retire every day, equaling  .

North Korean purge a reminder of China's progress since Cultural ...  - Kim Jong-un's uncle by marriage and the former No 2 man in North Korea , Jang ... and made phenomenal progress in the protection of human rights .

Man left homeless from China fire says support offered from ...  - Friends of the family have offered places to stay, and he hopes to find somewhere in China so his children can continue to attend the same schools.

Lonely parents tell of loss of only children as holiday nears  -  Chinese travel far and wide to join their families for the Lunar New Year holiday, but for 60-year-old Xie, whose only child died seven years ago,  ...

Scientist pitches 'scientific Italy'  - Scientists of the two countries discovered lunar meteorite near Mt. Dwitt, approximately 350 kilometers south of South Korea's research station of Jang  ...

What can the UK learn from the world-beating Asian school systems?  - Since the inaugural Pisa Report (the first test was administered in 2000) South Korea has consistently ranked in the top ten for the three test subject  ...

North Korean purge a reminder of China's progress since Cultural ...  - Kim Jong-un's uncle by marriage and the former No 2 man in North Korea , Jang Song-thaek, was executed this month for his "anti-party and  ...

Woman, 94, in China sues children for better care  - In China , where aid is scarce and family loyalty is a cornerstone of society, more than 1,000 parents already have sued their children for financial  ...

China Exclusive: Film director could face huge fine for birth violation  - "If we had privileges, then our children could have their hukou registered ... China's family planning policy was introduced in the late 1970s to rein in  ...

China displaying humane face of governance  - The leadership in China is showing signs of benevolence. The lifting of a decade long restriction on one- child policy and the abolishment of the  ...

If only education were extracurricular  - I want my kids to have fun playing sports and kick ass when they are learning. I want to be able to throw them in the ring with kids from China and  ...

Celebrating Mao and Visiting Yasukuni Shrine  - Gao Wenqian, a senior policy adviser at Human Rights in China and a former Communist Party researcher, wrote in an op-ed for the New York Times  ...

Thai red shirts say to rise up and fight against any coup   -  Thai red shirts say to rise up and fight against any coup: Thailand's red-shirt leaders on Saturday said the people must get ready to rise up and fight  ...

Thai facilities welcome Europeans with Alzheimer's; relatives say ...  - CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Residents of this facility for people with Alzheimer's disease toss around a yellow ball and laugh under a cascade with their  ...

Protest leader Suthep declares Bangkok seizure after New Year  - He thanked the private sector for clearly showing their stance in favour of national reform and said Thai people from all walks of life should cooperate  ...

Protest leader vows to seize Thai capital in new year  - BANGKOK — The leader of Thailand's anti-government protests vowed to ... “For the Thai people , once there is a coup, they will immediately rise  ...

China abolishes Mao's re- education labour camps  -  China's top legislature has approved resolutions to abolish controversial re- education labour camps and ease the one-child policy. The standing  ...

Here's the truth about Shanghai schools: they're terrible  - The western world watches China 's rise as a formidable world-power with a ... Chinese education would be a poison for America, not a remedy.

China formally abolishes re education labour camps  - Beijing: China's national legislature on Saturday voted to abolish a ... to abolish the re- education labour system, formalizing a November decision by  ...

China formally abolishes re- education through labour camps  -  China's top legislature on Saturday formally abolished its “re- education through labour” camps, or "laojiao" system, state media reported. The decision  ...

The Best Of Pantip 2013  -  North Korea is one-of-a-kind. Travelers go there not in search of nature or luxury, but are instead driven by a curiosity to experience the real North  ...

Asia in 2013: A year in review  -  North Korea is not known to have the capability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. However, the successful launch of a three stage rocket in  ...

Former President Bush confirms North Korea's nuclear strike capability  -  North Korea has the capability of striking targets along the west coast of the United States (and Guam). In his book “Decision Points”, former president  ...

NK counters rights abuse accusation  -  North Korea is trying to make the most of its newly established human rights body to counter South Korea's accusations about the reclusive regime's  ...

Park faces double whammy  - The two loose cannons are North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un, who recently executed his once-powerful uncle Jang Song-thaek, and Japanese Prime  ...

China reforms three decade- old one-child policy: Report  - Beijing: More than three decades after it enacted one-child policy to rein in its burgeoning population , China adopted a reform that would allow the  ...

China reforms one-child policy for 'balanced population '  - By 2050, I/4th of the Chinese population would be above 65, reported an ... This also caused problems like elderly parents suffering in their old age.

Couples who lose a child to receive higher subsidies  - Parents who have lost their only child will get more compensation and enjoy ... In 2012, the China Population and Development Research Center  ..

Chinese primary schools without Chinese students  - A recent survey report showed that a total of 26 Chinese primary schools in the ... When about 90% of Chinese families send their children to Chinese   ...

Over 67000 Women, Children Benefit from Foundation in Xinjiang  - More than 67,000 women and children in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have benefited from the Xinjiang Women and  ...

Shanghai warns children to stay indoors on pollution levels  - SHANGHAI — Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors as smog enveloped China's commercial hub, sending levels of the worst  ...

North Korea more accessible to int'l journalists than Tibet  - Dharamshala: - North Korea has a reputation as one of the most difficult places for outsiders to visit -- and for international  ...

Deciphering the enigma  - One saying among North Korea observers is that there really are no experts on the regime in Pyongyang. This may just be self-deprecation, but it's  ...

New story behind execution of North Korean No.2 revealed  - A recent article in New York Times proposed a new reasoning behind recent execution of Jang Seung-Taek, the uncle of North Korea's untested  ...

"N Korea cabinet to tighten control of economy"  -  North Korea's cabinet will tighten its grip on the economy after the shock execution of leader Kim Jong-Un's uncle, whose control  ...

Why North Korean Defectors Keep Returning Home  - For years, the South Korean government has been opening its arms to defectors from the North — some 25,000 North Korean defectors are known of  ...