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Owner: Chinese boat’s captain beaten by NKoreans
By AP News Tue, May 21, 2013 7:26PM UTCBEIJING (AP) — Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat Tuesday after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel’s fuel, the boat’s owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ransom they had demanded. The seizure May 5...
Obama, Xi bid to boost ties with June meeting
By AP News Tue, May 21, 2013 7:20PM UTCBEIJING (AP) — China’s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the...
Chinese fishing boat, crew released by North Korea
By AP News Tue, May 21, 2013 11:16AM UTCBEIJING (AP) — The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been released. Yu Xuejun wrote on a verified microblog Tuesday that his captain called him at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday to say that the North Koreans had released them. He...
Rights group criticizes Sri Lanka’s post-war record
By AP News Tue, May 21, 2013 9:15AM UTCCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil war. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan government has yet to follow through on its...
Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
By AP News Tue, May 21, 2013 9:08AM UTCSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called “rocket launching tests” intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that the North was testing. North Korea regularly conducts short-range missile tests....
WATCH: Jon Stewart – the new Voice of America in China?
By Reuters Mon, May 20, 2013 6:52PM UTCThey don’t get much of it at home, so young Chinese thirsty for politically-charged satire are turning to American comedian Jon Stewart for their fix....
Chinese police detain gay pride march organizer
By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013 6:34PM UTCBEIJING (AP) — Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government’s nervousness over a growing civil society and demands for stronger individual rights. Police and newspaper reports Monday said the man had been detained following the Friday event and ordered to serve 12...
Malaysia: An irreconcilable divide?
By Asia Sentinel Tue, May 21, 2013 9:36AM UTC View CommentsThe outlook isn’t that good, writes Asia Sentinel’s Sunil Kukreja Never before have Malaysians ventured into such unchartered waters. The outcome of the May 5 general elections has revealed just how split and intensely divided the electorate in the country currently is, and it has set in motion a political and social scenario that is tantamount...
Natural disasters: Asia leads the world in displaced people
By Graham Land Mon, May 20, 2013 8:07PM UTC View CommentsHumanitarian crises due to extreme weather and other natural disasters are on the increase. Though these disasters affect people of all socioeconomic backgrounds in different countries, a disproportionate number of victims are poor. Worldwide, 32.4 million people were displaced by natural disasters in 2012, according to a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC)....
Analysis: Foreign investment a blessing and a curse for Burma
By Casey Hynes Mon, May 20, 2013 11:26AM UTC View CommentsBurma will further open its doors to inward investment when President Thein Sein meets U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House later today. Whether that investment will benefit the people of Burma remains very much in doubt… It’s been a red letter year so far for Burma President Thein Sein, at least in some...
Was it clear that the Thai Rath cartoonist was referring to Yingluck?
By Bangkok Pundit Mon, May 20, 2013 10:00AM UTC View CommentsBP has already blogged on Yingluck’s speech in Mongolia and the insult directed at her by the Thai Rath cartoonist who stated that Yingluck is an evil woman who sells the country, but also implied she is worse than a whore. However, on social media, in some online forums, and in some news articles it has been...
Leading English language programs for Asian students
By Asian Correspondent Thu, May 16, 2013 10:03PM UTC View CommentsThere is no questioning the English language’s role as an international communications tool. Being proficient can revolutionize a person’s professional status. For example, research commissioned by the British Council found that people in the Middle East and North Africa who speak English can earn up to three times more than their non-English-speaking colleagues. Furthermore, some...
Stranded in Dubai: Tamil refugees live in ‘constant fear’ of deportation
By Frances Harrison Thu, May 16, 2013 7:18PM UTC View CommentsAfter surviving the brutality of the Sri Lankan civil war and its aftermath, 15 refugees face an uncertain future SO desperate for clothing, they fashioned dresses from bed sheets, pulling out individual threads to use as cotton and improvising a needle from pins nailed to wooden crates. Men, women and children live in the searing...
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