Asia

Kim’s Letter to Trump. The Singapore Summit Is On, Without the Signing of a Formal Peace Agreement? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, June 01, 2018 Region: Asia, USA Theme: US NATO War Agenda

Aung San Suu Kyi: lawyers seek prosecution for crimes against humanity Australian lawyers file private case against Myanmar leader over treatment of Rohingya while she attends summit in Sydney  

China’s Xi calls Trump, urges US, North Korea to begin talks soon Fri Mar 9, 2018 06:32PM Home Asia-Pacific China The combo picture shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and

N. Korea says it has no need for nuclear weapons if it has security guarantee RT Published time: 6 Mar, 2018 11:19 Edited time: 6 Mar, 2018 13:38 North Korean

Will Asia’s Rise Mean the Wreckage of Planet Earth?  February 26, 2018  192 By: Cyril Pereira         Asia has industrialized at speed, reducing poverty and raising living

Myanmar Backtracks on Press Freedom  February 15, 2018  465 By: Our Correspondent         Earlier hopes that Myanmar, after decades of dictatorship, would foster an open society and

Vietnam donates a shipment of rice to Cuba   A symbolic handover ceremony took place in the port city of Haiphong, North Vietnam, the same site where during its liberation

Major events in the 10 largest Asia-Pacific economies Posted on January 15, 2017By Kevin LauSpecials In Partnership with the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong, Asia Sentinel

Indonesia Prepares for New International Condemnation   Police ready riflemen for drug executions   Once again, Indonesia’s Police Mobile Brigade Unit is preparing an unknown number of firing squads to

        Is genocide being committed against the Rohingya?   Burma Campaign UK <info@burmacampaign.org.uk>;      Dear Friend   Last week a major report came out which found

Burma elections: how the generals plan to cling on to power      Dear Friend On Sunday 8th November the people of Burma go to the polls   in what

                                                   It is Humanitarian Intervention, Not Interference                 It is Humanitarian Intervention, Not Interference I take the view that ASEAN’s non-interference principle can be reviewed in the

World War II Japan According to the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the bilateral agreements, Japan agreed to pay around ¥1.03 trillion. For countries that renounced any reparations from

                                                              Asian Debt and Oil   ADB says the oil price drop has a positive impact on the region, though will tend to benefit most those who have less immediate

Bringing the Asean Economic Community to the People   Citizen awareness is crucial for the AEC’s success     As the completion of the Asean Economic Community draws closer the

Amnesty International Gives Singapore a Low Grade Posted on March 2, 2015                By                      Our Correspondent                                 Headline, Singapore, Society This will hurt you worse than it will hurt me… Island republic

Modi’s BJP routed in massive AAP Delhi election victory   It is a test case of Modi’s ability to build partnerships with states where the BJP is not in power,

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Burma Campaign UK News Update   Britain must support international investigation into rape in Burma On Tuesday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we delivered more

India’s ladies’ detective agencies: ‘Most people’s marriages were fine until they started using Facebook and WhatsApp’ The social media boom is playing havoc with the Indian urban marriage. There are

Asia India – Love, Sex and Being Inhuman I am not a Psycho-Analyst but shocked by the number of women reportedly raped. There is something very wrong with Indian societies

BURMA CAMPAIGN UK     Free Political Prisoners No Political Prisoner Left Behind Thein Sein broke his promise to release all political prisoners by the end of 2013. No political

SE Asia economic integration could worsen inequality: study   A plan by Southeast Asian countries to establish a European Union-inspired single market next year could worsen inequality and is likely

Political Prisoner Kept In Stocks   Thein Aung, an activist with the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society group who is serving a year-long sentence for taking part in a

Asia India – Love, Sex and Being Inhuman I am not a Psycho-Analyst but shocked, as others are, by the number of women reportedly raped. There is something very wrong with

Indian Police rape woman after she fails to pay bribe’ Woman says she was attacked at a police station in Uttar Pradesh after going there to seek her husband’s release

    ASIA 26 March 2014 Asia’s rising inequality While emerging Asia continues to achieve a stunning performance in poverty reduction, the gap between rich and poor   keeps widening

    Tuesday, February 15, 2011 From Print Edition Islamabad Social inequality is the root cause of all problems in South Asia and structural  inequalities have not allowed any development

Muzaffarnagar on edge after another gang-rape Sanjay Pandey, Lucknow, June 8, 2014, DHNS: Incident sparks violence; six police personnel suspended Tension has flared up once again in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar

Modi will be prime minister, says Rajnath Ahmedabad,May 14, 2014, DHNS BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters soon after he landed at the airport here that the National Democratic Alliance

[BurmaCampaign] Louie is walking for Burma and needs your help! May 2 at 11:37 PM To burmacampaign@lists.burmacampaign.org.uk  Download All   Dear friend My name is Louie Tham, and after a

War, Economic Catastrophe and Environmental Degradation. Under the Guise of Progress and Development Poverty and Despair in India By Colin Todhunter Global Research, April 27, 2014 Region: Asia Theme: Global

The International Writers Magazine: Moneylenders, Walls and Tax: Welcome to Chennai•  Colin Todhunter   Many a long and tiring journey begins or ends in this huge, cavernous hall. Rows and

Farmer ends life in front of Suvarna Soudha Belgaum, Nov 27, 2013, DHNS: A 72-hour agitation demanding higher purchase price for sugarcane by farmers in Belgaum took a tragic turn

Rosy Burmese Peace Talk Reports Are Deceptions Written by Maw Theh Mar TUE,26 NOVEMBER 2013 Asia Sentinel           Safe for a summer holiday?? There are many

ADB’s Chilling Report on Pacific Climate Change Written by Our Correspondent WED,27 NOVEMBER 2013 Asia Sentinel           Kiribati: soon gone? Disaster looms for low-lying countries With

Sexual Healing or Hong Kong Hypocrisy? Written by Our Correspondent WED,27 NOVEMBER 2013 Asia Sentinel           Some get caught, some don’t Bluenosed police and a selective

India‘s Top Cop Under Fire For Rape Remarks  Sky News – 3 hours ago India‘s top police chief is facing calls for his resignation after he said: “If you can’t prevent rape,

Nov 13 India’s 2014 General Election and APCO’s Trojan Horse         Global Research and Countercurrents 2014 will witness India’s general election. And the choice available from the two

India’s Political and Economic Elites: Swiss Banks, Harvard And Mars, In India Everything Is Okay Pockets of Consumerism amidst Abysmal Poverty By Colin Todhunter Global Research, November 07, 2013 Region:

Kerala actor withdraws complaint against MP following controversy Kochi, Nov 3, 2013 DHNS Just hours after filing a complaint of alleged molestation against Congress MP N Peethambara Kurup, actor Shwetha

Pakistan’s Youth: Source of Growth or Radicalization? Written by Salman Rafi Sheikh FRI,01 NOVEMBER 2013 Asia Sentinel           It isn’t just Malala Government’s ominous disregard for

Strike Demonstrates Indonesian Labor’s Clout Written by Our Correspondent FRI,01 NOVEMBER 2013 Asia Sentinel          Solidarity forever. Photo from Jakarta Globe Organized labor becoming an increasingly effective

Restructuring India Colin Todhunter, Nov 1, 2013: RAW DEAL TO THE POOR: Western agri-business has been given green light to take power away from farmers and uproot traditional agriculture in

NGO leader in Malaysia Alleges Prison Torture Written by Our Correspondent FRI,25 OCTOBER 2013 Asia Sentinel         Jailbird Officials deny mistreatment P Uthayakumar, the de facto leader

Pakistan’s Ghost Schools Written by Naeem Sahoutara & Shadi Khan Saif WED,23 OCTOBER 2013 Asia Sentinel                     Corruption, lack of monitoring