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VHPEditor
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Singapore: ‘No To Rape’ campaign
In Singapore, raping your wife is not treated as rape in most cases. Organizers of the "No To Rape" campaign want to abolish...
 
VHPEditor
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ASEAN Joint Postal Stamp
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued a joint postal stamp featuring a building from member countries
 
VHPEditor
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Laos: 25th SEA Games Opening Ceremony
Youtube video clips were uploaded showing the opening ceremonies of the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Laos
 
VHPEditor
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Laos: First gold medal in 25th SEA Games
Sao Darly praises Soukthavy Panyasit, the first gold medalist for Laos at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.
 
VHPEditor
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Japan's Companies CSR Reports
Martin J Frid discusses about corporate social responsibility commitment of Japan's companies in reducing CO2 emission and...
 
VHPEditor
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Twitter in Japan
Fumi Yamazaki tells her readers how Twitter is quickly increasing its presence in Japan nowadays.
 
VHPEditor
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Japan and South Korea: Prostitution
Robert Koehler from The Marmot's Hole blogs about sexual service in South Korea that targets at Japanese male.
 
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South Korea: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs on Iphone
The Metropolitician wrote an open letter to Steve Jobs addressing the situation that foreign residents could not register for...
 
Jean-Baptiste Perrin
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China: Another elite's suicide - the story of Yang Yuanyuan
YANG Yuanyuan, a 30-year-old postgraduate at Shanghai Maritime University, hanged herself in her bathroom on November 25. She told her mother that knowledge cannot change destiny on the day before she committed suicide.Recent years have seen an...
 
VHPEditor
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China: Another elite's suicide - the story of Yang Yuanyuan
YANG Yuanyuan, a 30-year-old postgraduate at Shanghai Maritime University, hanged herself in her bathroom on November 25. She...
 
Baltimoron
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Mystery Plane with North Korean Arms
An Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft, reportedly Georgian, rests at the center of a swirling vortex of speculation at an airport in...
3 days ago Left Flank | Topics: East Asia, Military, Southeast..., USA
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Japan: An overview of mouth watering gourmet blogs
Japanese cuisine is rich in variety and it varies a great deal according to the season and the region so trying out the food at...
 
Baltimoron
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
CBC on English Teachers in Korea
I finally got around to listening to the second part of The Current, focusing on English teachers in Korea. As anyone can...
3 days ago Left Flank | Topics: Academia, Americas, East Asia, Spleen
 
VHPEditor
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China: Putting cadres to work
A Chinese scholar is asking why the Chinese socialist tradition of “cadre labor participation” is no longer practiced among...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
China: Putting cadres to work
A Chinese scholar is asking why the Chinese socialist tradition of “cadre labor participation” is no longer practiced among...
 
VHPEditor
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Taiwan: One month travel itinerary
Sponge Bear has made the ultimate travel itinerary for a one month trip around Taiwan.
 
Rebecca M
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Taiwan: One month travel itinerary
Sponge Bear has made the ultimate travel itinerary for a one month trip around Taiwan.
 
VHPEditor
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China: Pessimism, skepticism and concern over Copenhagen
A number of Chinese media and environmental groups have sent people to Copenhagen to cover the climate talks as well as...
 
Baltimoron
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Liu Xiaobo Indicted
It’s been too long to wait for a response to Charter ‘08, but Beijing has finally got around to indicting Liu...
4 days ago Left Flank | Topics: East Asia, Law, Politics, charter 08
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Japan: Graveyards, Golf Courses, Forests Or Farmland?
Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the land use distribution in rural Japan.
 
Rebecca M
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China: The implication on the termination of Sun TV broadcast
Qian Gang from China Media Project discusses the implications in ending the transmission of Sun TV's signal to the mainland...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
China shuts down BT sites, netizens distressed
Chinese Internet users are scrabbling for downloads from BitTorrent (BT) websites following speculation that authorities will...
 
Baltimoron
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Down to the Little Chunks of Noodle
Urgent questions and good answers, all.Can the United States afford keeping 50,000 service personnel in Japan and another...
5 days ago Left Flank | Topics: Business/E..., East Asia, Military, USA
 
Miccheng
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@geekonomics: Actually i think #JooJoo will do really well in East Asia (or its multiple knock-offs will)
 
Masaru
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RT @asiajin Japan’s CyberAgent Sets Up $22.7 Million Fund For Startups In East Asia http://bit.ly/4Su4m1
 
christiney35
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Include Taiwan: RT @Asiajin: New blog post: Japan's CyberAgent Sets Up $22.7 Million Fund Startups In East Asia http://bit.ly/8or7bh
 
Baltimoron
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Bozz Gives Pyongyang the “Boring”
Buried deep in the grafs is what is the most salient fact about Ambassador Stephen Bosworth’s yawn-invoking trip to the...
6 days ago Left Flank | Topics: Academia, East Asia, USA, WMD
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Philippines: Bloggers Raise Voices Against Martial Law
As the world commemorates International Human Rights Day, Filipino bloggers are eerily reminded of the dark days of the Marcos...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
South Korea: Religion
Ask a Korean! answers some questions about Korean people's religion belief and practice.
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
China: Molding the face of Chinese manufacturing
What is being called a “Chinese manufacturing image advertisement,” as well as China’s first global ad campaign, aired...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Czech Republic: Travel Roundup
The Reference Frame writes about a replica of Prague's Old Town City Hall in Seoul. The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks writes...
 
VHPEditor
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Czech Republic: Travel Roundup
The Reference Frame writes about a replica of Prague's Old Town City Hall in Seoul. The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks writes...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
China: On changing China’s ethnic policy
C. Custer from ChinaGeek translated Woeser’s blogpost on the discussion about abolition of the policy on autonomous ethnic...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Japan: Kiko Network blogging from Copenhagen
Martin J Frid introduced a Japanese NGO, Kiko Network, which focuses on climate change issue. The group has sent three people...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
Japan: Worst Corruption Cases of 2009
The Berlin based Trasparency International published a summary [en, pdf] of the 10 Worst Corruption Cases of 2009 (in Japan).
 
Baltimoron
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Don’t Read This Blog If You’re Blood Type…
I’m blood type O-, and that’s why I…What?! Jon at The Reality Check Podcast debunks blood type woo. This...
 
Rebecca M
Rebecca M posted a blog entry
China: Forced Demolition
Two recent cases of forced demolitions have raised attention of the protection of citizens’ rights and conflict resolution in...
 
Baltimoron
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
A Monstrous Chinese Waste
I’m not going to reprise or summarize my Bloggingheads forum rant. But, I just find no charm in capital-intensive...
9 days ago Left Flank | Topics: East Asia, Politics, USA, bhtv
 
VHPEditor
VHPEditor posted a blog entry
China: The Internet situation in Xinjiang
“Today marks five long months,” writes Far West China blogger Josh Summers, since Xinjiang, China's largest...
 
VHPEditor
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Cambodia: Facebook impact on blogging
GV author Tharum explains the impact of Facebook and other social networking sites on the status of blogging in Cambodia.
 
VHPEditor
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Philippines: Aerial view of Davao
Life in a Snapshot uploads a picture of an aerial view of Davao City, located south of the Philippines.
 
VHPEditor
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Cambodia: Ban sale of dog meat
Vutha is supporting the proposal to ban the sale of dog meat in Cambodia
 
VHPEditor
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Cambodia: Khmer Rouge parade video
The Eyes of the Pineapple uploads an old film footage of a parade of Khmer Rouge armour on the streets of Phnom Penh.
 
VHPEditor
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Indonesia: Coins for justice
Prita Mulyasari, an Indonesian housewife who wrote an online complaint against a bad hospital service, was found guilty for...
 
Baltimoron
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Bean-Counting Wars Between North Korean Rivals
Pyongyang has lopped two digits off its currency, and it’s to spite the North Korean middle class (via NKEW).This move...
 
Al Jamiat
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@IntStudentCon wow, no mention of ESL programs, those will really affect recruitment from a lot of the Mid East, Asia, & Eurasia
 
VHPEditor
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China: The Chengdu Self-Immolation
A woman, Tang Fuzhen, in Chengdu set herself on fire in order to protest against the forced demolition of her home. ESWN...
 
VHPEditor
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China: AIDS patient's call for freedom and rights
C. Custer from ChinaGeeks translated a blog post written by Wang Keqin about his friend, a AIDS patient, who was detained by...
 
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The hidden costs of the Afghan escalation
Whatever numbers you hear about the cost of Obama's escalation in Afghanistan are bound to be low. Once you add in veterans' benefits, the long-term costs of medical treatment for wounded soldiers, replacement costs for the equipment they will use...
 
VHPEditor
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M-banking: Going where no bank has gone before
Millions and millions of low-income, unbanked people stand to benefit (and maybe prosper?) from the development of mobile...