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RIGHTS-ASIA: ‘Internet Pushing Real Time Porn’
In the lengthening vocabulary that describes child abuse, 'streaming' now defines the formidable challenge faced by child rights activists campaigning to stop children from being trapped into the sex trade over the Internet.HEALTH: Asian Govts Push Generic Drugs
In moves that are winning them praise, two South-east Asian governments - in Thailand and the Philippines - appear determined to push ahead with plans to provide cheaper generic drugs even if they incur the wrath of pharmaceutical giants.POLITICS-INDONESIA: Aceh Savours Tsunami’s Gift of Peace
As it approaches the second anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Indonesian province of Aech, which took the worst beating, is basking in a spirit of hope that would have been hard to imagine two years ago.POLITICS: ASEAN Summit Hit by Typhoon – and More
If South-east Asian civil society groups needed proof to demonstrate that they are made of sterner stuff than the region's political leaders, they got it courtesy a typhoon that forced the cancellation of Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines.HEALTH: Malaria Vaccine Within Sight – Experts
Hopes that the world will finally be able to immunise people against malaria received a shot in the arm, this week, as leading health experts unveiled the blueprint for a preventive vaccine in the Thai capital.THAILAND: Muslim-Malay Militants Bolder After the Coup
A month after he launched a peace offensive to win the hearts of the country's Malay-Muslim minority in the south, Thailand's military-appointed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont faces a backlash that questions Bangkok's authority in that region.RIGHTS-BURMA: Junta Turns Ire on Red Cross
Anxious as they are to avoid a showdown at the United Nations Security Council over its human rights record, Burma's military rulers have not given up a well-entrenched habit of causing self-inflicted wounds.THAILAND: Stigma Mars Gains Against HIV/AIDS
The approaching Christmas has brought a rare sparkle to the eyes of a 45-year-old Thai mother coping with the stigma of being infected with HIV. She smiles as she snips away with a pair of scissors, shaping paper for a decorative ball.CAMBODIA: Hun Sen’s Hand in Genocide Trial Delays?
The long-delayed special tribunal to prosecute the surviving leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime has hit a verbal barrage that exposes the murky side of Cambodian politics.POPULATION: Maternal Mortality Goals Hit by Funds Crunch
A scarcity of funds and a failure to translate national laws into action are undermining hopes of the world meeting a key development goal in 2015 that aims to help women, says a ranking U.N. official.MEDIA-ASIA: Bush Irrelevance Showing
If the commentaries in East Asian newspapers on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on the weekend are a reflection of the region's mood, then United States President George W. Bush's visit is seen as lacking in relevance.RIGHTS-PHILIPPINES: MNCs Join Calls to End Extra-Judicial Executions
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo finds herself up against a rare political adversary - multinational corporations (MNCs) that have added their voices to the growing chorus of calls to end a spate of extra-judicial killings.TRADE: Fears Over Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone
Plans to create the world's largest free trade area at a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Vietnam, this weekend, are being viewed with suspicion by activists.TRADE: Fears Over Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone
Plans to create the world's largest free trade area at a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Vietnam, this weekend, are being viewed with suspicion by activists.BURMA: UN Envoy’s Visit Brings Hope, Exposes Limitations
Turning the heat on Burma, the United Nations is discovering that it has limitations in trying to pressure the country's ruling junta into giving up its dream of creating a military utopia.HEALTH: Chip’n Cola Diets Causing Diabetes in Asian Kids?
Ahead of World Diabetes Day, marked on Nov. 14, a leading British medical journal has issued a grim warning to Asian countries. Type-2 diabetes among the region's children has reached ‘'epidemic levels,'' says a paper published in ‘The Lancet.'BURMA: Forced Labour For Trans-border Gas Pipeline Feared
If the International Labour Organisation (ILO) needs further reminder about the disregard Burma's military regime has towards ending the abusive practice of forced labour, protests planned across 16 countries on Nov. 15 should be instructiveTHAILAND: ‘Thaksin Link in Rights Lawyer’s Disappearance’
With an eye on justice, Angkana Neelaphaijit is prepared to wait even longer for the truth about the disappearance - and possible murder - of her husband, Somchai, a prominent human rights lawyer from Thailand's minority Muslim community.ASIA: Workers’ Remittances as Development Funds?
Migrant rights activists are eyeing a regional conference starting here Monday to secure more protection for the frequently victimised overseas labour force. It comes as governments here, as elsewhere, are warming up to convert the millions being sent home by migrant workers for local development programmes.ASIA: North Koreans Flee Looming Famine
The recent arrest of 91 North Korean defectors in Thailand's northernmost province of Chiang Rai has brought into relief the conditions driving such flight: hunger and growing food shortages, according to humanitarian agencies.ASIA: North Koreans Flee Looming Famine
The recent arrest of 91 North Korean defectors in Thailand's northernmost province of Chiang Rai has brought into relief the conditions driving such flight: hunger and growing food shortages, according to humanitarian agencies.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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