Changes seen in Indonesia as Jokowi moves
“Reformasi”, the slogan of the 7th Indonesian President Joko Widodo, is taking shape in his first month in office as the leader of the biggest Muslim state in the world. Six days after his inauguration, Jokowi announced his working cabinet, eight days faster than the 14-day deadline mandated by law. The 34-member final list of […]
Growing Naypyidaw hosts 25th ASEAN Summit
The 25th ASEAN Summit was held in the Naypyidaw, Myanmar from November 12th to 13th, 2014, which was attended by 10 ASEAN heads of government. The ASEAN Summit, held biannually since the 14th ASEAN Summit in Cha Am, Thailand, was headed by Myanmar for the first time since its ascension in 1997. The Naypyidaw Declaration […]
China Lays Claims to Leadership of the Buddhist World
With an impressive display of Chinese Buddhist culture and hospitality, China laid claims to giving leadership to the Buddhist world, by hosting over 600 international delegates for the 27th General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) at the historic city of Baoji in northwestern China from October 16-18. The conference theme of “Buddhism […]
Psy, Return to Gangnam Style
Every day on our way to my two daughters’ school, I am asked by both of them to play a selection of songs in the car CD player; the Egyptian version of “Gangnam Style” is one of those songs. It is no surprise to have an Egyptian touch of the worldwide hit of singer Psy. […]
Hyosung, the one that brings the smiles back to Vietnamese citizens ‘Smile Searchers’
Korean Companies for Asia (1) In Dong Nai, a province near Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, a lot of people that are sick do not receive medical attention. In most cases, a simple cough medicine requires a day’s labor for them or that there is no money to commute going to and from the hospital. […]
AFoCo Celebrates 2nd Anniversary, sharing achievement and vision towards “A Greener Asia”
ASEAN-ROK Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) celebrated its 2nd Anniversary on 20th October 2014 in Seoul, Korea. The AFoCo is a regional cooperation mechanism in forest sector, which was formalized upon the entry into force of the “Agreement between the Governments of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Republic of Korea […]
[AJA Global Report] Convergence of Humanity and Technology
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The infiltration of technology into modern lifestyles can be viewed from two perspectives; the detractors may opine that it has become too important and we are overly dependent on technology, while those people who have embraced these technological incursions as part and parcel of daily living may view it as being indispensable. From the time […]
[AJA Global Report] Pork Barrel Senators Under Police ‘Custody’
![[AJA Global Report] Pork Barrel Senators Under Police ‘Custody’](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2F%EC%82%AC%EB%B3%B8-11.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[AJA Global Report] Pork Barrel Senators Under Police ‘Custody’")
Former Senate President and Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile turned himself in to the Philippine National Police last July 4, 2014 after the Fifth Division of the Sandigan Bayan ordered for his arrest over plunder charges in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. Two weeks before, Senators Ramon Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada […]
[Asia Round-up] Life without Google: search engine alternatives
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Google processes 100bn search requests a month, or about 3.3bn per day. It’s become such a dominant force in web search that its name has become a verb: people don’t “look up something online,” they “google it.” But there are other commercial alternatives out there, even beyond Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing. Many of them are […]
Leyte rising- from the shoulders of women
The impact of super-typhoon Haiyan that hit central Philippines last November 2013 was tremendous. More than 10,000 lives were lost, and half a million Filipinos lost their homes, livelihoods and farms. More than 1.1 million students were affected, as their schools were washed out or ravaged by the winds and waves. Farmers lost almost 80 […]
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