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South East Asia
[Asia Round-up] Keeping people and tigers safe
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. Keeping people and tigers safe As conservation of wild species becomes more successful, higher levels of human-wildlife conflict are being reported. The “man-eating tiger” incident in the Nilgiris district, which ended in the gunning down of…
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Politics
[Asia Round-up] Polls not likely to solve Thai crisis
Cajoling wild jumbos The Island, Sri Lanka The last few months have seen several protests against the government’s failure to prevent wild elephant attacks on far-flung villages. Affected people demand electric fences. But they won’t help so long as villages sit on elephant migration paths and forests continue to shrink,…
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East Asia
[Photo Break] Learn from enemies!
Learn from enemies! In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. – The Dalai Lama
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[Photo Break] Arise and go strong!
Arise and go strong! The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. – Swami Vivekananda (1863~1902)
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Culture
“See you in Pyeong Chang!” Russia closes costly Sochi Olympics
The Mayor of PyeongChang Lee Seok-rae (2nd R) waves the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony for the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. (Xinhua Flushed with pride after its athletes’ spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated Sunday night with a visually stunning finale that…
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