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South East Asia
Rampant bribery in Philippine judicial system
The Supreme Court’s almost unanimous decision on Sandiganbayan Justice Gregory Ong is both laudable and frustrating. Ong was found guilty of accepting payoffs to favor alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles in another case in 2010. Laudable, because the high tribunal did not spare the rod on a spoiled…
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West Asia
Democracy and social justice for peace
These days, peace is endangered in the world. Many good people, public institutions and international organizations are working to establish peace in the world, but the question we should ask is: what is “peace”? In other words, the question is: “Does peace mean no war?” The answer is “NO.” This…
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South Asia
Nearly 300,000 Nepalese women trafficked to Indian brothels
Trafficking of women and girls and supplying them in the sex markets of India and other countries is still one of the big social problems in Nepal. In the past, the innocent Nepalese girls and women used to be sold only in the brothels of Mumbai, India. But in recent…
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South Asia
‘Without Being Mad it’s Impossible to Paint!’
Kiran Manandhar is a simple man but a great artist/painter. Born in Kathmandu (1957), Manandhar has obtained Master in Fine Arts from faculty of visual arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India during 1981. He had to struggle hard to achieve his passion of art because his father was against of…
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Buddhism and journalsim for peaceful world
At Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu, all a first-time tourist needs to do to get a quick grab of interesting facts about Nepal is to look up. “Nepal has the world’s tallest mountain and shortest man,” says a printed overhead sticker. Another reads, “Lumbini is the birthplace of Lord Buddha.” This…
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South East Asia
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.…
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East Asia
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…
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West Asia
Foreign Arab envoys ‘back to business’ in Qatar
Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will be returning to the city-state of Qatar after an 8-month long absence. In an attempt to reconnect with its long standing partners, Qatar has requested some of the senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood to leave the country in September.…
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East Asia
First Beijing IPR court to open in November
A court that specializes in intellectual property rights cases will open in the Chinese capital Beijing in November. The Beijing News reports that on November 2nd, the Standing Committee of the Beijing People’s Congress appointed Su Chi (57), the associate magistrate in one of Beijing’s intermediate courts, to be the…
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East Asia
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.…
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