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Chidren of sex workers dream of bright future
*Editor’s note: This is a follow-up of the earlier story by the writer about the children of prostitutes working at the Kandapara brothel in Bangladesh, who are being sheltered and educated at a nearby children’s home. Tales of deprived children of Quisbari Payel , a ten-year-old girl, is crying inside while playing the…
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Dissolution of assembly throws Nepal into chaos
KATHMANDU – Tiny Himalayan country Nepal has plunged into another round of political crisis following the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly Sunday midnight (May 29). The first ever CA elected originally for two years in 2008 to draft a new constitution expired four years after without promulgating the new constitution. Prime…
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Moroccan artist conveys her message through abstract works
*Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of six-part stories about six Arab women artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change. Messages of peace, love, sympathy, modesty and generosity Peace, love, sympathy, modesty, and generosity: Five words that make up the message of Moroccan artist Malika…
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Xenophobia and law
Anti-racism act needed to prevent social conflicts Is Korea a xenophobic country? The answer is yes and no. Depending on how we look at what’s going on here, the answer could be either. Yet what is clear is that a huge influx of migrant workers, immigrant wives and North Korean…
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Summer flowers in full bloom in Bangladesh
Shonalu Krishnochura Lalshonalu Kathgolap Naglingam Amid the scorching heat, power outage and political violence during this summer, the nature blossoms in colours surpassing the brick, stone and all the junks in urban environment of the capital Dhaka in Bangladesh. The busy urban people might have no time to look at…
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East Asian community won’t be easy to come
Scholars of South Korea, Japan and China exchange talks under the theme of Building East Asian Community and its Prospects in the second East Asian Community Forum held at the International Studies Hall in Korea University on May 25, 2012. (Photo: Kim Nam-ju) From time to time, another meeting of East Asian leaders produces…
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Historic Indus River Gets Dried Up
Indus River is locally known as Sindhu river. The word ‘Sindhu’ comes from Sanskrit which means river, stream or ocean. Indus River dates back to thousands of years. It holds great historical importance being used for navigation by the likes of Alexander the Great, Muhammad Bin Qasim and Mehmood Ghaznavi…
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Distorted notions of morality
I was surprised to hear of the furor in the Korean media over the recent news that monks of Korea’s revered Buddhist Jogye Order were caught drinking, gambling and smoking and their actions termed as immoral. Were they really so? The point here is that in today’s materialistic world it…
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Anti-racism law
Police have arrested a 17-year-old mixed-race high school dropout on charges of repeated arsons. The youth, born between a Korean father and a Russian mother in 1995, encapsulates the frustration, agony and mental ordeals mixed-racial kids face in pure-blood-boasting Korea. He set fire to three homes in northern Seoul in…
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Bangladesh needs qualified teachers in IT sector
Information and communication technology (ICT) has ushered in a new opportunity for the educated womenfolk inBangladesh. The new technology of the information age has not only created opportunities for the women in job outside, but also helped them earn through outsourcing and freelancing in the IT sector. “The ICT is…
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