• East Asia

    [China Now] Kimchi museum attracts Chinese attention

    Chinese journalist Yao Quilin of Xinhua carried a brief story on the People’s Daily Online with a title “Kimchi Museum in Seoul, South Korea” on Apr. 05, 2012. His stroy reflected a great interest of Chinese media in Korea’s traditional food culture.  Chinese journalists visited Kimchi Museum in Seoul on Apr.…

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    Bangladesh: Where water and religion meet in harmony

    DHAKA, Bangladesh –Water is  not  only  a crisis  for  Bangladesh  but  also  an integral part  of  religious rituals  in a country imbued with communal harmony over  the centuries. Bangladesh  has been hosting  a two-day annual “Astami Snan,” one of the religious festivals of the Hindu community, beginning from Friday in…

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  • East Asia

    [China Now] Disappointment grows among Chinese football fans

    This article was compiled from the story of Li Yang, reporter of the China Daily, about people’s growing disappointment of Chinese fooball. His story was carried on the Peoples’ Daily Online on April 01, 2012.  Chinese people have started to have essimistic attitude toward the Chinese football lately. They think that Chinese Super League…

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    Beyond Prayer

    *This film about receding Glaciers directed by Neelima, SPOTFILMS is available on vimeo link.  The north Indian region of Ladakh is a barren, rocky and cold desert. The biggest problem for those people is like it is in any desert – shortage of water. For many years, Chewang Norphel(75, Ladakh, North India), saw…

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  • East Asia

    [China Now] ‘India looms as military rival’

    India will be the next military power targetting China *This article was written based on the story by a famous online writer using ‘BEYONDYOUNG’ as his ID. He wrote it last Friday (March 30, 2012) on the Military Forum of “www.sina.com.cn”, a site representing the negative view of  grass roots Chinese about recent military development…

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  • Under-use of consultants

    An acquaintance of mine, undergoing a divorce, returned from a meeting with his Korean counsel looking frustrated. Apparently, he had been advised by a third party of a critical fact, which his lawyer had not mentioned. When my friend asked why not, the lawyer replied: “Oh! You did not ask…

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    WTO asks Bangladesh to diversify export

    Dhaka University students burn Lamy’s effigy on the campus to protest his presence in the convocation ceremony on March 31, 2012 (Photo: Abdur Rahman Khan) DHAKA, Bangladesh –The WTO director general Pascal Lamy has suggested Bangladesh to address non-tariff barriers for boosting the country’s trade besides diversifying its export basket.…

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  • Asia-Pacific nations lean to green energy instead of nuclear

    The region should follow the Philippines’ lead and focus on renewable, not nuclear power. A year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, questions remain over the role of nuclear power in the developing world, including South-East Asia and the Pacific. Nuclear power had a renaissance, driven by rapidly growing energy demands,…

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  • Focus more on quality

    Quantitative growth is not boon to people The nation’s per-capita gross national income (GNI) hit an all-time high of $22,489 last year. However, individuals can hardly feel happy with the figure as their living standard is not improving. What’s wrong with it? Is it a statistical error or a structural…

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  • Proactive measures needed against disasters

    In the closing months of 2011, flash floods caused by the wayward Pacific typhoon, Washi, swept some 1,500 people to their deaths overnight and left at least 2,000 missing in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Typhoons strike Mindanao very rarely, every 40 years or so. But when it hit…

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