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Politics
MENA Experts’ Open Letter to Obama about Tunisia
On the eve of President Obama’s meeting with Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia, at the White House, Sixty Tunisia and MENA region experts sent the following OPEN LETTER to President Obama urging him and his administration to provide much support to Tunisia; the one country undertaking a…
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South Asia
Thousands drifting at sea: migrant problem needs int’l solution
DHAKA: About 8,000 migrants have been drifting in boats at the Andaman Sea and the Straits of Malacca for the last two months. These migrants are mostly Rohingyas of Myanmar and fortune-seeker poor people of south-eastern region of Bangladesh. All these people are victims of organized human traffickers who lured…
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South East Asia
Parents’ Day in Korea: A letter to my parents
Hello Ami and Baba, Living alone has its perks. Who else in his 20s does not want to leave his home and explore the world? Apart from the morons who think travel is only for the rich. Thankfully, I am not one of them and now I am here…
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South Asia
Silencing Sabeen Mahmud: impairing cultural and social discourse in Pakistan
One can guess that the society has gotten to a new low point when a person is ‘silenced’ because he spoke against the human rights violation of the very same society. But that has become a common practice in Pakistan. Usually, it is a waste of writing a few hundred…
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South Asia
Nepal: fear, debris and shattered lives
Khilmaya Gautam, 66, is a heart patient. She cannot walk. Her husband is a diabetic. This old couple of Koteshwore, Kathmandu, who owns a house, spent Saturday night in the open after the earth continued to tremble. They were sleeping under their staircase at their home with their son, daughter-in-law…
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East Asia
[Survey] Which city captures your heart?
Tourists of the world are all heading to Asia. About 200 million tourists visit Asia annually and based on the combined statistics of the ASEAN countries, about 100 million tourists visit Southeast Asia. A huge increase of migrants from other countries can be seen as well. Many are attracted by…
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East Asia
World cities’ congress on sustainability to be held in Seoul in April
Coined to be the biggest network of cities in the world, the ICLEI World Congress (ICLEI, International Council for International Environmental Initiatives) will be held in Seoul, Korea from April 8 to 12. During the congress, cities of the world including Paris, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Heidelberg, Budapest, Guangzhou, Johannesburg, Edmonton, Melbourne,…
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East Asia
Selfie sticks banned in Taiwan museums
After a long list of museums and other attractions around the world banned selfie sticks, four major museums in Taiwan have jumped on the bandwagon to outlaw their use. Selfie sticks or camera extension poles used to take self-portraits are now prohibited in the National Palace Museum (NPM) and Taipei…
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Society
China Drafting Line to Bind Square Dance
Few of social activities do not under government supervision and norms, and soon that will include square dancing. Ever-growing numbers of enthusiastic dancers usually called “Dama”, meaning elderly women. They have always gathered on the street corners of China’s cities, therefore lead to dissatisfaction that the elderly participants blast their…
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Chinese Consumer Confidence is Restoring
China Consumer Sentiment Indicator increased 2.4 per cent in March to 114.7, from a reading of 112 in February according to a monthly survey by Westpac MNI in Australia. Consumer Sentiment Indicator is a “tentative sign” that consumers have registered easing measures undertaken by the People’s Bank of China, which…
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