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South Asia
Muslim Devotees Pray During Islamic Congregation At Tongi Station In Outskirts Of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Muslim devotees pray during the last day of the three-day Islamic Congregation at Tongi station, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The gathering, held each year since 1966, aims to revive the tenets of Islam and promote peace through prayer. A Bangladeshi man jumps from a train…
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UAE under pressure to reform its policies for migrant workers
On Visit, Press for Migrant Worker Rights During Louvre Branch Construction PARIS – Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, UAE authorities have demonstrated their intent to silence critics and anyone pressing for political reforms, Human Rights Watch said. In addition, migrant workers constructing a high-profile project that will include…
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West Asia
Some 4.2 Million Afghan Children Have No access To School Due To Poverty
Seven-year-old Sami Allah plays with his fridens near his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 13, 2013. More than 8.4 million Afghan children, of whom 39 percent are girls, presently attend school, while 4.2 million others have no access to school mainly due to security reasons and poverty. Sami Allah,…
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East Asia
Taiwanese Protest Against Policies Of China-Friendly President Ma In Taipei
Taiwanese women wear wedding dress and hold slogan reading “No money to marry. Super indignation!” in protest against the polices of Taiwan’s China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators took to the streets of Taipei in the largest anti-government action…
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South Asia
Nepali journalists stand up against gov’t for not punishing Maoists who killed a journalist
KATHMANDU, Jan 13 – Journalists in Nepal have taken to street against Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai for his attempt to halt the investigation into an eight-year-old murder incident and dismiss the case. Led by the Federation of the Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of the journalists, they have been…
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East Asia
61-year-old former lawmaker to become oldest legal trainee
A 61-year-old former lawmaker will become the oldest trainee to join the training required for those who passed the state-run bar exam after the military government in the 1980s disqualified him from it. Chung Chin-sup, once a two-term lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, will begin a two-year training course…
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Big firms toe line on Park’s pro-labor calls
Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and Ssangyong Motor are toeing the line set by President-elect Park Geun-hye regarding labor relations. Samsung has recently proposed to hold negotiations with an advocacy group representing families of employees who died from what it says were industry-induced diseases. On Thursday, Ssangyong Motor agreed to reinstate…
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East Asia
China’s One-Child Policy Seen To Change Chinese Society Significantly
A parent takes photos of her daughter playing the drums at a children’s play area in a shopping mall in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. In China, a law generally limits urban families to having just one child. They grow up as the sole focus of doting parents. How does…
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East Asia
With the people
What is a good slogan for the new government to be led by Park Geun-hye, who will be inaugurated as president on Feb. 25? I suggest that it should be “With the people” in English and in Korean “국민과 같이.” The suggestion comes from my interest in Abraham Lincoln, the…
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Illegally adopted baby to return home from US
A seven-month old Korean-born baby illegally adopted by an American couple and currently at the center of a legal dispute is likely to return home. The Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois, which initially granted the couple the right to take care of the child in November, nullified its…
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