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South East Asia
Press Freedom in Digital Era – Promises & Perils
*Editor’s Note: Ivan Lim, President of Asia Journalist Association, gave keynote speech at the 13th ICT Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 9. The conference was hosted by the Computer Association of Nepal and the Internet Society of Nepal in an attempt to promote “E-democracy in Nepal.” Participants include experts from Nepali parliaments,…
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South East Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi attends Union Day event for ethnic minorities
Myanmar President Thein Sein during a dinner to mark Union Day Tuesday, Feb.12, 2013, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered Tuesday to help negotiate an end to conflicts between the government and the country’s ethnic minority groups, a challenge the country’s president has called essential to…
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South East Asia
Firefighters extinguish fire in west Jakarta that affected 2,284 residents
Firefighters try to extinguish the fire at Duri Selatan, Tambora, west Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 7, 2013. About 70 tenements were burnt in the fire, affecting 2,284 residents, according to Isnawa Adji, Head of the Subdistrict of Tambora. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri>
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East Asia
Chinese New Year celebrated across Asia
Red lanturns, dragon dance decorate streets Billions of Asians throughout the world are setting off home for the start of the 2013 Chinese New Year in celebration of the year of the snake. Folk artists prepare to perform a traditional fire dragon dance along the major Chinatown streets as part of the…
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South East Asia
Indonesian gov’t to focus efforts for developing chemical and steel products
A worker walks between rolls of steel at PT. Krakatau Steel, Banten Province, Indonesia, Feb. 6, 2013. A senior official at Indonesian Industry ministry said on Jan. 31 that the government would focus efforts in developing upstream industry for basic chemicals and steel products following significant contribution of the two…
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South East Asia
A man pays respect to journalists who died while covering 1970-1975 Cambodian war
A journalist lays flowers in front of a memorial to 37 foreign and Cambodian correspondents and journalists who died or were missing while covering a five-year war from 1970 to 1975, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Phearum>
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South East Asia
Thai, French PMs review honor guard at welcoming ceremony in Bangkok
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L front) and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (R front) review the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Feb. 5, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and France’s Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault attend a welcoming…
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South East Asia
Chinese National Committee head meets with Malsyia’s Head Of State in Kuala Lumpur
Jia Qinglin (L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with Malaysia’s Supreme Head of State Abdul Halim (R) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 5, 2013. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei>
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South East Asia
Cambodian People Watch Cremation Ceremony Of The Late King Father Sihanouk
Cambodia’s Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk (1st L) and King Norodom Sihamoni (2nd L) attend the royal cremation ceremony of the late Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh, on Feb. 4, 2013. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei> Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni pays his last respect to his late King Father Norodom…
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South East Asia
Filipinos Get Angry At A U.S. Minesweeper Which Ran Aground Off Their World Heritage Site
Protesters are blocked by police as they attempt to march closer to the U.S. Embassy in Manila Monday Feb. 4, 2013 to protest the incident involving the USS Guardian, a U.S. minesweeper, which ran aground off Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site, southwest of the Philippines. Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr.…
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