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[Indonesia Report] Gov’t efforts to curb deforestation paid off

Following a moratorium on new logging concessions last year, Indonesia has allocated 45 percent of Kalimantan, the country’s part of Borneo Island, to remain as conservation and forested areas and serve as “the lungs of the world,” said the Center of International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in its website. Indonesian Minister of Forestry,…
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South East Asia

Japanese Trick Art Exhibition Enchants People In Jakarta, Indonesia

A visitor poses with a 3D art work during a Japanese Trick Art exhibition at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Dita Alangkara> Visitors pose for a photo with a 3D artwork at Trick Art Museum in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 4,…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Wael Ghonim: Saya Menentang Deklarasi Konstitusi dan Berdiri Menentang Presiden Morsi

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai demonstrasi anti-presiden Mesir, Mohammed Morsi. Aktivis politik Mesir, Wael Ghonim, menuliskan dalam akun Facebooknya, menjelaskan mengapa dirinya menentang deklarasi konstitusi yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Mesir, Mohammed Morsi yang mengundang perpecahan dalam masyarakat dan mengakibatkan demostrasi di Tahrir Square. Ghoneim mengatakan dalam…
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Activists Hold Rally In Manila Denouncing Illegal Arrest Of Political Prisoners

A woman holds a picture of her jailed daughter during a rally near the home of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines as they commemorate what they call “International Day of solidarity with Political Prisoners” Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The group denounced the…
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East Asia

Chinese Legislators Visit Cambodia To Strengthen Bilateral Ties

President of Cambodia’s National Assembly Heng Samrin (R) shakes hands with Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the China’s National People’s Congress Hu Kangsheng in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Dec. 3, 2012. A group of Chinese legislators led by Hu Kangsheng is visiting Cambodia to strengthen and…
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Silvery Gibbon Is One Of Animals Endandered Due To Commercial Deforestation

A Silvery Gibbon holds her two-week-old baby at the Bali Zoo in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They are in danger mostly because of commercial deforestation. It…
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East Asia

Asiana receives highest medal from Cambodia

Asiana Airlines has received the Cambodian government’s highest medal for foreigners for its contribution to the Southeast Asian country, the airline said Monday. The firm’s main contribution in Cambodia includes the establishment of solar street lamps and financial support for local schools there. The Royal Order of Sahametrei, Grand Cross,…
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[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Rencana Jepang Menutup Plantasi Nuklir

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai rencana pemerintah Jepang dalam penggunaan sumber daya nuklir di Jepang setelah kecelakaan plantasi Nuklir di Fukushima. Setelah kecelakaan diplantasi nuklir di Chernobyl pada 1986 dan di Fukushima pada 2011 yang lalu, walaupun tidak ada korban jiwa pada bocornya plantasi nuklir…
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[Indonesia Report] Death of human rights activist 8-year ago still remains unresolved

After 8 years of the death of Indonesian prominent Human Rights Activist, the probe of the case has not been completed and the mystery behind the murder remain. Metrotvnews.com published an article on a remembrance of the activist’s fights and his mysterious death. According to the article, law enforcers have sentenced number of those related…
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People Protest Against Violent Police Crackdown On Monks At Copper Mine In Myanmar

Demonstrators protest against a violent crackdown on monks by Myanmar police at Letpadaung copper mine in Monywa, northwest Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s government has appointed a commission led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to investigate the recent violent dispersal of peaceful protesters at…
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