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[Indonesia Report] Rafflesia Patma, a giant flower, blooms at Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia

One of Indonesian unique flower, Rafflesia Patma, recently blooms in Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Rafflesia Patma is a member of the genus Rafflesia that is known as the largest individual flower in the world. Rafflesia is an endemic plant that occurs only in Sumatra Rainforest, Indonesia. The blooming of…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Simposium Nuklir: Penggunaan Strategi Nuklir yang Damai

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah ulasan mengenai penggunaan kekuatan nuklir sebagai sumber energi oleh Abderrahim Elallam, Konsultan Hubungan Arab di Afrika Utara untuk The AsiaN. Menurut beliau, sejak awal penggunaan sumber daya nuklir mendatangkan pro dan kontra. Energi nuklir dapat digunakan sebagai sumber daya senjata nuklir maupun…
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South East Asia

Filipino Workers Take To Streets Demanding $3 Across-The-Board Salary Raise

Protesters display placards during a rally outside the Philippine Congress to seek 125-Peso ($3) across-the-board salary increase for workers at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines, Monday Nov. 5, 2012. The rally coincided with the resumption of session of Philippine Congress following a long weekend. Protesters display placards after…
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South East Asia

Sri Lankan Government Under Blast For Planning To Impeach Chief Justice

Opposition lawmakers and rights activists participate in a protest against the government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Hundreds of Sri Lankans staged the protest march to demand that the government halt a plan to impeach the country’s chief justice and condemning what they say is intimidation of…
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South East Asia

Filipinos Including Those With Hearing Disability March Street Asking Congress To Declare Filipino Sign Language As National Sign Language

Protesters, some of whom are persons with hearing disability, march towards the Philippine Congress to call for the passage of a bill “Declaring Filipino Sign Language as the National Sign Language of the Filipino Deaf” and the official language of the Philippine Government in all transactions involving the deaf at…
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South East Asia

Ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit Opens In Vientiane, Laos, Amid Attendance Of Leaders From Asia, Europe

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C front) attends the opening ceremony of the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Lao capital of Vientiane on Nov. 5, 2012. The opening ceremony of the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit is held in Lao capital of Vientiane on Nov. 5, 2012. Chinese Premier Wen…
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South East Asia

Fashion Creations By Indonesian Designer Introduced In Islamic Fashion Festival In Kuala Lumpur

Models present creations by designer Dian Pelangi from Indonesia during the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. A model presents a creation by designer Paul Robb from Indonesia during the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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East Asia

GS to expand business in Singapore

GS Group, Korea’s eighth largest conglomerate by assets, is seeking to expand its energy, retail and construction businesses in Singapore in line with the company’s growth strategy focusing on Southeast Asian nations. GS Group Chairman Huh Chang-soo convened a meeting of heads of affiliates in Singapore from Sunday to Monday,…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Program Nuklir Korea Utara: Apa yang Dapat Dilakukan Dan yang Tidak Dapat Dilakukan

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai Korea Utara. Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov, Kontributor The AsiaN dan Profesor di Universitas Kookmin di Seoul, menulis dalam artikelnya untuk The AsiaN membahas mengenai Program Nuklir Korea Utara. Menurutnya, mengabaikan program nuklirnya seperti yang di kehendaki Amerika Serikat tidak akan membawa…
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South East Asia

[Indonesia Report] Indonesian President in Vientiane, Laos, to attend ASEM Summit

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Vientiane, Laos Sunday (Nov.4) to attend the ASEMU Summit to be held on Nov. 5-6 on his way home from London he visited at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth. Indonesian Minister of Trade Gita Wirjawan who accompanied the President to London also arrived in…
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