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[Indonesia Report] Banda’s Islands offer heavenly beauty for tourists

Dolphins appeared on the side of the ship, seem like they were welcoming tourists, when the ship was approaching Banda Island, Moluccas, in Indonesia. Kompas.com on its article about Banda Island described the beauty of the Volcanoes seen from distance with ten of islands around Banda Island like that and said that…
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South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Tragedi di Laut Barat

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut berita mengenai berita dari Laut Barat. Tragedi yang baru saja terjadi di Laut Barat pada Selasa, 16 Oktober, atas kematian nelayan Cina yang terbunuh akibat peluru karet. Menyedihkan melihat ragkaian tragedy yang terjadi akibat pemancingan ilegar oleh nelayan China di Zona Ekonomi Eksklusif…
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East Asia

Beware of silent illness in liver

There is a saying in Korea that if a body is worth 1,000 won, then the liver comprises 900 won of that. Many people know that liver is important, but few people treat it as such. The liver is called the “silent organ,” as there are no symptoms even if…
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South East Asia

Meeting Of ASEAN Plus Three Committee On Women Opens In Vientiane, Laos

Delegates attend the fourth meeting of the ASEAN plus Three Committee on Women (ACW+3) in Lao capital Vientiane on Oct. 18, 2012. The fourth meeting of the ASEAN plus Three Committee on Women (ACW+3) started here on Thursday to strengthen the regional cooperation on women affairs and environmental sustainability. Delegates…
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South East Asia

Fire In Quezon City, Philippines, Leaves Some 400 Families Homeless

Residents inspect their burnt houses after a fire hit a residential area in Quezon City, the Philippines, Oct. 18, 2012. At least 200 houses were razed in the fire, leaving 400 families homeless. Children walk out of their burnt houses after a fire hit a residential area in Quezon City,…
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South East Asia

Myanmar Parliament Opens Its Fifth Regular Session In Nay Pyi Taw

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2012 shows the scene of the 5th regular parliament session of the House of Representatives in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The Myanmar parliament’s two houses began their 5th sessions in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday, more than one month after the end of theirs 4th sessions.…
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South East Asia

Myanmar Lawyers Stand Up Against Gov’t Plan To Convert A Time-Honored Building Into Hotel In Yangon

Myanmar lawyers hold placards and march as they protest against the sellout of Yangon’s 101-year-old High Court and a plan to convert the city’s imposing old police headquarters into a Chinese-owned hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. <AP Photo> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia

HIV-Infected People In Myanmar Hard To Get Medication Due To Lack Of Trained Medical Staff

In this Sept. 1, 2012 photo, an HIV patient rubs his face near a poster showing a sculpture of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at an HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy, the country’s opposition party led by Suu Kyi,…
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South East Asia

[Philippine] Gov’t, MILF panels go back to work

MANILA, Philippines—Although the dividends of peace may have to wait a little longer, the goodwill generated by the signing on Monday of the preliminary agreement for the creation of Bangsamoro continues to fire up both sides as they look forward to the next round of talks to complete the peace…
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South East Asia

New Leadership Of Myanmar’s Ruling Party Elected At Conference In Nay Pyi Taw

Representatives attend the first conference of Myanmar’s ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), in Nay Pyi Taw on Oct. 16, 2012. President U Thein Sein, who is also Chairman of USDP, was re-elected as the party’s chairman at the party’s first conference which continued in Nay Pyi Taw on…
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