Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
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Oct 23, 2008
Suu Kyi marks 13 years of house arrest
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The
State Department spokesman Robert Wood said in a statement Thursday that Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi has "remained a steady beacon of hope and inspiration to those seeking a peaceful, democratic"
International human rights groups say the
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin guilty of corruption
Thaksin Shinawatra lives in self-imposed exile in
The case stemmed from a
Thaksin, who now lives in the
In the land deal, Thaksin's wife, Pojama, is accused of using her husband's political influence to buy undeveloped land from a government agency for about a third of its estimated value. Watch more about the verdict »
The case is one of several corruption cases against Thaksin and his family that are winding their way through the legal system.
The billionaire is accused of abusing the country's system of checks and balances and bending government policy to benefit his family's business.
Thaksin has consistently denied that he or his family was involved in any wrongdoing.
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In August, Thaksin and his wife skipped a court appearance and fled to the
Thaksin, a telecommunications tycoon, once owned the English Premier League Manchester City Football Club but sold his stake this year.
His party won two landslide victories before he was deposed in a bloodless military coup in September 2006 after massive anti-government street protests.
He returned to
In recent weeks, the country has seen daily demonstrations from anti-government protesters who want
The protesters -- led by the People's
In September,
The
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
(CNN) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of
The 6.0-magnitude quake hit at
The epicenter was off the Indonesian
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Taste of Thailand Photos!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
SEASA study break NEWTON!!!
Taste of Thailand!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Filipino American History Month: Melissa Reyes
In Spirit of Filipino American History Month we're going to highlight Melissa Reyes, a Filipino-American, Runner up for the show "Pussycat Dolls Present:The Search For the Next Doll"
Monday, October 13, 2008
SEASA STUDY BREAK!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Food for Thought: An unstated hierarchy amongst Asians?
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As a quick search, I just googled up and found a thread on it in a forum. And this is what i found:
"There seems to be an unstated Asian hierarchy amongst nationalities. For example, this is especially evident with Chinese people's reverence with Japanese culture, and a inferiority complex to boot. Likewise Chinese people's snobbish view of all other southeast asian peoples. But it seems to permeate across asian nationalities.
What's going on here? Why is there this pecking order and what caused it? Was it the war? Confusciounism? Racism? Discuss." -- misubi from http://www.giantrobot.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=434
Some interesting responses to Misubi's posts:Of course, these are only opinions and were found on a forum so we definitely need to keep researching with an open mind!
- "- people who were early migrators to the US, the UK, Australia are often thought of as "superior" because they had money to get there. I would say migration from the 50s - late 70s (think Joy Luck Club)."
- "I could draw a little hierachy from a HK person's perspective but it would probably offend - it's not my opinion but my mother can be mostly snobbish at times. But I dont' think the hierachy is caused by racism, but rather culture and socio-economic circumstances"
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Challenge your mind:
So is there an unstated perceived Asian hierarchy??? And if so, how can we get rid of this perception?!
news update: Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Triangle Focuses on Tourism
The agreement, which also included the creation of favourable conditions for the triangular region that comprises 10 border provinces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, was reached at the third meeting addressing trade, investment and tourism promotion in the Development Triangle, held in Champassak, Laos, on September 22.
Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc joined Lao Minister of Planning and Investment Soulivong Daravong and Cambodian Secretary General of the Development Council Soun Sitthy in chairing the meeting, which brought together both state officials and businesspeople of the 10 localities in the Development Triangle.
Minister Phuc described the three countries policy to develop their shared triangle as a right decision that has contributed largely to promoting each country's socio-economic growth and reinforcing friendship between the three nations.
Following the second meeting of its kind in February this year, the three countries have taken their own initiatives to spur the development of the triangle. In the meantime, mechanisms and policies to facilitate the cross-border flow of people and commodities, investment and trade in the area are being discussed, Minister Phuc added.
At this meeting, the participants focused on assessing what has been done since the two previous meetings and discussed ways to solve difficulties that arise in the process of implementing the reached agreements.The governments of the three countries have high hopes for the effects of promoting the development of the region, which has been highly evaluated for its great potential in the areas of hydro-power industry, mining, industrial crop growing and processing and tourism, to improve the living conditions of local people, the majority of whom belong to ethnic minorities.
for more details, check out http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080923/4/3pfcp.html