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Articles about the Asian continent
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Readers’ thoughts on Tiananmen: The massacre that wasn’t
Sampling of responses to Brian Becker's article on Tiananmen.
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UN hypocrisy and human rights in North Korea
What is unique about the most recent report is that it brazenly disregards decades worth of the UN's own research.
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Korean conspiracy trial
It made worldwide news when Lee Seok-ki, representative in the South Korean National Assembly, was arrested on charges of treason.
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The destructive politics of the wrath of nature in the Philippines
It is imperative that the government authorities in the Philippines alleviate the plight of the Filipino people and focus on…
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Issues behind the election boycott in Nepal
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist is leading a boycott of the country's upcoming Constituent Assembly elections, scheduled for Nov. 19.
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Students protest road construction in Ankara, Turkey
On Oct. 26 in Ankara, police arrested 26 students during a march to protest a highway construction project around the…
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Remembering Gen. Giap
Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap who helped defeat Japan, then France, then the United States in a 35-year war for…
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End the US occupation of Afghanistan
"Operation Enduring Freedom" has certainly endured, but it has brought not freedom but occupation and misery to the Afghan people.
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Capitalist quest for profit endangers public safety, environment
The Japanese Nuclear Radiation Authority, which usually whitewashes the threat of nuclear energy, described the leaking water as a “worst-case…
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What’s Annoying the North Koreans?
What is missing from the Western media's image of hostile North Korean behavior and blameless American victimhood is context. As…
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