Asia

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal climbed above 2,430 today Sunday (latest figure, Al Jazeera) and is continuing to rise. The Himalayan country was shaken by a magnitude 7.8 quake that brought down houses and centuries-old temples and…

“For Hong Kong’s sake get on with the real job” – this could have been the title and sub-title of this mainstream newspaper editorial, but no, it was: “Legco must pass reform package for 2017 chief executive election.” (South China…

He may oppose the censorship to movies, but remains concerned about the obscenity and violence in the alternate media space. Being a master filmmaker of the country, Adoor Gopalakrishnan maintained his stand against the film censorship as the Padma Vibhushan…

The Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)  affirm support for passage of Bangsamoro law, stated in a release dated February 12, 2015 by the Philippines government press office (Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace…

A local judge has placed an injunction on the re-opening of two nuclear reactors at Japan’s Takahama plant, even though it had passed the country’s new post-Fukushima safety checks. “The new regulations are not reasonable, therefore there is no need…

A recent article by Professor James Wang implicitly opposes the idea of building a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport. He said most international financial centres have more than one airport to support their inbound and outbound air traffic,…

Jammu y Cachemira se ha visto afectada por las inundaciones grave de la historia que han causado estragos en varios distritos. Jammu es capital de invierno de Cachemira con las familias más acomodadas que baja de la propia Cachemira para…

After a three-month long siege, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief returned home April 5 from her Gulshan party office. How funny that game of the government where law enforcers confined her there with sand-laden trucks. Independent observers opine it was only to…

The “AIIB” is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a new multilateral development bank as proposed by Xi Jinping in a speech to the Indonesian parliament in October 2013. The concept as expressed then was: “to support the process of interconnection…

Booklet: 10 Lessons from Fukushima Reducing risks and protecting communities from nuclear disasters Booklet We have created a booklet entitled “10 Lessons from Fukushima: Reducing risks and protecting communities from nuclear disasters”. This booklet, which is based upon the experiences…