The United States is not the only country that has undergone a history of female empowerment issues. Since 2006, Japan’s prestigious Tokyo Medical University has been marking down test scores of female applicants to keep the ratio of women in each class below 30%. Their defense? That unlike their male counterparts, women are more likely to drop out and have… Read more »
Myanmar, home to over 100 different ethnic groups, has always faced tensions between Buddhists and Rohingyas. The Rohingya population makes up a very small portion of Myanmar, consisting of 1.1 million people, out of the total population of 56 million. Being the minority, Rohingya has faced discrimination for centuries. This includes many cases of rape and torture that go unreported… Read more »
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Beijing Tuesday, agreeing to continue developing bilateral ties. Xi said he is glad to see the second visit to Beijing in about a month by Lourenco, who came to attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in… Read more »
In the vein of historical Muslim-Buddhist conflicts in Asia, is the fear among Buddhist populations, that Muslims will overwhelm them demographically. In the predominantly Buddhist country of Myanmar, some refer to the Rohingya Muslims as ” illegal immigrants.” One Burmese politician stated, ” All the Bengalis learn in their religious schools is to brutally kill and attack… It is impossible… Read more »
ONCE, the Catholic church in China was not underground. In the 17th century Jesuits were favoured advisers to the emperors of the Qing dynasty. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, abetted by a growing Western presence, the church thrived. But after two years of trying to establish formal ties with the new Communist regime, the Vatican gave up in… Read more »
JAPAN has made a lot of noise in recent years about demolishing the traditional view that women should stay at home while men go out to work. So it was shocking when, on August 7th, Tokyo Medical University, a prestigious medical school, confessed to marking down the test scores of female applicants to keep the ratio of women in each… Read more »
South Korea says Pompeo complained about inter-Korean military pact Hyonhee Shin 4 MIN READ SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed “discontent” with an inter-Korean military pact reached during last month’s summit, South Korea’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, in a rare disclosure of signs of disagreement with its U.S. ally. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of… Read more »
The charges against Rosmah Mansor were read out by prosecutors at a Kuala Lumpur court, after she spent a night in detention following her arrest by anti-graft investigators on Wednesday. Rosmah pleaded not guilty to all charges. Najib, who lost office in May, faces 32 charges from money laundering to abuse of power and criminal breach of trust over billions of dollars… Read more »
Between January 2012 and March 2017, the Indian authorities registered 250,000 children as missing. But according to activists, this figure represents only the tip of the iceberg – in many cases, families do not go to the authorities because they were fooled by “recruiters” who promised to send their children away to study. Local police officers also lack training in dealing with kidnappings… Read more »
Breakingviews – Hong Kong’s political risk takes new form Robyn Mak 3 MIN READ HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – Hong Kong’s political risk is taking a new form. The Chinese territory’s leader, Carrie Lam, has made a good start tackling the housing crisis and other parts of her domestic agenda. Public sentiment has improved. With mass protests less likely, she… Read more »