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THAILAND CLOSED
/ by OnAsia Photographers. Thailand’s two main international airports in Bangkok have been closed by protestors opposed to the Thai Government, stranding tens of thousands of tourists and business travellers. Followers of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have taken control of both Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports in...
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KOREAN FARMERS PROTEST
/ by Woohae Cho. Korean farmers have taken to the streets to protest against South Korea's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the USA. They were protesting against this perceived threat to their livelihood outside the South Korean National Assembly. They set fire to a ceremonial bier labelled “Korea-US FTA”. OnAsia photographer Woohae...
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CAMBODIA'S INVISIBLE ENEMY
/ by Jonas Gratzer. Cambodia, one of the poorest nations in Asia, also has one of the most rapidly growing HIV/AIDS epidemics in the region. The HIV epidemic has spread beyond high-risk groups, such as sex workers or injection drug users, to the general population. And a new U.N. study shows that millions of migrants across...
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THE KITCHEN PHARMACY
/ by Jerry Redfern. For more than a decade, writer Karen Coates has reported on news and culture across Asia, and no matter the purpose of the interviews, sources invariably gravitate toward food - and health, and the intersection of the two. In Laos, she learns local insights: eating chili keeps you young, and bitter vegetables...
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ROYAL FUNERAL IN THAILAND
In November ceremonies for the cremation of Princess Galyani Vadhana took place all over Thailand. The Princess was King Bhumibol Adulyadej's elder sister. She died of cancer on January 2, 2008 aged 84. In Bangkok tens of thousands of Thais gathered for the cremation.
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DIVING WITH SHARKS ON KO TAO
/ by Aroon Thaewchatturat. The dive industry is king on Ko Tao, a small island in the Gulf of Thailand where the biggest attraction is the near certainty to be able to swim with various sharks, from black tips to the huge whale sharks - all harmless. More than 40,000 people qualify as divers here every year, and the tourist...
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LIFE IS BARELY BACK ON CYCLONE PATH
/ By Thierry Falise. When Cyclone Nargis slammed into Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta in May 2008, it killed about 140,000 people. Many of those who survived did so by sheltering in the delta’s sturdiest structures: its schools and monasteries. The cyclone also wrought a devastating toll on the Delta’s otherwise fertile rice paddies. Six...
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LIVING WITH THE DEAD
/ by Gerhard Joren. A cemetery in the heart of Manila’s Pasay district is the resting place for over 10,000 deceased people - and a few living ones. Around ten cemetery caretakers and their families live there, in very poor conditions but still feeling safer among the graves than living on the outside as this poor neighbourhood is...
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AFRICA INC. IN CHINA
/ by Luke Duggleby. To the West, China’s charge into Africa resembles a juggernaut driven by rapacious greed. Less noticed in its slipstream is the flow of African entrepreneurs in search of opportunities in China, which is starting to exert a magnetic pull across the continent. Guangzhou, a city of 8 millions, is already home to...
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