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Ashes to beads: South Koreans find a new way to mourn

November 19, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press ICHEON, South Korea (AP) — The intense grief that Kim II-nam has felt every day since his father died 27 years ago led to a startling decision. He dug up the grave, cremated his father’s bones, and paid $870 to have the ashes transformed into gem-like beads. Kim is […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Europe, Health Ministry, ICHEON, Park Tae-ho, South Koreans, United States, Vol 30 No 47 | November 19 - November 25, culture, japan, technology

China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry from public

September 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China’s plan to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off an outcry that highlights widening public

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Chongqing Daily, Foreign Relations, Global Times, Hao Yang, Health Ministry, Lisa Cairns, Mao Zedong, New York, Peking University, SARS, Vol 29 No 38 | September 18 - September 24, WHO, Wei Yingjie, World Health Organization-backed, Xi Yue, Yanzhong Huang

Uzbek women accuse state of mass sterilizations

July 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

GULISTAN, Uzbekistan (AP) — Saodat Rakhimbayeva says she wishes that she had died with her newborn baby.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, AP, Afghan Taliban, Alisher Alimov, Amnesty International, Committee Against Torture, Ferghana Valley, GULISTAN, Health Ministry, Kakhramon Fuzailov, Khalida Alimova, Muslim Uzbekistan, President Islam Karimov, Shakhlo Tursunova, Veronika Tretyakova, Vol 29 No 30 | July 24 - July 30, poverty

Chinese AIDS activist flees to United States after harassment

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Wan Yanhai is used to being harassed by authorities, but the un­wanted attention got steadily worse this year for the founder of a prominent Chinese AIDS advocacy group.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Aizhixing Institute, Beijing-based Ai, China, Chinese, HIV, Health Ministry, Hong Kong, Hu Jia, Kin-man Chan, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Wan Yanhai, Zeng Jingyan, attention, social media

Return of the plague?

August 6, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China locked down a remote farming town after three people died and 10 more were sickened with pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can kill a human in 24 hours if untreated.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Africa, Asia, Black Death, China, Chinese, Crystal Alley Market, Disease Control, Eastern Europe, Health Ministry, Middle Ages, Mongolia, Vivian Tran, WHO, vol 28 no 33 | August 8 - August 14

China denies singling out Mexicans for quarantine

May 9, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — By quarantining them as a safeguard against swine flu, Beijing denied that it had discriminated against Mexicans on May 4; meanwhile, Mexico said it was sending a plane to China to bring back its citizens.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Audra Ang, Beijing Olympics, Canada, China, Chinese, Eduardo Castillo, Hans Troeddson, Health Ministry, Hong Kong, Jorge Guajardo, Ma Zhaoxu, Mexican Embassy, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexico City, SARS, WHO, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 20 | May 9 - May 15

Will milk companies pay up for making babies sick?

December 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Some Chinese dairy companies will likely have to pay for a compensation plan being prepared by the government for familie

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Chinese, Health Ministry, Mao Qun, Vol 27 No 52 | December 20 - December 26

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