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Women’s walk across Koreas’ DMZ denied; they cross by bus

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) — Female activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea on Sunday, but were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark event. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, Gloria Steinem, Korean Peninsula, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, Organizer Christine Ahn, South Korean, United Nations Command, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Women’s group gets North Korea support to walk across DMZ

April 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cara Anna Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has decided to support a proposed walk across the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas by prominent women including Gloria Steinem, and organizers say they hope South Korea will give its approval as well. Co-organizer Christine Ahn told The Associated Press that North Korea […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ambassador Bill Richardson, Associated Press, Co-organizer Christine Ahn, DMZ, Gloria Steinem, Kim Song, Korean Russians, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, New Zealanders, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, President Barack Obama, South Korean, Unification Ministry, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

North Korea lifts Ebola travel restrictions

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners last October, halting all non-essential visas and requiring those few foreigners allowed in to undergo […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Air Koryo, Andrea Lee, Asia, Associated Press, China, Ebola-hit Guinea, Hong Sun Gwang, Liberia, NGO, North Korean, Pyongyang Friendship Hospital, Sierra Leone, State Hygiene Inspection Authority, Uri Tours, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

Nurse, now Ebola free, receives thanks from Obama

November 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jessica Gresko Associated Press BETHESDA, Maryland (AP) — A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a Dallas patient who died of the disease walked out of a Washington-area hospital virus-free Friday and into open arms.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Amber Vinson, Anthony Fauci, Associated Press, BETHESDA, Josh Earnest, Kent Brantly, Liberia, NIH, New York, Nina Pham, Oval Office, President Barack Obama, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Thomas Eric Duncan, United States, Vol 33 No 45 | November 1 - November 7, White House

US nurse with Ebola says she’s ‘doing well’

October 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Emily Schmall and Nomaan Merchant Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A nurse who became infected with Ebola while treating the first patient diagnosed in the U.S. said Tuesday that she was “‘doing well,” while the World Health Organization projected that West Africa could see up to 10,000 new infections a week within two months. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Bruce Aylward, Christina Tran, Disease Control, Fort Worth, Jeremy Blume, Kent Brantly, Liberia, Matthias Hasberg, Nina Pham, Nurse Nina Pham, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Thomas Eric Duncan, US, United States, Vietnamese Catholics, Vol 33 No 43 | October 18 - October 24, WHO, West Africa

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