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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

Youthful voice: “Organic versus non-organic”

August 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Since 1939, farmers across the world have been using pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides to protect their crops, increase their yield each year, and turn a profit. These pesticides are used on different kinds of plants, fruits, and vegetables. But within the last decade, an organic craze has swept the developed world. The question is: Is growing food organically better for the environment than growing food with pesticides? …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Brian Huynh, DDT, Food, Nobel Peace, Norman Borlaug, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paul Muller, SYLP, Summer Youth Leadership Program, USDA, United States, Youth issue

Police collect dead bodies in strife-torn Myanmar town

June 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associate Press Staff SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — With fearful residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from the debris of homes burned down over the weekend in some of the country’s deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nobel Peace, President Thein Sein, Rakhine Buddhists, Rakhine State, Rohingya Muslims, SITTWE, Vol 31 No 25 | June 16 - June 22

Obama, Clinton gamble on Myanmar

December 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is taking a foreign policy gamble by sending Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on a historic trip to the isolated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar this week. The administration is betting that the first visit to the country, also known as Burma, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, China, Chinese, Foreign Ministry, Hillary Clinton, Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar, National League, Nobel Peace, President Barack Obama, South Korea, Southeast Asian, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Xi Jinping, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9

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