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Who are Uighurs? — A look at group from restive China region

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious minority from China’s far west were involved. A primer on the Uighurs, the repression they face in China and their presence abroad: ——— WHO ARE […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, Ilham Tohti, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turkic-speaking Muslim, United Nations, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, turkey

Seattle on the list for President Xi Jinping?

September 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Seattle will be one of the destinations for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States in September, according to a Taiwanese news website. Rumors have been flying for the past six months that Seattle will be on Xi’s itinerary. However, no one has officially confirmed it, including Gov. Jay Inslee’s office. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asian Weekly, Bill Gates, Cheng Li, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, Jay Inslee, Mayor Ed Murray, New York, Premier Deng Xiao Peng, President Obama, Seattle, United Daily News, United Nations, United States, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11, White House

Bombing the latest of many challenges for Thailand’s junta

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Denis D. Gray Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When a military coup last year ended months of political turmoil and violence in Thailand, even some democracy advocates welcomed the junta’s promise to restore stability and return “happiness to the people.” But 15 months later, a deadly bomb that ripped through a venerated shrine in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, China, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, English-language Bangkok Post, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Crisis Group, Matthew Wheeler, Muslim Uighur, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Shirt, Reporters Without Borders, Songkran Grachangnetara, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thongchai Winichakul, United Nations, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, World Bank

UN chief says save migrants, deal with cause of flight

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Robin McDowell and Tran Van Minh Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to deal with the causes behind a growing humanitarian crisis that has forced thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants to flee by sea, leaving many still stranded in boats. Ban […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Abdul Aziz Jaafar, Associated Press, Bangladesh, Four Malaysian, Indonesia, Jocelyn Gecker, Melissa Sweeney, Myanmar, President Thein Sein, Rohingya Muslims, Southeast Asian, Thailand, United Nations, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Zaw Htay, letter

1,000 survivors of violence, hunger at sea land in SE Asia

May 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Fakhrurradzie Gade and Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press LANGSA, Indonesia (AP) — More than 1,000 people fleeing persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh landed in several places in Southeast Asia, describing killings, extortion, and near-starvation after a harrowing journey at sea. An increasingly alarmed United Nations warned against “floating coffins” and urged regional leaders […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Ban Ki-moon, Farhan Haq, Indonesia, Langsa General Hospital, Malaysia, Manu Abudul Salam, Myanmar, North Sumatra, Phang Nga, Prayoon Rattanasenee, Saidul Islam, Southeast Asia, Surin Islands, Thailand, United Nations, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29, Ye Htut

Disaster expo shows innovations in thriving Japan industry

April 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach AP Business Writer SENDAI, Japan (AP) — Mankind is powerless to prevent calamities such as typhoons and earthquakes, but in Japan where the devastating 2011 tsunami still looms large, there’s a flourishing industry in devising ways to cope with catastrophe. Some of the products on display at an exhibition on the sidelines […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Fujiwara Industry Co, Icomes Lab Co, Japan Bosai Platform Bureau, LED, Masayoshi Nakamura, Medical Engineering Laboratory, Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Products Co, Opticure Splint, Pioneer Seiko Co, SENDAI, Shimizu Corp, Soldier Kazuma Kita, Takashi Torano, Transport Ministry, United Nations, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17, World Bank

Vanuatu president: Storm-wrecked country must ‘start anew’

March 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press SENDAI, Japan (AP) — The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has lost years of development progress and must “start anew” following a powerful cyclone that destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital of Port Vila, the country’s president said Monday. Baldwin Lonsdale, visibly weary and red […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Australia, Baldwin Lonsdale, France, Hannington Alatoa, New Zealand, Port Vila, SENDAI, Sydney, United Nations, Vanuatu Red Cross Society, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, communication, japan

South Korea deports American over positive N. Korea comments

January 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean-American woman accused of praising rival North Korea in a recent lecture was deported from South Korea on Saturday, in the latest in a series of cases that critics say infringe on the country’s freedom of speech.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Culture Ministry, Farhan Haq, Kim Du-yeol, Kim Jong-un, National Security Law, North Korean-style, North Koreans, President Park Geun-hye, SEOUL, Shin Eun-mi, South Korean, State Department, United Nations, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23

China wants Uighur refugees back from Thailand

November 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — More than 200 refugees detained in Thailand earlier this year are believed to be Chinese Uighurs and should be repatriated, a Chinese consul said, dismissing concerns they will be mistreated.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Alim Seytoff, Beijing, China, Chinese Uighurs, Han Chinese, Qin Jian, Thailand, United Nations, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28

LETTER: Japan needs to acknowledge WWII actions

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Editor, The Abe government in Japan is acting against the international community in recently questioning Japan’s pledge in the Kono Statement of 1993, in which Japan acknowledged its wartime sexual slavery during World War II.

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2014, Asia, Dear Editor, Japanese Imperial Army, Kono Statement, Korea, Pope Francis, Second World War, United Nations, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, WWII

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